In The Kremlin is considering the option of holding referendums in the DPR, LPR and Russian-controlled territories of Ukraine until the end of autumn. The scenario of organizing referendums in September, most likely, will not be implemented
Near and distant perspective
The Kremlin expects to hold referendums in the LPR, DPR, Kherson, Zaporozhye and Kharkiv regions before the end of autumn. Five sources close to the presidential administration told RBC about this.
Starting preparations for the referendums, the Kremlin proceeded from the concept that, depending on the military situation, they could take place “in the near or distant future”, where September was meant by close, and November was meant by distant, two interlocutors of RBC said. That is, there is an interval, “starting from the conditional September 11 [Single Voting Day in Russia] as a starting point and ending around November 4–November 7,” one of them clarifies. One of the options involved organizing referendums first in the LPR and DPR, and then in the rest of the territories, RBC reported.
The optimistic scenario of holding referendums in September will most likely not be implemented, all sources of RBC say. According to them, currently we are talking about October-November. November 4 (National Unity Day) sounds like one of the possible dates. But all this is nothing more than preliminary estimates, since the decision will still depend on the situation on the fronts, RBC sources say.
One of the main reasons why, most likely, the scenario with the referendums in September will not be implemented is that Russian troops have not yet reached the administrative borders of the Donetsk region (Russia in February recognized the LPR and DPR within the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as part of Ukraine). However, at some point, the possibility of holding a referendum in the DPR was considered before the Russian forces reached the borders of the region. In accordance with this option, the vote was planned to be scheduled after the territory in the area of Kramatorsk and Slavyansk was taken into the boiler, but this has not happened at the moment.
It was strange to hold referendums anywhere without the DPR, the interlocutors of RBC say: starting a special military operation in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin explained this by the need to protect the residents of the LPR and the DPR.
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On August 29, Reuters reported the offensive of the Ukrainian army in the Kherson direction. In turn, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had attempted an offensive in three directions in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, during which units of the Ukrainian army suffered heavy losses.
The mood among residents of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions is heterogeneous, say two sources of RBC. On August 28, the first deputy head of the presidential administration, Sergei Kiriyenko, said that according to the latest sociological research, 75% of residents of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions support joining Russia, and these figures are increasing. In the DPR and LPR, 92% of respondents are ready to vote for joining Russia, according to the official.
As for the Kharkiv region, according to four interlocutors close to the Kremlin, at the moment the presidential administration is reasoning as follows: “It is illogical to hold a referendum without having control over Kharkiv.”
Immersion in the agenda
The Kremlin has been preparing for referendums for several months: election commissions were being formed in the controlled territories, Russian political technologists began working. People from Russia were appointed to senior positions.
Preparations began ahead of time so that at the moment when there will be a “go-ahead from above”, the vote could be scheduled and held as quickly as possible within the next two weeks, two sources close to the presidential administration say. It was decided that it would be possible to vote not only on the ground, but also in all refugee accommodation points on the territory of Russia, both interlocutors told RBC.
In addition to preparing for referendums, the Kremlin began to acquaint the leadership of the administrations of the controlled territories with the internal Russian agenda. In mid-August, a seminar was held in Crimea, organized by the internal political bloc of the presidential administration headed by its curator Sergey Kiriyenko, three interlocutors familiar with the course of the event told. The seminar was attended by the heads of Moscow-controlled territories and their deputies, who, in particular, were explained,”how and what is arranged in Russia, who is responsible for what, to whom with what questions to contact”. The audience was addressed by Kiriyenko, Deputy Prime Ministers Marat Khusnullin and Tatiana Golikova, TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, governors of a number of territories bordering Ukraine.
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PThe attempt to hide euro cash when returning to Russia will be regarded as contraband, the Finnish customs service warned. According to the agency, the European currency is confiscated from Russians almost every day
If Russians try to hide their cash euros when crossing the Finnish-Russian border, customs officers may regard such actions as smuggling. This was stated to Yle by the Chief Customs Inspector of Finland, Jarkko Keskinen.
“The key point here is intent: you tried to smuggle money, hide it, or didn’t report it when you were asked,” the customs officer explained.
According to Keskinen, now Finnish customs officers almost every day confiscate euros from Russian tourists who return home, on the basis of EU sanctions imposed due to the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine. The department does not have accurate statistics on the seized amounts, the chief inspector noted.
On August 29, Fontanka reported that the Russians returning from Finland began to withdraw euros. The publication cited a memo according to which it is possible to export only money for personal use (it is not considered to be the export of money to Russia for relatives and friends, as well as unused funds of an individual,returning home to Russia). The newspaper also referred to Yuri from St. Petersburg, from whom €1390 was confiscated. The man said that he was offered to leave the money for storage at the border checkpoint. However, Keskinen told Yle that there is no such possibility: “Of course, we are not going to keep money here so that in a few weeks someone will come to pick it up.”
On March 2, the European Union banned the sale and supply of euro banknotes to Russia. The ban applies to all Russian individuals and legal entities, organizations or bodies, including the government and the Central Bank.
According to the EU Council regulation, exceptions apply to those citizens who travel to Russia and carry currency for personal use, as well as “diplomatic missions, consular offices or international organizations in Russia enjoying immunities in accordance with international law”. They do not apply to individuals who return from Finland to Russia.
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EStonia seeks to restrict the entry of Russians, a “huge number” of Russian citizens have arrived in the country over the past six months, Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said. The measure will not affect diplomats and those who enter for humanitarian reasons
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The Estonian authorities, together with neighboring countries, intend to take measures in the next few weeks, according to which most Russians will not be able to enter the territories of these states, the head of the Estonian Foreign Ministry Urmas Reinsalu told Reuters.
It will take “some time” to adopt such procedures, but, according to Reinsalu, a ban is necessary, “given the huge number of Russian citizens” entering Estonia. Over the past six months, according to the minister, 300 thousand Russian citizens have entered the country with a population of 1.3 million people.
“I would be very pleased with the decision in the coming days, the coming weeks, when, in full compliance with the Schengen visa rules, we will ban people from the Russian Federation from entering our territories, regardless of whether they have a Schengen visa issued by Estonia or another Schengen country,” the minister said.
The Estonian minister assured that the ban will not affect those Russians who need entry for humanitarian, family or medical reasons, and diplomats.
