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Arrival of evacuated citizens of Donbass in Kazan

Since the beginning of the military operation, more than 557 thousand people have been evacuated from Donbass and dangerous areas of Ukraine to Russia, said the head of the National Defense Control Center of Russia, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev.

“Despite all the difficulties and obstacles created by Kiev, over the past day, without the participation of the Ukrainian authorities, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, as well as the International Committee of the Red Cross, 14168 people were evacuated to Russia from the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, as well as dangerous areas of Ukraine, 891 of them a child, and since the beginning of the special military operation, 557565 people have already been killed, of which 111870 are children, Mizintsev said.

At the request of Roskomnadzor, RBC provides data on the details of the military operation in Ukraine based on information from Russian official sources.

The representative of the Ministry of Defense clarified that on April 2, the Russian side opened humanitarian corridors in the Kiev, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol directions: one to Russia and one to the western borders of Ukraine. Kiev claimed seven more corridors on the Zaporozhye and Donetsk directions, but none of them was in the direction of Russia, Mizintsev pointed out.

The International Committee of the Red Cross agreed to evacuate people from Mariupol, but on April 1 and 2, convoys of buses that left Zaporozhye could not arrive in Mariupol, a representative of the Ministry of Defense said.

“From Mariupol through the humanitarian corridor in the eastern direction, without any participation of the Ukrainian side, from the lawlessness organized by the nationalists, [the Russian side] has already managed to save 121497 people, including 2,464 over the past day,” Mizintsev pointed out.

He also noted that appeals for evacuation to Russia are received from Ukrainian citizens. “Over the past day, another 1124 such appeals have been received, and in total there are already 2734699 of them in the database from 2123 settlements of Ukraine,” a representative of the military department said.

According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on April 1, 4.13 million people have left the country since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine. Most of them (2.4 million) left for Poland, followed by Romania (629 thousand), Moldova (391 thousand), Hungary (379 thousand).

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Thousands of residents of the UK on Saturday came out to protest against rising energy prices, writes The Guardian. On Friday, the authorities increased the price threshold for gas and electricity by 54%. The newspaper does not give the exact number of participants in the actions.

Protests were held in Cardiff, Birmingham, and other cities. In London, the demonstration took place near Downing Street. The leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, spoke at the rally.

“We need action from the government now,”the price threshold for gas and electricity bills, as well as the nationalization of energy companies, so that several thousand more people do not end up below the poverty line,” Corbin wrote on Twitter, attaching a photo from the action to the post.

Shadow Transport Minister Louise Hay said that Labour would propose legislative mechanisms for regulating prices if oil and gas companies, following a planned meeting with party representatives, did not agree to lower prices on their own.

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis told Sky News that the government cannot “nullify the impact of global markets and global pressure” on energy, but will provide the population with all possible support.

As The Guardian notes, the price increase is due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on energy production, as well as military actions in Ukraine, due to which some countries, including the UK, restrict imports of Russian oil and gas. After the start of the Russian military operation, British BP announced the sale of its stake in Rosneft and the termination ofpurchases of oil and gas from Russia. The British-Dutch Shell announced the rejection of Russian oil.

Electricity and gas prices in the kingdom are increasing against the background of record inflation growth: according to the National Statistical Service, the consumer price index in February increased by 6.2%.

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According to Peskov, we are talking about the borders fixed in the constitutions of the DPR and the LPR. He added that the task of demilitarization of Ukraine is being carried out “in full swing”

Mine clearance by Lugansk robotic complex “Uran-6”

The purpose of the Russian military operation in Ukraine is to rescue residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics and restore their territories within the borders of 2014, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of Russia, said in an interview with the Belarus 24 TV channel.

“One of the main goals of the operation is, in fact, the salvation of these republics and the restoration of their statehood within the borders of the 14th year, that is, within the borders that are fixed in the Constitution of both the Luhansk People’s Republic and the Donetsk People’s Republic,” Peskov said.

The press secretary also noted “denazification” as the tasks of the special operation, since, according to him, there were “representatives of nationalist elements” in power in Ukraine. “We hope that manifestations of nationalist ideas will be banned in Ukraine,” lt;…”The Russian language will regain its position,” the Kremlin representative said.

He added that the demilitarization of Ukraine, which was called as another goal of the special operation, is in full swing, and the country’s military potential has already been destroyed in many ways.

