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Report on Russian crimes in the Donbas was submitted to The Hague
The report on the Russian crimes committed in the Donbas region in 2014 was handed over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
This was reported by Małgorzata Gosiewska, a Deputy of the Polish Sejm and the Deputy Chairman of the Commission of the Lower House of the Polish Parliament on Foreign Affairs on her Facebook page
"Evidence of Russian war crimes committed in Ukraine was presented. Details will follow," Gosiewska wrote.
Earlier Gosiewska stated that this report has an open …
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Peskov: Decisions regarding the Crimean Tatar Mejlis are ‘internal matters’
Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the US State Department’s call for Russia to revoke the decision to suspend the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, said that the matter is an internal affair of the Russian Federation.
“This is an issue that concerns exclusively Russian jurisdiction, that is why we don’t consider it possible and necessary to listen to the opinion of other countries,” Peskov stated.
Earlier, the Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, John …
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Ukrainian Border Service observes two Russian drones flying over the Donbas
The Ukrainian Border Service has observed two unmanned Russian drones flying over the Donbas region, Interfax-Ukraine reported. The Border Service also stated that a Russian Mi-8 helicopter was seen flying along the administrative border between Crimea and mainland Ukraine.
"In the area of the ATO [the Donbas region] two unmanned aerial vehicles were seen, and also on administrative border the Berdyansk squad observed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter, which carried out flights over the temporarily …
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OSCE: May 9th military parade in Donetsk would be a violation of the Minsk Agreements
The deputy head of the OSCE SMM commented on the presence of military vehicles during the parade in Donetsk on May 9th. Alexander Hug made it clear that the participation of military equipment in Donetsk’s Victory Day Parade will be considered a violation of the Minsk Agreements.
"There is another holiday: May 9th. I want to be very clear about this. Weapons in the security zone is clearly a violation of the Minsk agreements," he said at a briefing in Kiev.
Hug reiterated that the OSCE SMM …
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Poroshenko signs law banning Russian films
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, has signed a law banning films produced in Russia after 2013, as well as films which popularize authorities of an aggressor state.
An amendment to the Ukrainian law "on cinematography", concerning the films of an aggressor state (No 3359), entered the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian Parliament) with the President's signature on April 20, 2016.
"Under part one of this article, a ban on the distribution and demonstration of films containing the …