Reinsalu stated that the restriction on entry is necessary for security reasons. Earlier, on August 31, the head of European Diplomacy, Josep Borrel, said that over the past six months, there have been more Russian citizens crossing the border with EU countries, and this is a “security threat” (on August 26, the EU Agency for external Border security Frontex reported that since the beginning of hostilities in Ukraine on February 24 to EU countries Almost 1 million Russians have entered, most of them to Finland and Estonia). At the same time, he urged to continue issuing entry documents to certain groups of Russians.
On August 31, the foreign ministers of the EU countries could not agree on a ban on issuing visas to Russian citizens, as several states did not support such a measure, but instead decided to suspend the agreement on the simplified issuance of entry documents. This means an increase in the visa processing time and the amount of the visa fee (from €35 to €80). It is not yet known when the decision will take effect. The deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Grushko promised that “violation, circumvention or withdrawal of the EU from the agreement with Russia on a simplified visa regime will not remain without consequences”.
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Later, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland announced that they would consider introducing a ban at the national level on issuing visas to Russians and Belarusians, as well as on crossing the borders of these states to citizens of Russia and Belarus with visas of any EU country.
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Pontifik sent a telegram of condolences to the daughter of the first President of the USSR Irina Gorbacheva
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Pope Francis expressed his condolences on the death of the first President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev. He sent a telegram to the politician’s daughter Irina, in which he stated that he sympathized with Gorbachev’s relatives and those who saw him as a respected statesman.
The Pontiff stressed Gorbachev’s commitment to “developing his own country in an era of important changes” and maintaining “harmony and brotherhood between peoples”.
Gorbachev died on August 30 after a long kidney disease. He was 91 years old. The politician will be buried on Saturday at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, next to his wife Raisa, who died in 1999.
The time of Gorbachev’s rule by the Soviet Union (1985–1991) went down in history as “Perestroika”. During this period, the authorities carried out reforms aimed at democratizing society, the political and economic system. The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan was completed, the Cold War ended, Germany was united, democratic reforms took place in the USSRtransformations (glasnost was introduced, censorship of Western culture was abolished, citizenship was returned to many dissidents expelled from the country). On the other hand, there was a difficult economic situation in the country, and separatist sentiments were growing in the Union republics, as a result, in 1991 the Soviet Union collapsed, and Gorbachev resigned from office.
In 1990, the President of the USSR was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his “leading role in the peace process, which today characterizes an important part of the life of the international community.”
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GFollowing the results of the two-day meeting, the Foreign Ministers of the EU countries agreed to suspend the simplified visa regime with Russia. At the same time, border countries were allowed to take unilateral measures to reduce the flow of Russians to Europe
What the EU Foreign Ministers agreed on in Prague
The foreign ministers of the EU countries, following an informal meeting in Prague, made a political decision to suspend the simplified visa regime with Russia. This was announced on August 31 by the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrel. He stressed that this is a political, not a legal decision. The visa issue became the main topic of the two-day talks.
“I will try to tell you what we have agreed on politically. Firstly, about the complete suspension of the simplified visa regime between the European Union and Russia. Up to this point, it was partially suspended for certain groups of people: officials, entrepreneurs. This means that the volume of new visas issued by EU member states will significantly decrease. It will be more expensive (the visa fee will increase from €35 to €80) and longer.As a result, the number of visas will be significantly reduced,” he said at a press conference, stressing that the decision is of a collective nature, which should prevent “visa shopping”. According to Borrel, visas will be issued on an individual basis and especially to certain categories of citizens, since the EU does not want to cut off Russians who disagree with military actions in Ukraine and representatives of civil society.
Borrel said that the debate on this issue was long and that the foreign ministers of the EU countries also discussed what to do with the millions of Schengen visas already issued to Russians. “There is a common understanding that this situation also needs a collective approach. Therefore, we have invited the European Commission to consider this situation and provide recommendations,” he added.
The EU High Representative also said that since mid-July, the number of Russians crossing the border of European countries neighboring Russia has increased significantly (many for shopping purposes), he called it a threat to security. Borrel described the situation in Russia’s neighboring countries as a challenge. “We have recognized that these countries can take measures at the national level to prohibit entry into the European Union through their border,” Borrel said.
The Agreement between Russia and the European Community on simplifying the issuance of visas to citizens was ratified by Russia in March 2007. It came into force on June 1 of that year. It covers the issuance of visas for a stay of no more than 90 days during a 180-day period. The agreement also establishes a single fee for visa processing— €35. It increases to €70 ifthe visa application is submitted less than three days before the expected departure date. The parties to the agreement are given ten calendar days to make a decision on issuing a visa, however, if there is a need for additional study of the application, the period can be extended to 30 working days. In urgent cases, the visa processing time can be reduced to three days.
Each of the parties to the agreement may suspend its operation in whole or in part “for reasons of protection of national security, protection of public order or public health”.
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The Financial Times newspaper, with reference to the joint statement of the Baltic states, Finland and Poland, which came to its disposal, reported on the desire of these states to introduce measures at the national level against Russians crossing their borders until the EU develops a common solution to significantly reduce the number of Russian citizens,entering the Schengen area. “While such measures have not been taken at the EU level, we will consider the possibility of introducing temporary measures at the national level to address pressing public security issues related to the increase in the flow of Russian citizens across our borders,” the newspaper quotes an excerpt from the document.
Following the results of the forum in Prague, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsal said that Tallinn is considering the possibility of banning Russians from entering the country. “So far we have not reached a consensus at the EU level on restricting the entry of Russian citizens. Estonia and other countries that share a border with Russia and Belarus are considering the possibility of establishing a visa ban at the national level or restricting the crossing of the border by Russian citizens with EU visas,” he said, stressing that Estonia will continue to accept Russians for humanitarian reasons and oppositionists.
Earlier, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that the EU foreign ministers failed to agree on a general ban on issuing visas to Russians, which was advocated by the Baltic states, the Czech Republic, Poland, Finland and the Netherlands. “As for the issue of visas, there was no unanimity on the introduction of a general ban on visas for Russians. <..."Many member countries opposed it, including me," he said.
Could the EU countries agree on new visa restrictions for Russians
The Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, commenting on the results of the meeting in Prague, called them a compromise. “I think that this, as is usually the case in the EU, is a compromise between the positions of the most rabid member states, who demanded to stop issuing visas to all Russian citizens and, moreover, to cancel previously issued visas, and those whoadheres to a more sensible approach, although they also advocate the continuation of sanctions pressure on Russia,” he said on the air of the TV channel “Russia 24”. The diplomat added that so far the talks about a new package of sanctions against Russia are hypothetical, since the existing ones have turned out to be painful for the EU economy.