“We hope that all these goals of the special military operation will be fulfilled,” Peskov pointed out.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, announcing the start of the special operation on February 24, also named among the tasks of the fighting “protection of people who have been subjected to bullying, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years”, “demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine”, “bringing to justice those who who committed numerous bloody crimes against civilians, including citizens of the Russian Federation.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, in his address to the Russians, which was published a few hours before Putin’s address, said that Ukraine in the news and in real life are two different countries. He also added that Ukraine did not pose a threat to Russia in the past and this will not happen in the future.

After the start of the operation and settlement negotiations, Zelensky said that he was ready to seek a compromise on how people in Donbass and Crimea would live on.

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The strike on the city’s defense headquarters was carried out on March 31, the ministry said that “more than 100 nationalists and mercenaries from Western countries were killed”

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The Russian military on Thursday, March 31, struck the Iskander-M missile system at the Kharkiv defense headquarters, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. As a result, according to the agency, “the destruction of more than 100 nationalists and mercenaries from Western countries has been confirmed.”

On March 25, the military department announced that with the help of the Iskander complex, a training base for foreign mercenaries was destroyed in Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Defense, a ballistic missile hit the building where the “foreign Legion” was located. The ministry did not specify where exactly this happened.

At the request of Roskomnadzor, RBC provides data on the details of the military operation in Ukraine based on information from Russian official sources.

A day later, the Ministry showed footage of the destruction of the anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Buk” near Kiev as a result of a missile strike inflicted by the complex “Iskander”.

Russia has been conducting a military special operation in Ukraine since February 24. As Head of State Vladimir Putin said, this is necessary to protect civilians from “genocide”, “denazification” and demilitarization of the neighboring country. Ukraine then severed diplomatic relations with Russia and imposed martial law.

After negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul at the end of March, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said that the department had decided to “drastically reduce military activity in the Chernihiv and Kiev directions”. According to the representative of the department Igor Konashenkov, the main tasks have been completed there and a planned regrouping of troops is taking place in order to “intensify actions in priority areas and before the operation for the complete liberation of Donbass is completed.”

The Russian Defense Ministry says that the strikes are carried out only on the military infrastructure of Ukraine. On Saturday, April 2, Russian planes struck 28 military facilities. According to the latest data of the ministry, 1.8 thousand tanks, 125 aircraft and 88 helicopters, 381 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the country.

At the request of Roskomnadzor, RBC provides data on the details of the military operation in Ukraine based on information from Russian official sources.

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Uncoordinated actions on Saturday were held in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk

On April 2, participants of actions against the military operation in Ukraine were detained in Moscow and other cities.

Avtozak LIVE writes that a man was detained in Moscow who got up in a single picket with a sausage “Miratorg” (part of the brand name was crossed out), as well as a girl in a wedding dress.

In St. Petersburg, protesters gathered at a military hospital. “Fontanka” writes that about 50 people were detained at the “sitting” rally in the city, including two journalists and two artists who painted St. Isaac’s Cathedral.

correspondent Andrey Okun told RBC that he was detained near the Mariinsky Palace when he was surrounded by colleagues with a press card, a red assignment and a vest.

RBC contacted the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region for comment, and also sent a request to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moscow.

Activist Svetlana Marina was detained in Kirov, she told RBC that she did not take part in the action, she called ribbons on clothes the reason for the detention. A protocol was drawn up on her under Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code (public actions aimed at discrediting the Russian military).

Polina Zmanovskaya, an activist from Khanty-Mansiysk, told RBC that she went to the central square with a single picket. She was detained, a report was drawn up on her. “If a fine is imposed, then, of course, I will appeal, as I consider it absurd,” Zmanovskaya said.

In Yekaterinburg, the police detained about ten people because of suspicions that they may participate in the action, the Evening Vedomosti reported. According to the newspaper, the detainees did not have posters, they did not chant slogans.

According to the publication “Taiga.Info”, about 20 people were detained in Novosibirsk.

On March 4, Vladimir Putin signed a law on criminal liability for fakes about the actions of the Russian military as part of a special operation. It provides for punishment in the form of a fine of up to 1.5 million rubles. or three years in prison for the public dissemination of deliberately false information about the actions of the Russian military. If a person spreads such fakes using official position or out of selfish motives, the punishment will be stricter: the fine will increase to 5 million rubles, and the prison term will be from five to ten years. If the dissemination of false information entails grave consequences, the penalty will be from 10 to 15 years in prison.

