Posted by 17th April 2023
BREAKING: The Latvian government has just imposed Magnitsky sanctions on 10 Russian officials involved in the persecution and 25 year sentence of Vladimir Kara Murza.
Latvian foreign minister will propose the EU does the same.
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Edgars Rinkēvičs
@edgarsrinkevics
17th April 2023
I condemn unjust and harsh sentence against prominent Russian opposition politician @vkaramurza handed down by the Russian court today. I have decided to impose travel ban ob 10 Russian individuals who are complicit in this sham case. I call on EU to impose sanctions as well
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17th April 2023
Vladimir is married to Evgenia Kara-Murza and they have three children. Evgenia is coming to the United Nations to address our 15th Geneva Summit for Human Rights, on May 17th. She is fighting for the freedom of her husband and the people of Russia. /3
The top-secret documents show Vladimir Putin’s favorite mercenary group has global plans well beyond fighting in Ukraine.
Associates of the Russian mercenary outfit Wagner Group planned to visit Haiti to seek out possible government contracts that could see them fighting local gangs, according to leaked classified U.S. documents.
Leaked documents: Russian Wagner Group mercenaries want work in Haiti
The Wagner Group, which fights for Russia in Ukraine and recruits soldiers from prisons, wants to pitch the Haitian government on
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BREAKING: Slovakia just announced that it has now transferred all its 13 MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine.
17th April, 2023
Putin will not achieve his goals through war fatigue – German Foreign Ministry
G7 countries agree to respond better to sanctions evasion and arms supplies to Russia
G7 countries agree to respond better to sanctions evasion and arms supplies to Russia
17th April 2023
A court in #Iran has sentenced 10 of its armed forces personnel to prison over the shooting down of #Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 in January 2020. Plane was hit by 2 missiles after it took off from Tehran. All 176 people on board were killed
https://bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-65298216
16th April 2023
Photo taken by tourists in front of Auschwitz a few days ago. Scandalous behavior by people whose judgement has been damaged by years social media-induced narcissism. 1 million people were murdered here. It’s not a place for selfies.
April 17th 2023
The agency said that large shipments of Ukrainian agricultural produce “end up in European warehouses which destabilises the market in EU member states”. Therefore, Slovak farmers “cannot compete with imports of cheap Ukrainian grain”.
Slovakia to halt Ukraine grain imports following similar measures by Poland, Hungary
The Slovak government has announced that it will suspend imports of Ukrainian grain, sme.sk reports, citing the national government press office. A working group on the issue will meet later today….
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16th April 2023
Ukraine says Russian servicemen visit households in the Kherson region and check if residents have Russian IDs. They say Ukrainian nationals who fail to obtain Russian citizenship by 1 June will be deported and have their personal property confiscated.
novayagazeta.eu Ukraine: Russian occupation authorities threaten Ukrainians without Russian IDs with deportation… Russia’s military continues to force people in occupied Ukrainian territories to become Russian citizens, Ukraine’s Armed Forces
16th April 2023
Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee is investigating ten occasions of Kazakhstani citizens participating in the Ukraine War. They may be facing 5 to 9 years in prison for participating in foreign armed conflicts.
17th April 2023
#OpEd The war in Ukraine has taken the state’s need for digital control to a whole new level, argues Tatiana Stanovaya (
1,049,766 views Apr 10, 2023 #Ukraine #UkraineWar #Russia
A collection of leaked US intelligence documents suggest Ukraine’s air defenses could soon run out of missiles. The reports dating from February appeared on social media sites and appeared to detail US and NATO aid to Ukraine. Their contents suggest the US has been spying on both Russia and Ukraine’s military, and gathering intelligence on its NATO allies. The US Justice Department is scrambling to find the source of the leak, with officials saying Russia or Pro-Russian supporters are likely behind it.
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Ukrainian Community in Ireland Retweeted
17th April 2023
The Russian project “Gulagu net” published the testimony of soldiers of Wagner, who confessed to the murder of hundreds of civilians, including dozens of children. All this terrible crime happened in Soledar & Bakhmut. These testimonies are to be used in The Hague. Quotes in
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17th April 2023
The Russian army is pure evil. #RussianWarCrimes
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Rubryka – Solutions from Ukraine
@RubrykaEng
17th April 2023
Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets @lubinetzs reports that opens proceedings for each returned prisoner of war and records facts of ill-treatment by
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