Director General of the Russian Council for International Affairs (RIAC) Andrey Kortunov, in a conversation with RBC, did not rule out the possibility of canceling Schengen visas previously issued to Russians, but doubted the possibility of agreeing on a complete ban on issuing visas to Russians. “Any country can cancel a visa issued by it. This is not a very common practice, which is usuallyimplemented on an individual basis. A person must be seriously fined so that his visa is canceled at the border. If this happens automatically, it will definitely be an innovation in international practice. But now it can be like that. We have gone beyond the usual international relations, so we cannot completely exclude such options,” Kortunov said.
In his opinion, the issue of further tightening of visa rules for Russian citizens due to disagreements within the EU will be decided by individual countries “in accordance with their ideas about what needs to be done”. “Taking into account the fact that the Schengen area remains unified, this reduces the effectiveness of restrictive measures that can be takenon a national basis. If a country prohibits the entry of Russians into its territory on a Schengen visa, then it will be possible to get this visa in another country, there are no borders inside the Schengen zone, so these decisions are partially devalued,” he concluded.
RYabkov said that he does not expect breakthroughs in the dialogue with the United States on strategic stability According to Deputy Head of the department Sergei Ryabkov, the positions of Switzerland and the European Union on the military operation in Ukraine have “merged”, so the role of Geneva as a platform for dialogue with the United States on strategic stability has decreased
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The role of Geneva as an international capital and, in particular, as a platform for a dialogue between the United States and Russia on strategic stability has declined, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.
“We are not satisfied with this platform, we will look for an alternative,” he said (quoted by TASS). The Deputy Minister explained the decision by “merging” Switzerland’s approach on the issue of assessments of the special military operation in Ukraine with the position of the European Union.
Ryabkov also considers the current context for the dialogue on strategic stability unfavorable. “We are methodically discussing what is happening in this area with the Americans, exchanging notifications, that is, the mechanism of the agreement as a whole is working. We will continue to look for ways to move forward,” the deputy Foreign Minister said, noting that he still does not expect breakthroughs.
Earlier, Ryabkov assessed the prospect of a dialogue with Washington on strategic stability as “not obvious”, since the United States is pursuing an aggressive policy towards Russia, although there are some signals regarding the resumption of dialogue on the topic of strategic offensive weapons.
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden decided to start a dialogue on strategic stability at a summit in Geneva last June. After that, the delegations of the parties held several meetings in Geneva, where this issue was discussed. Last year, Russia and the United States agreed to extend the strategic offensive arms agreement concluded in 2010 until February 5, 2026.
At the end of last year, Putin invited Western countries to discuss Russia’s security guarantees, but after exchanging demands and face-to-face negotiations of delegations in Geneva, progress could not be achieved. On February 24, Russia began conducting a special military operation in Ukraine.
After that, the US State Department stressed that they did not plan to resume negotiations on strategic stability until Moscow made a choice in favor of diplomacy. The department noted that they could continue the dialogue in the future.
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The Russian side declares its readiness to continue negotiations. According to the Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov, the United States unilaterally froze the discussion, jeopardizing the prospects for preserving the foundations of arms control.
Russia will not do the United States any favors to resume negotiations, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on August 31. He noted that Washington is signaling a desire to return to dialogue.
WithEU ambassadors have agreed to cancel the simplified visa regime with Russia, a textbook on the Ukrainian language will be written for schools in Donbass, residents of Crimea have been banned from using drones. The main thing about the special operation is in the RBC material *
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The EU countries have reached a political agreement on the suspension of the facilitated visa regime with Russia, but the EU will even continue to issue visas to certain groups of Russians, said the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrel. Each applicant will be considered individually. “We don’t want to close ourselves off from Russians who are against the war in Ukraine,” he stressed.
A textbook of the “classical Ukrainian language” will be written for schools in the DPR and LPR so that children can study it as their native language, Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov said. According to him, special curricula, methodological materials have been developed for this, teachers have passed advanced training courses. On September 1, 1,183 kindergartens, 1,376 schools and 203 colleges will open in the republics of Donbass and in the territories of Ukraine, which the Russian military took control during a special operation. By the beginning of the school year, these schools are fully provided with textbooks, Kravtsov assured.
At the time of the Russian military operation in Ukraine in the Crimea, it was forbidden to launch drones and use pyrotechnics, the decree was signed by the head of the region Sergey Aksenov. The restrictions do not apply to drones that are launched by the authorities, it follows from the document.
The exchange price of gas in Europe fell by the evening of August 31 below $2500 per 1 thousand cubic meters. m. At the peak, the cost of gas rose on that day to almost €284 per 1 MW·h, exceeding the mark of $2900 per 1 thousand cubic meters. m.
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EU foreign ministers at a meeting in Prague failed to reach consensus on a ban on issuing visas to Russians, so such a radical measure will not be taken, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said, Reuters reports. Instead, the European Union will suspend the simplified visa regime with Russia. Szijjarto noted that Hungary and several other countries opposed a complete ban on the entry of Russian tourists.
The IAEA mission heading to the Zaporozhye NPP has arrived in the city of Zaporozhye (under the control of Kiev), Reuters reports. Earlier, the head of the CAA of the Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky, reported that inspectors were in line at the contact line to move to the territory of the Zaporozhye region controlled by the Russian military, and they were denied a request to speed up the transition procedure.
In Energodar, Ukrainian saboteurs who were preparing a terrorist attack at the Zaporozhye NPP were detained, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Main Council of the Regional CAA. Small arms, improvised explosive devices and grenade launchers were seized from the detainees.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced a new attempt of the offensive of Ukrainian troops in Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog and other directions in the south of Ukraine. The APU attacked the settlements of Arkhangelsk, Olgino and Ternovye Pody, all attacks were repulsed. The Russian military reported significant losses of Ukrainian forces: in particular, a battalion of the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade was defeated near the village of Sukhoi Stavki. Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on the attempts of the offensive of Ukrainian forces on August 29 and 30.
The Russian Defense Ministry claims that Ukrainian troops have lost some of the tanks that were supplied by Poland. 12 vehicles were transferred across the river to unblock the AFU units, but some were destroyed by fire by the Russian military. The Defense Ministry’s summary of August 31 states that only five tanks managed to escape from the shelling.
