Contents tagged with Russia
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German radio station: Prisoners are tortured in so-called DPR and LPR
Deutschlandfunk radio reported that, according to Ukrainian human rights groups, prisoners are being tortured in 79 prisons in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
The results of this investigation were published by the German public-law radio station Deutschlandfunk on the 18th of May. According to the radio station, human rights advocates are planning to transfer the collected materials to The Hague Tribunal for an investigation into possible war crimes.
The head of …
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Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office: Russia refuses to extradite Yanukovych
The Prosecutor’s Office raises the question of his interrogation in Russia
As was stated by the chief of the head investigative department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, Sergey Gorbatyuk, Russia has denied Ukraine’s request to extradite the former Ukrainian President, Victor Yanukovych, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"About a month ago, we received notification of Russia’s refusal to extradite the former President," Gorbatyuk stated. In response, the Prosecutor’s Office raised the …
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Leader of Polish pro-Russian party arrested
Polish radio reports that the Agency of Internal Security of Poland arrested Mateusz Piskorski, leader of the pro-Russian party, Zmiana. According to the media reports, the Special Services raided the party office and the premises of some of its leaders.The party itself also reported the raid through Facebook. "This morning the employees of the Internal Security Agency raided the premises of Zmiana`s party members, seizing hard drives, storage media and documents,” the message stated. Two …
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Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation: Russia deployed 9,000 soldiers to the Crimea in 2014
During the 2014 annexation of Crimea, Russia deployed 9,000 soldiers to the peninsula. This was in addition to the 16,000 Russian soldiers that were already in Crimea at the time. This was reported by Russia's Permanent Representative to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, during an interview with Deutsche Welle.
Chizhov says that all Russian troops were in Crimea “legally and in accordance with formal agreements with Ukraine”.
“According to the 1997 bilateral agreement between Russia and Ukraine, the …
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Kiev will not pay Gazprom for gas supplies to separatist republics
Ukrainian company, Naftogaz, has refused to pay Gazprom for gas delivered to the separatist-controlled territories of Donetsk and Luhansk.
On the 18th of May, Naftogaz reported that the Russian gas company had demanded a payment of $670 million for gas supplied to the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) from February 2015 to April 2016.
The report also stated that Naftogaz had not purchased gas from Gazprom since November 2015. Before that, it had …
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Nemtsov's daughter appeals to court after Investigative Committee refuses to question ex-Chief of Internal Troops of MIA
The Investigative Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation has refused to question the former Chief of the Internal Troops of the Russian MIA, Viktor Zolotov, in connection with Boris Nemtsov's murder. Nemtsov's daughter, Zhanna Nemtsova, has now appealed to the courts to question Zolotov. This was reported to RIA Novosti by Nemtsova’s lawyer, Vadim Prokhorov.
“In November, we filed a petition with the IC requesting that they interrogate Viktor Zolotov but they refused. We have familiarized …
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The Pentagon: Russia has established a military base near Palmyra, Syria
The Pentagon stated that Russia has established a military base in the vicinity of Palmyra, Syria, despite Vladimir Putin’s announcement in March that the majority of Russian troops would be withdrawn from the war-torn country, Rosbalt reported.
"It seems that they [Russia] created a kind of forward operating base, which gives them a base for a longer presence,” US Colonel Steve Warren stated during a videoconference from Baghdad.
According to him, Russia has not, in fact, reduced its troop …
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Medvedev: The West imposes sanctions that go against international law
The Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, stated during the International Legal Forum in Saint Petersburg that Russian companies have been subjected to pressure due to the sanctions imposed by number of countries against the Russian Federation over the last two years, as reported by a Rosbalt correspondent.
“There are attempts to push sanctions forward across the world contrary to agreements and international law. Our companies have been subjected to this pressure for two years. What kind …
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The Council of Venice recognized the Crimea as part of Russia
The Council of Venice calls for the lifting of sanctions against Russia
The regional Council of Venice passed a resolution calling on the Italian Government to condemn the policy of the EU Council on Crimea and demand the lifting of sanctions against Russia, RIA Novosti reports. Venice also recognized the Crimea as part of Russia.
27 of the 51 members of the regional council voted in favor of the document.
The document states that due to the anti-Russian sanctions Italy lost 3.6 million …
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Polish President accuses Russia of undermining European security
During his visit to Italy, Polish President Andrzej Duda spoke out against the isolation of Russia, Polish radio reports. “No one is interested in a new cold war,” Duda stated during his speech at the NATO Defense College in Rome.
President Duda called for dialogue with Moscow based on the principles of international law. At the same time, he noted that Russian actions in Ukraine undermine the security system in Europe.
Earlier, Andrzej Duda spoke of the new phases of deployment of an …