Новости за 16.10.2017

The magistrates’ court of the 383 Meshchansky District of Moscow has imposed a fine of  800 000 rubles (some $14,000) on the developers of the Telegram messenger for defying the request by the Federal Security Service (FSB) to provide decryption keys to user messages, an UNIAN correspondent in Russia reports. Read more here.

EU High Representative for Common Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini stated that Brussels will continue the dialogue with Ukraine on the possible violation of minorities rights by the law on education, based on the conclusions of the Venice Commission. Mogherini said this on Oct.16 in Luxembourg at a press conference following the meeting of the […]

Ukrainian’s main security agency has claimed it averted potential violence planned during a protest in front of the country’s parliament, an action organized by controversial firebrand politician Mikheil Saakashvili. Read more here.

MOSCOW – A Russian man Maxim Lapunov is accusing authorities in Chechnya of jailing and beating him as part of a broad crackdown on gay people. Read more here.

Ukraine was elected a member of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council for 2018-2020. This is stated in the message of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations on Twitter. Read more here.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjzrto at a Oct.16 meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council did not raise the issue of revising the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, only stressing the need to address Ukraine’s “violations” of minority rights by passing the recent education law, a top European diplomat has told an UNIAN […]

WASHINGTON – The US political research firm that commissioned a dossier on Donald Trump while he was running for president said on Oct. 16 it would not comply with subpoenas issued by the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee. Read more here.

The European Union introduced new economic sanctions against the DPRK in connection with the development of Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs, the Council of Europe said in a statement on Oct.16. Read more here.

Facebook wants to hire individuals with national security clearances, a decision motivated by the possibility that Russian actors may have manipulated its platform during the 2016 election. Read more here.

Running until Oct. 29, Silver Arrow 2017 will take place in the main Adazi military training area and in the Ape, Gulbene, and Aluksne districts of northern Latvia, according to LSM.lv. Read more here.

President Vladimir Putin says Russia is curtailing economic, scientific and other ties with North Korea in line with restrictions imposed by the United Nations. Read more here.

TORONTO – Adobe Systems Inc warned on Oct.16 that hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in its Flash multimedia software platform in web browsers, and the company urged users to quickly patch their systems to prevent such attacks. Read more here.

Ahead of an opposition protest in Kyiv, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili tells DW why he would unseat Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko. Read more here.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Siyarto states that he initiates consideration of the issue of Association Agreement violation by Ukraine because of the law on education. He intends to do this at the next meeting of the Ukraine-EU Association Council. This Siyarto said on Oct.16 in Luxembourg before the start of […]

KHARKIV, Ukraine – Ex-Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili stepped up his criticism of President Petro Poroshenko at a protest in the city of Kharkiv late on Oct. 15, saying that he would not let Poroshenko’s associates out of the country because they should be held responsible for their alleged corruption. “They let me in this time, […]

On Oct. 15, a monument to deported Ukrainians was consecrated in the city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Read more here.

Ukraine has filed a World Trade Organization complaint challenging Russian trade restrictions on beer, vodka, juice, wallpaper and a product close to President Petro Poroshenko’s heart: confectionery. Read more here.

BRUSSELS— Hungary says it will “block and boycott” all attempts to draw Ukraine more deeply into the European Union unless Kyiv changes a new education law that rolls back options for schools to teach lessons in languages other than Ukrainian. Read more here.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius has said that the revision of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU is unrealistic. Read more here.

Britain is seeking to counter a cold war-style “information war” by investing in a range of projects, from “rebranding” Ukraine to influencing Russian speakers in Baltic states. Read more here.

Russia’s radical political performance artist, Pyotr Pavlensky, has been arrested in Paris after setting the Bank of France on fire, the Dozhd TV network reported on Oct. 16. Read more here.

Macedonia’s ruling Social Democrats (SDSM) claimed victory in municipal elections on Oct. 15, gaining a solid show of support as they look to lead the Balkan nation to eventual NATO and European Union membership. Read more here.

Secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov will pay a working visit to NATO headquarters on Oct. 18, a diplomat has told an Ukrinform correspondent in Brussels. Read more here.

The EU’s top trade official has hit out against the Trump administration’s continued blocking of appointments to the World Trade Organisation’s dispute settlement body, saying the stance risks “killing the WTO from inside”. Read more here.

World high jump silver medalist Yuliya Levchenko from Ukraine has been crowned female Rising Star of the Year at the European Athletics Golden Tracks award ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania, Ukrinform reports. Read more here.