The Tverskoy Court of Moscow has registered an administrative protocol on discrediting the army against actress Kristina Asmus. The press service of the RBC court reported that they “received a case against Kristina Asmus on bringing to administrative responsibility under Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code.” Under this article, she faces a fine of 30 thousand to 50 thousand rubles.
An explosion occurred near the building of the volunteer headquarters of the public movement “We are together with Russia” in Berdyansk, said Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Main Council of the Civil-Military Administration of the Zaporozhye region. He blamed the incident on the Ukrainian military and said that there were no casualties.
The National Union of Writers of Ukraine proposed to close the museum of writer Mikhail Bulgakov in Kiev, saying that he “hated Ukraine and slandered it in his works.” In the house where the writer lived and worked from 1906 to 1919, it is proposed to open a museum of the Ukrainian composer Alexander Koshits, who lived in the house until 1906. The Writers’ Union also called the books of Bulgakov, who was born in Kiev, dangerous.
A week before the start of the school year, almost 100 thousand children returned to Ukraine from abroad. This was reported to UNN by the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Education and Science Sergey Babak. According to him, since the beginning of hostilities, about 690 thousand school-age children have left the country. Now there are plus or minus 500 thousand children abroad, and they continue to return, Babak said.
The defense ministers of the EU countries have agreed to start work on the creation of a special mission to train the Ukrainian military. According to the head of European Diplomacy Josep Borrel, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov provided his European colleagues with information about the needs of the national armed forces both in the short and long term.
Borrel also assured that the European Union will continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine for as long as it is required. At the same time, according to him, over the summer, the volume of military assistance to Ukraine has not decreased, “the flow of [supplied weapons] has even increased.”
The countries of the Western Balkans, Ukraine, Moldova and possibly Georgia should join the European Union, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. According to him, Germany remains committed to the idea of expanding the European Union. At the same time, Scholz did not name the time frame in which the countries mentioned by him can become full members of the EU.
The restoration of Ukraine after the end of hostilities will cost $600 billion, President Vladimir Zelensky said. According to him, first of all we are talking about the restoration of infrastructure. “To restore everything anew, we need about such volumes,” Zelensky said.
The negotiation process with Russia on the cessation of hostilities is currently unprofitable for both Ukraine and the European Union. This was stated in an interview with the German edition of Bild by the adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak. In his opinion, the negotiation process will fix only a temporary truce. “The Russian Federation will consider this a victory and will continue to claim to promote its expansionist policy,” he said.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov said that Kiev’s goal is to return to the country’s borders as of 1991, there will be no territorial compromises with Russia.
Chronicle of military operations
August 31 The Ministry of Defense again reported on the attempts of attacks by Ukrainian troops in the Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog direction. The APU attacked the settlements of Arkhangelsk, Olgino and Ternovye Pody, the attacks were repulsed, the APU suffered significant losses and were repulsed.
29 and 30 of august The Ministry of Defense reported on the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south of the country: in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, as well as from Krivoy Rog. The Russian military repulsed the attacks, reported the defeat of the advancing units, numerous losses among the Ukrainian troops and a significant amount of destroyed equipment. Statements of the Ministry of Defense about the Ukrainian offensiveThey appeared after the CNN publication about the preparation by the Ukrainian side of the necessary conditions for a serious counteroffensive. Initially, Zelensky’s office denied reports appearing in the media about plans for an offensive in the south of the country, but then the press secretary of the Southern Military Command of Ukraine Natalia Gumenyuk confirmed them.
August 24 The Ministry of Defense reported on how many Ukrainian weapons were destroyed by the Russian military during the six months of the special operation. Among them are 268 aircraft, 148 helicopters, 1803 drones, 369 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4382 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 819 multiple rocket launchers, 3339 field artillery and mortars, as well as 5034 units of special military vehicles.
August 23 The Russian military came to the administrative border of the Mykolaiv region, the Ministry of Defense reported. According to the department, they managed to establish control over the territory of the region with an area of 12 sq. km. The Ministry announced that it had taken control of 36 sq. km of the territory of the Kherson region, including the village of Komsomolskoye.
August 21 The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the liberation of the village of Peski near Donetsk; the Russian Defense Ministry declared full control over the settlement a week ago.
August 18 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that the grouping of troops of the Donbass republics “with the fire support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” liberated 270 settlements on the territory of the republic, including Zaitsevo and Dacha (both located north of Gorlovka).
August 17th The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported control over the settlement of Vershina (southwest of Artemovsk/Bakhmut).
August 14 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of the settlement of Udy in the Kharkiv region.
August 13 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of the village of Peski (west of Donetsk).
August 3 The DPR territorial defense headquarters reported the occupation of the settlements of Travnevoye and Semigorye (south of Artemovsk/Bakhmut).
July 29 The DPR territorial defense headquarters reported control over the villages of Klinove and Pokrovskoye (east of Bakhmut).
July 26 Assistant to the head of the Interior Ministry of the LNR Vitaly Kiselyov reported on the occupation of the Uglegorskaya TPP, which is located opposite Svetlodarsk (east of Bakhmut/Artemovsk).
On this day Kiselyov announced the occupation of Novoluganskoye (east of Bakhmut/Artemovsk).
On July 20, the DPR territorial defense headquarters announced the occupation of the village of Berestove (north of Soledar).
On July 19, the DPR territorial defense headquarters announced the occupation of the village of Staromayorskoye (south of Velikaya Novoselka).
July 14 The People’s Militia of the LPR reported the occupation of the settlements of Stryapovka and Novaya Kamenka (east of Soledar).
July 14 The Territorial Defense Headquarters reported that the People’s Militia of the DPR, with the support of the Russian army, occupied the following settlements: Novodonetsky, Neskuchnoye, Oktyabr (south of Velikaya Novoselka), Mironovka, Krasny Plowman, Companies, Vidrodzhennya, Copper Ore (east of Artemovsk/Bakhmut) and Kamenka (north of Avdiivka).
July 13 Assistant Interior Minister of the LPR Vitaly Kiselyov told the TASS news agency that the People’s Militia forces entered the city limits of Soledar (south of Lisichansk). Earlier, TASS, with reference to Kiselyov, reported on the beginning of the battles for Seversk.
July 12 The Russian Defense Ministry has accused the Ukrainian military of mining bridges across the Seversky Donets River in the village of Nikolaevka (DPR). “They intend to blow them up and, according to an already worked-out scenario with wide coverage in the Ukrainian and Western media, accuse the Russian armed forces of allegedly indiscriminate strikes on critical transport infrastructure facilities,” the report says.