In addition, Article 280.3 has been added to the Criminal Code (public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces in order to protect the interests of Russia and its citizens, maintain international peace and security). The penalty under this article is a fine in the amount of 30 thousand to 100 thousand rubles.

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Dmitry Peskov

A way out can be found even from such a confrontation as is observed in relations between Russia and the European Union, said the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov in the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin». A fragment of the issue was published in his Telegram channel by presenter Pavel Zarubin.

“There are always exits. There are always ways out of any confrontation, out of any difficult situation,” Peskov said, answering a question about the spoiled relations between Moscow and Brussels.

In this issue, Peskov noted that in order to reassess relations with Russia, the European Union needs to “sober up from American bourbon”.

“When they do think that we ourselves should take care of the destinies of our continent, Europe, even Eurasia, then it will come,”this is not a short-term prospect, “but then the time will come to reassess our relations and enter a state of dialogue.” the Kremlin representative believes.

Earlier, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that at the moment “the state of relations between the Russian Federation and the Western world, the Anglo-Saxon civilization in the broad sense of the word, led by the United States of America, is worse than, probably, in the 1960s and 1970s, it is beyond any doubt”..

At the same time, Medvedev pointed out, there is an important difference between this and the current period: in those years, sanctions were not imposed on the leaders of the countries, as they are now. The Deputy Chairman stressed the “senselessness” and “absurdity” of restrictive measures.

Since the end of February, Brussels has imposed several packages of sanctions against Moscow, which include, among other things, restrictions against top officials of the state. In response, Russia banned the top leadership of the European Union from entering the country.

The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, commenting on the decision of the Russian authorities, said that the EU is imposing sanctions in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine to stop them, and European sanctions, “unlike Russian counter-sanctions, are transparent and based on clear criteria.”

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DMitri Peskov: there will be no reassessment of Europe’s relations with Russia in the near future, According to the Kremlin representative, Europeans should “sober up” from American influence in order to reassess relations with Russia

Dmitry Peskov

In order to reconsider relations with Russia, Europe must “sober up”, said the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov in the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin» on the TV channel «Russia 1». The excerpt was published in the Telegram channel of the program’s host Pavel Zarubin.

“When the Europeans sober up a little bit from American bourbon and when they still think that we ourselves should take care of the destinies of our continent, Europe, even Eurasia, then it will come— this is not a short-term prospect, — but then the time will come to reassess our relations and exit in a state of dialogue,” Peskov said.

Earlier, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev noted that Europe is now trying to oppose itself to Russia. However, as the politician stated, the history of Russia is just as European as theirs, but nevertheless has its own, and the inhabitants of Europe have no monopoly on being called refined Europeans, since the development of European civilization In general, it happened in all parts of Europe.

Some European politicians have noted that Russia poses a threat to European security. In particular, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke about this. In his opinion, Russian President Vladimir Putin “wants to recreate the Russian Empire” and his actions could put Europe’s security at risk “in the foreseeable future”. At the same time, the Chancellor stressed that long-term security in Europe is impossible without Russia.

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Glava of the Turkish Defense Ministry Akar: Ankara is ready to help in the evacuation of people from Mariupol by sea Turkey is ready to allocate vessels for the organization of evacuation from Mariupol by sea. Ankara coordinates its actions on this issue with the structures of Russia and Ukraine

Port in Mariupol

Turkey is ready to assist in the evacuation of civilians and wounded people from Mariupol by sea. This was stated by the head of the Turkish Defense Ministry Hulusi Akar, reports Sol Haber.

“We can provide shipboard support in the evacuation of civilians and wounded from the sea in Mariupol,” he said. Turkey is ready to allocate vessels to organize the evacuation, Akar added.

The Turkish side is coordinating its actions with the structures of Russia and Ukraine in this matter, Anadolu writes, for example, the Russian military attache was invited to the Turkish Defense Ministry and brought this information to his attention.

The initiative was also transferred to Russian authorities and through the Turkish military attache in Moscow. “We are also coordinating our efforts with Ukrainian authorities through the military attache in this country,” Akar added.

RBC sent requests to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry, as well as to the Turkish Defense Ministry.

Turkish President Recep Erdogan has repeatedly offered his assistance in organizing negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky in Turkey. The last time he came up with such an initiative was on April 1.

Erdogan said that Ankara “wants to crown its efforts to establish peace by organizing a meeting of the two leaders.”

