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Journalist expelled from Russia has been arrested in Ukraine
Ukrainian journalist Elena Boyko (Vischur), who was deported from Russia by a court decision, was arrested by a Kharkiv court upon her return to Ukraine, Galina Perfileva, her Russian lawyer, told TASS.
Elena Boyko will soon be sent to a prison in Lviv. “When I last spoke to her, she was being taken to a Kharkiv court to be indicted. At the moment, the court has arrested her, after which my client will be sent to a prison in Lviv. Local investigators are investigating the case under Part 1 of …
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LGBT community: 40 gays arrested in Chechnya since end of December
Nearly 40 members of the LGBT community have been arrested and two have been killed in the Chechen Republic since the end of 2018 according to the human rights organization LGBT Network. The Chechen authorities have denied this information, Interfax reports.
“The Russian LGBT Network has learned that, since the end of December 2018, there has been a new wave of men and women being arrested in connection with their presumed or real sexual orientation. According to the Russian LGBT Network, …
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Russian court extends the arrest of all captive Ukrainian sailors for three months
The Joint Group for Public Monitoring of the observance of the Constitutional freedoms of the Russian Federation reported on Twitter that the Moscow Lefortovo Court extended for three months the arrest of all 24 Ukrainian sailors captured near the Kerch Strait. It is noted that Judge Ryabtsev left Viktor Bespalchenko, Volodymyr Varymez, Vladyslav Kostyshyn and Volodymyr Lisovy in a pre-trial detention center until April 24. "The result. All but the wounded sailors remain in the remand prison …
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Former US Ambassador to Ukraine: Sanctions will make Russia leave Donbas
Sanctions significantly hurt the economy of the Russian Federation, so they are likely to make Russia leave the Donbas, stated John Herbst, the former US Ambassador to Ukraine in 2003-2006.
“I think this could eventually happen in 2.5 years, it could happen in 15 years. As part of the package, sanctions will convince Moscow to leave the Donbas. Crimea is another matter. Before this day comes, sanctions are much more important to our interests. Because the Kremlin’s policy is aggressive. Today …
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US Ambassador to Germany explains why Putin needs Nord Stream 2
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project was developed solely in order to create an alternative route for transporting Russian gas to Europe that does not involve Ukraine, US Ambassador to Berlin Richard Grenell told the Rheinische Post in an interview.
“The problem with Nord Stream 2 is that it is not an economic project. It was developed for only one reason: to create an alternative route for transporting Russian gas on the way to Europe that does not pass through Ukraine. And so the issue is, …