Then, July 12, the head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik said that the units of the People’s Militia will continue the offensive, as Ukrainian troops continue to shell the territory of the republic. “The units of the People’s Militia of the LPR will be forced to continue our movement forward in order to push the enemy to a safe distance so that their equipment and weapons, ammunition do not reach our territory,” the Lugansk Information Center quotes him.
July 11 The official representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR, Ivan Filiponenko, announced the capture by the forces of the republics of Donbass of the settlements of Vladimirovka and Tripolye in the DPR (east of Soledar).
July 10th The LPR ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik said that the troops continue to attack the city of Seversk in the DPR. He also told about the capture of the village of Grigorovka.
July 6 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported the occupation of the settlement of Disputable (east of Seversk).
July 3 Sergei Shoigu reported to Vladimir Putin that the Russian Armed Forces, together with units of the People’s Militia of the Luhansk People’s Republic, have established full control over the city of Lisichansk.
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July 2 The Ministry of Defense reported that as a result of successful offensive actions, the troops of the group “Center” under the command of Colonel-General Alexander Lapin captured the settlements of Verkhnekamenka, Zolotarevka, Belogorovka. In addition, the settlements of Novodruzhesk, Maloryazantsevo and Belaya Gora were occupied.
July 1st The Ministry of Defense reported on the advance of the Russian Armed Forces and the formations of the LPR and DPR near Lisichansk and their exit directly to the city. The Lisichansk oil refinery, the Matrosskaya mine, the gelatin plant, as well as the village of Topolevka were taken under control.
On this day, a representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR reported on the occupation of the villages of Privolye and Shipilovka (west of Lisichansk).
On the afternoon of June 30 the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR announced the occupation of the village of Sidorovo (located south of Svyatogorsk).
On the morning of June 30, the Ministry of Defense announced the withdrawal of the garrison from Zmeiny Island in the Black Sea as a step of goodwill.
June 27 Assistant Interior Minister of the LPR Vitaly Kiselyov said on the air of the TV channel “Russia 24” that the republican forces and the Russian military have completed the sweep of Volcheyarovka (a village southwest of Lisichansk).
June 26 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation Severodonetsk and nearby localities (including Voronovo and Borovskoye).
June 24 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that as a result of successful offensive actions by a group of Russian troops in the Luhansk direction, the settlements of Loskutovka, Podlesnoye, Mirnaya Dolina, Shchebkaryor, Vrubovka, Nyrkovo, Nikolaevka, Novoivanovka, Ustinovka and Rai-Alexandrovka were liberated in five days.
June 24 The representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR, Andrei Marochko, told Interfax about full control over the settlements of Zolotoye and Gorskoye (east of Lisichansk).
Photo: Ilya Pitalev/RIA Novosti
June 23 Andrei Marochko on the air of the TV channel “Russia 1” said that the forces of the LPR and Russian units entered the village of Katerinovka (southwest of Zolotoye).
On this day, the LNR Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik reported on the cleaning of the village of Loskutovka (south of Lisichansk).
June 22 The People’s Militia of the LPR reported the occupation of the village of Metelkino (near Severodonetsk).
June 20 Assistant to the Interior Minister of the LPR Vitaly Kiselyov announced the occupation of the village of Toshkovka (southeast of Lisichansk).
June 10 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that the People’s Militia, with the fire support of the Russian army, established full control over four villages: Tripolye, Vladimirovka, Stavki and Lipovoe.
June 7 Sergei Shoigu reported on the occupation of Svyatogorsk, Yampol, Drobyshevo, Yarovaya, Kirovsk, as well as residential quarters Severodonetsk.
On June 6, the DPR territorial defense headquarters announced the establishment of control over the settlements of Pokrovskoye and Zeleny Guy (in the Ugledar area).
On June 3, the DPR territorial defense headquarters reported on the establishment of control over the settlements of Yarovaya and Shchurovo.
May 30 The DPR authorities reported the advance of the People’s Militia to Slavyansk and the occupation of the settlements of Dibrova and Old Caravan (west of the Estuary).
May 28 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the city of Krasny Liman (Estuary) in the Donetsk region was taken under control by the Russian military.
May 24 The flag of Russia was raised over the city hall Svetlodarsk (northeast of Gorlovka).
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May 21 The Ukrainian units defending the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol surrendered.
Photo: Alexey Kudenko/RIA Novosti
Mariupol was blocked by Russian troops and the People’s Militia of the DPR on February 28. A month later, Ukrainian units, including the Azov regiment (its symbols are recognized as extremist and banned in Russia), were blocked on the territory of the Azovstal Metallurgical Plant. It was decided to abandon the storming of the plant with numerous underground structures. Attempts by the Ukrainian military to evacuate the blocked units ended in failure, after which negotiations on surrender began.
May 17 a representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR reported that the units of the republic managed to occupy the village of Orekhovo (east of the city of Zolotoe).
May 16 parts of the LPR occupied the village of Novozvanivka (north of the town of Popasnaya).
May 12 the Defense Ministry of the LPR reported that the People’s Militia pushed Ukrainian servicemen away from Popasnaya.
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May 11 The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that during the joint offensive of the People’s Militia of the LPR and the Akhmat unit, the settlements of Yuzhny and Voevodovka, the gunpowder factory Zarya, as well as several suburban villages to the north and northwest of Severodonetsk were occupied.
May 5th The People’s Militia of the DPR occupied the village of Troitskoye, from which the shelling of Gorlovka was conducted.
April 25 The People’s Militia of the LPR reported the occupation of the village of Novotoshkovskoye (northeast of Popasnaya).
April 16 The Ministry of Defense announced the taking under control of the Ilyich Metallurgical Plant in Mariupol.
April 11 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of the village of Kamenka in the Kharkiv region. The military department noted that it was “one of the most fortified defense lines in the Izyumsky district”.
April 1st in Ukraine, the first publications appeared about the discovery of the bodies of civilians in the city of Bucha Kiev region, which was previously abandoned by Russian troops. Then Kiev announced the death of hundreds of residents of Bucha and blamed the incident on Russian servicemen. In Moscow, the incident was called a staging, pointing out a number of inconsistencies. After the events in Bucha, the negotiation process between Russia and Ukraine was actually frozen.
March 31 The Ministry of Defense announced the full occupation of the settlement of Zolotaya Niva. Russian units crossed the Kashlagach River.
On this day, the LNR units completed the cleanup of Zhitlovka.