On March 29, negotiations at the level of legations were held in Istanbul on the initiative of Erdogan. During the meeting, Kiev handed over to Moscow written proposals for a political settlement, which, among other things, provide for the neutral status of Ukraine. Russia, for its part, promised gradual de-escalation in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions.

The head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, said that high-level negotiations are possible after the preparation of a peace treaty or simultaneously with its signing by the foreign ministers.

At the end of March, Ukraine received a message from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that Russia confirmed its readiness to open a humanitarian corridor from Mariupol with transit through Berdyansk.

The Russian side proposed to carry out the evacuation with the participation of representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the ICRC. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said that 45 buses were sent along the route.

Prior to that, the Russian Defense Ministry demanded that Kiev fulfill the conditions for the creation of a humanitarian corridor: to guarantee unconditional compliance with the ceasefire and allow bus convoys to safely travel along the agreed route.

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ButNtigua and Barbuda offers Britain assistance in the confiscation of yachts associated with Abramovich, the authorities of the island state in the Caribbean Sea, where two vessels allegedly connected with the businessman are moored, note that a request from London is needed for confiscation. Abramovich is included in the UK sanctions lists

Yacht Halo

Antigua and Barbuda is ready to help the UK confiscate yachts associated with businessman Roman Abramovich on the island, but for this London must send an official request, the country’s ambassador to the United States Ronald Sanders told Reuters.

“We said we would be happy to cooperate, but only in accordance with the law,” the diplomat said.The only way [to arrest the yachts] is if Britain specifies in the mutual legal assistance agreement that this is the person they are looking for because he has committed some crime.

Antigua and Barbuda is an island state in the Caribbean Sea.

Earlier, the Financial Times newspaper reported that two yachts associated with Abramovich were moored in Antigua and Barbuda. According to the publication, the head of the state’s Foreign Ministry, Paul Chet Green, in a letter to the British High Commissioner in Antigua and Barbuda, said that the government was “trying to establish whether two certain yachts belonged to one Russian oligarch.”

According to the Financial Times, a 67-meter yacht called Garçon and a 55-meter Halo, located in Falmouth Harbor on the island of Antigua, are associated with Abramovich. They belong to a company registered in the British Virgin Islands,— Wenham Overseas Limited. “The Government of Antigua and Barbuda and your own measures against persons on the sanctions lists were helped if the UK identified the owner of Wenham Overseas Ltd. and provided us with this information,” Green wrote. The British government confirmed to the newspaper that they are communicating with the authorities of Antigua and Barbuda on this topic.

Reuters reports that the British Virgin Islands, in a letter to the authorities of Antigua and Barbuda, confirmed that Abramovich is the owner of Wenham Overseas Ltd. At the same time, the insurance company Ince Germany, in a letter to the customs administration of Antigua and Barbuda, stated that Abramovich “is not part of the ownership structure or a beneficiary of Garçon”. According to the company, there are no sanctioned individuals and legal entities among the owners of the yacht.

A spokesman for Abramovich declined to comment.

Roman Abramovich was included in the sanctions lists of the European Union and the UK. The restrictions imply the freezing of assets and a ban on entry.

Forbes magazine estimates Abramovich’s fortune at $14.5 billion, he ranks 12th in the list of the richest businessmen in Russia.

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Initse-US President Harris: Washington is not interested in a change of power in Russia, US policy is aimed at making Russia “feel the consequences of its decision on a military operation” due to severe sanctions, and at providing humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, Harris noted

Kamala Harris

The United States is not interested in a change of power in Russia, American Vice President Kamala Harris said in an interview with MSNBC.

“Let me be very clear. We [the US] are not interested in regime change. This is not our policy. Point»,— she said.

According to Harris, US policy from the very beginning was aimed at ensuring that Russia incurred “real costs due to severe sanctions”, as well as providing humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and civilians.

Earlier, on March 26, US President Joe Biden, during his speech in Warsaw, said the following about Russian President Vladimir Putin: “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.”

Later, a White House spokesman explained that the American leader did not call for a change of power in Russia. The Biden administration clarified that the president meant that Putin “should not be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors.”

“Regime change” in Russia is not a NATO goal, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also assured. The absence of plans for “regime change” in Russia was also announced in Britain.

The press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov, commenting on Biden’s words, said that he is a victim of many misconceptions. In his opinion, such statements could be influenced by “incorrect arguments” of the advisers of the American president.

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