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Ukraine prepares sanctions against Russian publishers
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Vyacheslav Kyrylenko stated on Twitter that he has asked the Ukrainian authorities to develop sanctions against 12 Russian publishing houses that distribute “anti-Ukrainian” literature.
“In response to the requests of the public and the State Committee for Television and Radio-Broadcasting of Ukraine, I signed a request for authorities to develop sanctions against 12 Russian publishers that systematically distribute book publications with content that is aimed …
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Media: Cossacks who broke up rally against Putin’s inauguration had fought in Donbas
The Cossacks who dispersed the recent protest in Moscow previously fought on behalf of the separatists in Ukraine, Novaya Gazeta reports.
According to reporters, the “Crimean Cossack Regiment” is part of the Union of Cossack Forces in Russia and Abroad, which is headed by Nikolai Dyakonov.
Dyakonov and his subordinates are known to have extensive combat experience even from before the Ukraine-Russian conflict.
“After the ‘Crimean Spring’, Dyakonov’s Cossacks went to fight in the Donbas. …
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Ukrainian Security Service will submit evidence of shelling of Mariupol by Russian soldiers to UN court
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has decided to submit to the International Court of Justice evidence of the involvement of Russian servicemen in the shelling of Mariupol in the Donetsk region on January 24, 2015.
This was announced at a briefing by the head of the Security Service, Vasyl Hrytsak.
On the website of the SBU, information was published about the involvement of Russian military personnel in the shelling of the Vostochny neighborhood in Mariupol. In particular, it has been …
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Crimean Tatar Leader: only 42 percent of Crimeans voted in Russian presidential elections
Voter turnout in the Russian presidential election in the Crimea on March 18, 2018 was 42% of voters and 8% of them spoiled ballot papers during voting, as stated by Member of Parliament and Leader of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov on his Facebook page, citing the data of the Russian Federal Security Service.
“There were representatives of the Office of the Russian President Vladimir Putin in the elections in the Crimea who monitored the elections. The so-called white …
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Ukrainian military to study public sentiment in southern Russia
The Ukrainian military has decided to conduct a sociological survey of the population of southern Russia. A tender for those wishing to fulfill this contract is open on the Ukrainian Prozorro public procurement website.
The documentation for the tender shows that the customer is military unit A4398. The Ukrainian Navy’s Center for Information and Psychological Operations, which was previously stationed in Sevastopol, operates under this code. After the Russian annexation of the Crimea, the …