March 29 the Russian army began to leave Kiev, Chernihiv and Sumy regions. The Kremlin called it a gesture of goodwill in the interests of the negotiation process.
During March, negotiations were held between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine. Initially, the meetings were held in Belarus, and the last meeting was held in Istanbul on March 29. According to its results, the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, announced the coordination of a number of positions, and Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin promised a drastic reduction in military activity in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions.
March 28 The People’s Militia of the LPR captured the settlements of Ivanovka, Novosadovoye, having reached the border of Novolyublino— Terny.
March 25 The Ministry of Defense announced the occupation of the settlements of Batmanka, Mikhaylovka, Krasny Partizan, Stavki and Troitskoye.
March 24 The Ministry of Defense stated that the Russian armed forces took full control of the city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region.
March 22 The Ministry of Defense announced the loss of Kiev’s control over ten settlements. The Russian military occupied the village of Urozhnoye in the Donetsk region, the forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic took four settlements: Slavnoye, Trudovskoy, Chelyuskintsev Mine and Maryinka. Five more Ukrainian settlements came under the control of the People’s Militia of the LPR: Kalinovo, Novoaleksandrovka, Stepnoye and Boguslavskoye.
March 13 The Russian Armed Forces have established full control over the settlements of Pavlovka, Nikolskoye, Blagodatnoye, Vodianovka, Vladimirovka.
March 11 The People’s Militia of the DPR seized Volnovakha.
March 9th in The Russian Defense Ministry reported that units of the Russian armed forces took control of the settlements of Krasnaya Polyana and Stepnoye. The People’s Militia of the LPR occupied Grachevo, the People’s Militia of the DPR – Signal, Taramchuk, Elenovka and Trudovoye.
March 4th The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the People’s Militia of the LPR occupied several settlements: Shandrigolovo, Alexandrovka, Derilovo, Srednoye, Lozove. The People’s Militia of the DPR occupied four settlements: Rozovka, Truzhenka, Znamenovka and Potbellied. Russian troops occupied several settlements in the Zaporozhye region, including the city of Canopies.
March 3 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the occupation of the city of Balakleya (Kharkiv region). In addition, Russian troops took control of several settlements in the Zaporozhye region, including Blue Mountain, Sweet Beam, Ilchenkovo. The DPR forces surrounding Mariupol occupied the village of Vodiane, as well as Sartana and Vinogradnoye.
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March 2 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the establishment of control over Kherson, as well as Vasilevka and Tokmak (Zaporozhye region). In the Luhansk region, the People’s Militia of the LPR established control over the cities of Starobilsk and Svatovo, as well as the district center of Novoaydar.
February 27 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the blocking of Kherson and Berdyansk, as well as the occupation of Genichesk (Kherson region). The People’s Militia of the LPR occupied the settlements of Novoakhtyrka, Smolyaninovo (east of Severodonetsk), the Village of Lugansk.
February 26 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian troops took full control of Melitopol overnight..
February 25 the Ministry of Defense announced the occupation of Snake Island in the Odessa region of Ukraine. The Snake garrison laid down their arms.
February 24 The Border Service of Ukraine reported attacks and shelling along the entire border from the Zhytomyr region (bordering only with Belarus) to Lugansk, as well as from the Crimea. Military facilities throughout the territory of Ukraine were subjected to rocket attacks. Later it became known that the Russian army crossed the border in Kiev, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson regions. At the same time, the People’s Militia of the LPR launched attacks on the cities of Happiness and Stanytsia Luhanska to the north of Lugansk, and the People’s Militia of the DPR launched an offensive on Mariupol and Volnovakha.
At the request of Roskomnadzor, RBC provides data on the details of the military operation in Ukraine based on information from Russian official sources.
Supplies of foreign weapons to Ukraine
NATO countries and their allies have been increasing arms supplies to Kiev since the beginning of the special operation. If initially we were talking about helmets, bulletproof vests, unmanned aerial vehicles (Turkish Bayraktar), then they began to send old Soviet weapons to Ukraine, which were still stored in warehouses in Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic.
Over time, Ukraine began to supply weapons that were produced in NATO countries and Australia. It was about armored vehicles (British Saxon, Australian Bushmaster), anti-tank complexes (Javelin, NLAW), artillery installations (French Caesar, American HIMARS).
You can read more about military supplies to Ukraine here.
What sanctions have been imposed against Russia
Packages of sanctions against Russia began to be introduced even before the start of the special operation in Ukraine, after the recognition of the DPR and LPR. The restrictions were announced by the USA, Canada, the EU, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Switzerland, Iceland and a number of other countries.
There were six waves of sanctions in total. The United States, the United Kingdom, and the EU stated that they were coordinating efforts to weaken the Russian economy, but restrictions were not always imposed synchronously. There were also certain differences, which in the West were explained by the unwillingness to harm their own economies. There were also differences in personal sanctions. For example, the United States imposed restrictions on 663 people, and the United Kingdom imposed restrictions on more than 1,000 businessmen, politicians, military personnel, media employees, people who were considered close to Putin in London.
The first The wave concerned banks financing the military industry (VEB, Promsvyazbank), State Duma deputies who supported the recognition of the DPR and LPR.
The second wave of sanctions it began after the start of the special operation. The UK has imposed restrictions on 100 individuals and companies, including VTB, Rostec and Aeroflot. The amounts of deposits and deposits for Russian citizens in UK banks were limited to 50 thousand US dollars. All transactions with new debt obligations with a maturity of more than 14 days were limited to a number of companies (including Gazprom, Russian Railways, Alfa-Bank). Personal sanctions affected Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov, Sergei Shoigu.
The EU has imposed restrictions, including against Russian Railways, Uralvagonzavod, KAMAZ, Alfa-Bank, Otkritie, Bank of Russia and Promsvyazbank. Banks were banned from selling euro-denominated securities to clients from Russia, as well as from listing shares of any Russian state-owned companies (with a state share of over 50%) on European exchanges. In addition, insurance of Russian aircraft was banned, and a ban was imposed on the sale and leasing of airliners, spare parts and equipment to Russian airlines.
By March 10, the EU, the United Kingdom, Bosnia, Norway, the United States, Switzerland, Montenegro, and the United Kingdom had closed the airspace for Russian aircraft. A little later, Canada did it too. A number of airlines refused flights to Russia.
