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Ukraine files complaint against Russia to European Court of Human Rights over violations of political prisoners rights
Ukraine has filed a new petition with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russian prisons and in the annexed Crimea, reported Deputy Minister of Justice, ECHR Commissioner Ivan Leshchina on Facebook. “We have just filed a new inter-State complaint to the ECHR regarding the Kremlin’s Ukrainian political prisoners,” he said.
The 130-page application contains human rights violations against 71 political prisoners. In the claim, Russia was …
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OSCE drone detects latest Russian electronic warfare systems in Donbas
In the regions of the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces not controlled by Ukraine, observers from the OSCE mission have detected dozens of tanks and artillery systems deployed outside the set withdrawal areas, as well as anti-air defense systems and the latest Russian electronic warfare systems, reported Ukraine’s Joint Center for Control and Coordination of ceasefire in the Donbas (JCCC) .
On August 9, an OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) drone detected as many as 30 tanks belonging to the …
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Turkey wants to trade with Ukraine and Russia in national currency
Turkey is preparing to carry on trade in national currencies with its largest trading partners, such as Ukraine, China, Russia and Iran, writes Kommersant newspaper.
According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, if European countries want to get rid of the dollar "shackles" then Ankara is ready to create similar trade system with them.
Turkey does not accept the world order in which the world has declared an economic war, and countries are pressured by the threat of imposing sanctions, …
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Russia confirms its ship blocked in Ukrainian port
The Russian tanker Mechanic Pogodin was blocked on arrival to the port of Kherson, the Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Tatyana Moskalkova told TASS news agency.
"I had a second telephone conversation with an authorized representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. On my request, Lyudmila Denisova found that there 12 Russian sailors on board the tanker who did not leave the ship. They have food, water and medicines," said Moskalkova.
There are no administrative or criminal claims to …
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Turchynov: Ukraine developed new powerful weapon not available in Russian army
Ukraine has developed a new powerful weapon, a self-propelled howitzer with a 155-mm caliber, which meets the NATO standards. Tests of this new weapon, have already begun, reported by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov during his visit to the Ukrainian Armed Forces training facility in Zhytomyr.
“Its important characteristics include greater mobility, accuracy, range, and also high firing speed,” said Turchynov.
According to him, the …