The third wave of sanctions it began on February 26. The reserves of the Bank of Russia in the G7 countries were frozen, five banks were disconnected from the SWIFT system. The UK has closed ports for Russian ships, as well as exports of high-tech goods to Russia. On the territory of the EU and the UK, the assets of a number of businessmen were frozen, including Igor Sechin, Mikhail Fridman, Peter Aven.
On March 2, the EU banned the sale, supply, transfer and export of euro banknotes to Russia.
On March 8, the United States announced a ban on oil, gas and coal supplies from Russia.
Since March 10, Visa and Mastercard have stopped working in Russia. The owners of Russian cards of these payment systems have lost the opportunity to pay with them outside the country or pay for purchases in foreign stores.
On March 10, the UK imposed sanctions, including against Roman Abramovich, Andrei Kostin, Oleg Deripaska. Their assets were frozen, British citizens were banned from cooperating with them.
On March 11, the United States banned the supply of dollar bills to Russia, the import of alcohol and seafood from Russia.
On March 12, Bermuda cancelled the flight certificates of 740 aircraft registered there by Russian airlines.
The fourth wave of sanctions it began on March 15. The import of Russian steel products into the EU was banned, and the export of luxury goods to Russia was banned.
On April 4, the United States banned Russia from using reserves frozen in the United States for payments on public debt.
On April 5, the next package of EU sanctions was announced. So, the EU banned the import of Russian coal, transactions with major banks. Russian ships were banned from entering EU ports (an exception was made for carriers of food, humanitarian and energy goods).
On April 6, the United States banned citizens from doing business with Alfa-Bank and Sberbank, as well as new investments in Russia.
On April 9, the EU restricted the import of fertilizers from Russia.
On April 11, the EU Flight Safety Committee added 21 Russian airlines to the list of carriers that are prohibited or restricted from flying within the EU, since these carriers do not comply with international safety standards.
On April 12, the UK banned the import of Russian cast iron and steel.
On June 3, the EU announced the sixth package of sanctions. The restrictions included KAMAZ, Tatneft, and the National Settlement Depository. Sberbank, Rosselkhoznadzor, and ICD were disconnected from SWIFT. In addition, the EU promised to abandon the import of Russian oil within six months, and from the import of petroleum products within eight months.
The EU has been discussing the sixth package of sanctions for more than a month. Several countries indicated that they were not ready to go for a hard rejection of Russian energy carriers, as this would deal a serious blow to their economies.
On June 16, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions, including against Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
On June 28, the United States imposed a ban on the import of Russian gold.
On July 8, Canada imposed sanctions on Patriarch Kirill. In addition, Roskomnadzor, the Regnum news agency, and Ekaterina Andreeva, the presenter of Channel One, were subject to restrictions.
Vladimir Putin’s emergency appeal
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency appeal on the morning of February 24 and announced the start of a special military operation in the Donbass. “Its [operation] goal is to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years,” he stressed.
According to him, Russia cannot feel safe and exist with a constant threat from Ukraine. He stressed that the military operation in Donbass will be carried out in accordance with the UN Charter, the decision of the Federation Council and agreements with the DPR and LPR.
What preceded the military operation
Reports that Russia is increasing its military presence on the border with Ukraine began to appear in the Western media in October 2021. The Kremlin said that the movement of Russian troops on the territory of the country is exclusively a matter of Russia.
In December 2021, Russia sent the United States drafts of a security guarantee treaty. Moscow offered NATO to abandon further expansion to the east and guarantee that Ukraine and Georgia, in particular, would not join the alliance. In addition, the United States had to abandon the creation of bases on the territory of the former USSR.
On February 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry published a reaction to the US responses on security guarantees. Moscow stated that there was no constructive response from Washington to the Russian proposals. “In the absence of the readiness of the American side to agree on firm, legally binding guarantees to ensure our security from the United States and its allies, Russia will be forced to respond, including through the implementation of military-technical measures,” the Foreign Ministry said.
Secretary of the NSDC of Ukraine Alexey Danilov said that Kiev does not see signs of preparation of a full-scale operation on the part of Russia. In his opinion, the purpose of the provocation was to force Ukraine to start “militarily responding powerfully”, and then accuse the Ukrainian authorities of organizing the provocation.
On the afternoon of February 18, Donetsk announced that the Ukrainian army was preparing to strike at the Svetlodarsk arc in order to cut the communication lines between Donetsk and Lugansk. The DPR and LPR announced the evacuation of the population to the territory of Russia. Mobilization was announced later. Those in reserve must arrive at the military enlistment offices. At the same time, the Foreign Ministries of the DPR and the LPR refused Kiev’s proposals to hold an extraordinary meeting of the contact group on the settlement in the Donbass.
On February 19, US President Joe Biden said that an attack by Russian troops on Ukraine could happen “in the coming weeks” and even “in the coming days”.
Vladimir Zelensky, during the Munich Conference, demanded the convening of a summit of the countries participating in the Budapest Memorandum, which provided for Ukraine’s renunciation of nuclear weapons. At the same time, Zelensky said that the return of Donbass and Crimea to Ukraine is possible only by peaceful means.
On the afternoon of February 21, the press service of the Southern Military District reported that a sabotage group from Ukraine had broken into the territory of the Rostov region. Two armored vehicles arrived from the territory of Ukraine to evacuate the saboteurs. They were destroyed, five saboteurs were killed.
On February 21, Putin said during a meeting of the Russian Security Council that the Ukrainian authorities were not going to implement the Minsk agreements. He suggested discussing the request of the leaders of the DPR and LPR to recognize the sovereignty of the self-proclaimed republics at a meeting of the Russian Security Council.
Putin explained that the danger of Ukraine joining NATO lies in the fact that official Kiev threatens to “retake Crimea and Sevastopol”. This poses a threat of a collision between Russia and the entire North Atlantic Alliance. At the same time, Putin considered that the moratorium on Ukraine’s accession to NATO is not a concession.: this is the time to prepare for Kiev’s accession to the alliance.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. Putin also signed agreements on friendship and mutual assistance with the leaders of the DPR and LPR.
The President of Russia announced in which borders the DPR and the LPR are recognized. “We have recognized the republics, and hence their Constitution. And there are registered borders within the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. All disputed issues will be resolved at the negotiations between the Kiev authorities and these republics. This is not possible at the moment. But I hope it will be so in the future,” he said.
Official Kiev refused to recognize Russia’s decision and the independence of Donbass. Vladimir Zelensky stressed that the borders of Ukraine will remain as they were recognized by the international community, “despite the statements of the Russian Federation.”
On Tuesday, February 22, at an emergency meeting, the Federation Council unanimously allowed President Vladimir Putin to use the Armed Forces of Russia abroad in the DPR and LPR.
PUtin: the situation with forest fires is changing in general in a positive way, the situation with forest fires in Russia as a whole is changing for the better, but at the same time new issues arise that require special attention, the president said. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, more than 6 thousand people are involved in fighting fires
The situation with forest fires in Russian regions is generally developing in a positive way, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with members of the government.
“The situation is changing in some places, it is changing in a generally positive way, but new issues are also emerging that require special attention,” he noted.
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Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Dmitry Grigorenko, who held a meeting of the government commission the day before, reporting on the situation with fires, said that fires were localized in Mari El and the Nizhny Novgorod region, while not a single locality was at risk. He assured that during the day the fire in the Ivanovo region will be completely localized, as well as the source of ignition in the Ryazan region, which intensified the day before due to strong winds.
Grigorenko pointed out that rescuers and equipment began to be withdrawn from the Ryazan region, since the situation with fires there has improved, and such a number of specialists are not required. According to him, at the most critical moments in the region, more than 9 thousand people worked to extinguish fires. Grigorenko also noted that people who were evacuated from some settlements due to the threat of fire spread have already returned to their homes.
Acting Governor of the Ryazan region Pavel Malkov reported to the president that no buildings were damaged due to fires in the region, and assured that the situation with fires is under control. He spoke about this on August 26. Forest fires in the Ryazan region attracted special attention after smoke from fires in the Ryazan region reached Moscow and the Moscow region. According to the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Alexander Kurenkov, the cause of the fires could be arson. Malkov claimed that the fires were provoked by hot, dry and windy weather.
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According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, more than 6 thousand people and about 2 thousand pieces of equipment are involved in the elimination of wildfires. Rosleskhoz reports that 72 forest fires have been extinguished in 27 regions of Russia over the past day and continue to fight 63 fires in 14 regions. In a number of regions, including the Republics of Komi and Mari El, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov and Ryazan regions, as well as in Khimki near Moscow, the emergency regime continues to operate.
Following the meeting of the government commission on the situation with fires, the Cabinet of Ministers reported that in the Ivanovo region it was possible to prevent the spread of fire to settlements. According to the government, the area covered by fire has increased in the Ryazan region, which is explained by the planned annealing of forests to prevent the spread offires. The Cabinet of Ministers said that the smoke in the region is due to the decay of shrubs in a swampy area.
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PAccording to Mirziyoyev, the authorities repressed 100 thousand Uzbeks because they understood that these people could liberate the country and lead it to prosperity. He called the repressed compatriots “the greatest heroes”
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The leadership of the USSR repressed the Uzbeks who tried to achieve the independence of the republic, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said.
On August 31, Uzbekistan celebrates the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Repression, and the next day, September 1, is the Independence Day of the republic. On Wednesday, Mirziyoyev visited the complex of memory of victims of repression “Shahidlar khotirasi”.
“100 thousand of our compatriots were repressed, 13 thousand were mercilessly shot. Why? Because they were our greatest heroes, the heritage of the nation. They knew two or three languages. The regime had an understanding that they were capable of liberating our homeland, leading it to prosperity,” Mirziyoyev said. He recalled the actionsthe state in relation to the Jadids – participants in the movement in Islam, which advocated the renewal of Islam, the spread of education, parliamentarism, voting rights for women and the territorial autonomy of Turkestan. Many of them opposed the Soviet government and in the 1930s became victims of repression.
At the same time, the repressions were not limited to the persecution of the Jadids, the President of Uzbekistan noted. “If we say that the events of the 30s are a distant story, then what about the cotton business? They came up with false accusations to suppress our leaders,” he said.
The cotton case is a series of cases of economic and corruption crimes in Uzbekistan, which were investigated in the USSR in the 1970s and 1980s. 800 criminal cases were initiated, more than 4 thousand people accused of bribes, postscript and embezzlement were sentenced to various terms. Among them were many representatives of the leadership of the Uzbek SSR.
In March 1989, two special commissions were created (the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet), which were instructed to study possible violations of the rule of law in the investigation of corruption cases in the Uzbek SSR. Both commissions concluded that “violations of socialist legality” were committed in the activities of the investigative group. In mayAt the same time, the prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case against Telman Gdlyan and Nikolai Ivanov (they headed the investigative commission to investigate abuses in the cotton industry of Uzbekistan). The first was soon expelled from the CPSU and dismissed from the prosecutor’s office. In 1991, Gdlyan and Ivanov’s office was closed “due to a change in the political situation”.
In December 1991, just before the collapse of the Soviet Union, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov pardoned all those convicted in the cotton case who were serving their sentences on the territory of the republic.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2017 called the Soviet repression a blow to the people, which Russia still feels. According to the head of state, there can be no justification for these actions of the authorities. Ten years earlier, Putin had called those exiled to camps and shot during Stalin’s repressions “people with their own opinions” who were not afraid to express them, “the color of the nation”.
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The city of Zaporozhye is located on Kiev-controlled territory, and the Zaporozhye NPP in Energodar is controlled by Russia. The Russian side earlier promised to ensure the safety of the IAEA experts in the controlled territory
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The mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has arrived in the city of Zaporozhye, according to the Ukrainian company Energoatom. She also posted a video of the delegation’s arrival, showing cars with UN symbols.
The city of Zaporozhye is located on the territory of the region controlled by Ukraine. Earlier, the head of the military-civil administration of the Russian-controlled territory of the region, Yevgeny Balitsky, said that the IAEA specialists were queuing at the contact line. The Zaporozhye authorities pointed out that they did not give the experts a special pass so that they “stood in line like everyone else”.
The way from Zaporozhye to the Zaporozhye NPP is about 130 km along the roads along the bank of the Dnieper. Part of the territory is under the control of Ukrainian forces, the other is under Russian control.
A group of 14 IAEA experts went to Ukraine on August 29, the need for her visit to the station arose due to regular shelling. Specialists should help ensure the safety of the station, assess the damage and determine whether the main and backup security systems are functioning.
On the eve of the experts arrived in Kiev.Moscow insisted that the arrival of the IAEA mission through Ukrainian territory was unsafe, but then agreed to allow it to enter the station not through the territories controlled by Russia.
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Balitsky noted that experts will stay at the station one day. At the same time, the Director General of the IAEA hopes to organize a permanent mission at the Zaporozhye station.
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