{"id":59769,"date":"2016-09-05T23:46:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T23:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=46762"},"modified":"2016-09-06T00:31:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T21:31:59","slug":"46762-weeklydigest-30-08-5-09-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/46762-weeklydigest-30-08-5-09-2016","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian media digest, August 30 \u2013September 5, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Situation in the zone of military operations in eastern\u00a0Ukraine<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ceasefire is generally observed\u00a0in the\u00a0ATO zoneexcept for\u00a0sporadic armed provocations\u00a0from\u00a0theadversary\u2019s side,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/news\/2016\/09\/5\/7119580\/\">according to the press center of the \u2018anti-terror\u2019 operation (ATO)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0Donetsk\u00a0sector,\u00a0the Russian occupation troops made provocations using heavy machineguns and small arms\u00a0in Verkhniotoretske\u00a0yesterday.\u00a0The\u00a0enemy used grenade launchers and small arms\u00a0near Avdiivka andYasynuvata. In addition,\u00a0militants fired\u00a082\u00a0mm\u00a0mortars on\u00a0Avdiivka\u00a0and an\u00a0enemy\u2019s sniper targeted the Ukrainian ATO positions in\u00a0the region.\u00a0The positions of\u00a0the Ukrainian army near Vodiane, Pavlopil, Talakivka, and Maryinka were shelled with small arms.\u00a0In Mariupol\u00a0sector,\u00a0near\u00a0Shyrokyne,\u00a0the adversary attacked the\u00a0Ukrainian\u00a0positions\u00a0using APC armament and small arms\u00a0as well as\u00a0grenade launchers\u00a0at\u00a09am.<\/p>\n<p>Over\u00a0the past week,\u00a0249 attacks\u00a0of\u00a0Russia-backed military groups\u00a0were recorded. As a result of\u00a0hostilities\u00a0and\u00a0blasts of\u00a0the\u00a0self-explosive devices,\u00a0two\u00a0servicemen were\u00a0killed, 20 Ukrainian\u00a0servicemen\u00a0and one border guard\u00a0were\u00a0wounded (4\u00a0Armed Forces\u00a0servicemen\u00a0and\u00a0a border guard\u00a0were wounded by grenade blast in\u00a0a\u00a0medical car).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ceasefire: political statements.<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/prs\/ps\/2016\/09\/261563.htm\">The US Department of State welcomed cease-fire in Donbas<\/a>, noting that\u00a0a sustained ceasefire would enable the parties to fulfill their commitments under the\u00a0Minsk\u00a0agreements. &#8220;The\u00a0United States\u00a0welcomes the \u201cschool year\u201d ceasefire recommitment made by\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0and\u00a0Russia\u00a0and witnessed by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in\u00a0Europe,&#8221; declared\u00a0John Kirby,\u00a0Assistant Secretary\u00a0and Department Spokesperson, in the\u00a0statement.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dw.com\/uk\/%D1%83-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96-%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%8E%D1%82%D1%8C-%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F-%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%83-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BD%D1%8E-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%96\/a-19523010\">Berlin also welcomed the observance of ceasefire in Donbas<\/a>, and expressed\u00a0hope that it would lead\u00a0to further\u00a0implementation\u00a0of the\u00a0Minsk\u00a0agreements, said German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/tass.ru\/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama\/3590826\">We note that the ceasefire in Ukraine holds from September 1<\/a>, and it\u00a0can\u00a0become the basis for a lasting solution to the conflict. We continue to insist on full implementation of the\u00a0Minsk\u00a0agreements,&#8221;\u00a0said EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini on Saturday,\u00a0September 3, on\u00a0the results of the informal meeting of the EU Foreign Ministers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Ukrainian party is less optimistic.\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0Russian\u00a0military\u00a0decision makers\u00a0in the temporarily occupied territories of the east\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0use\u00a0ceasefire\u00a0to install military infrastructure in Ukrainian enterprises.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/news\/2016\/09\/3\/7119468\/\">This was reported\u00a0<\/a>by\u00a0the\u00a0Defense\u00a0Intelligence\u00a0at the\u00a0Ministry of Defense of\u00a0Ukraine. Military facilities\u00a0are installed\u00a0at the enterprises the\u00a0equipment of which was taken out to\u00a0Russia. Russian occupying forces\u00a0use the\u00a0ceasefire for\u00a0hiddenmining, including anti-personnel mines\u00a0prohibited by international conventions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/news\/2016\/09\/2\/7119344\/\">Chief of General Staff\u00a0<\/a>of the Armed Forces\u00a0of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko says\u00a0that Russia is\u00a0going\u00a0to increase the number of\u00a0servicemen in\u00a0Donbas.\u00a0Russia\u00a0sends more soldiers across the border\u00a0and\u00a0thousands of\u00a0servicemen\u00a0to\u00a0Crimea.\u00a0According to him,\u00a0Russia\u00a0plans to create\u00a0the\u00a0third Army Corps\u00a0in\u00a0Donetsk\u00a0and Luhansk regions, which\u00a0will\u00a0consist of professional Russian soldiers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media in the occupied territories.\u00a0<\/strong>Analogue broadcasting\u00a0of\u00a0Ukrainian TV channels &#8220;1 + 1&#8221; and &#8220;Novyi Kanal (New Channel)&#8221;\u00a0was jammed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/news\/2016\/09\/4\/7119541\/\">in the occupied territory\u00a0<\/a>. This was reported by\u00a0the Defense\u00a0Intelligence of Ukraine\u00a0in Facebook. The signal was\u00a0jammed\u00a0with the help of special equipment, which is catered\u00a0for by Russian experts\u00a0only. Instead, they\u00a0broadcast Russian &#8220;post-mainstream\u00a0journalism&#8221; TVprograms\u00a0with &#8220;alternative information&#8221;. The informationis selected by officers from\u00a0disinformation and counter-propaganda\u00a0department of the\u00a0Center\u00a0for\u00a0Information\u00a0confrontation (Novocherkassk)\u00a0\u0421TV,\u00a0South VO, Russian\u00a0Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Annexed\u00a0Crimea: the continuation of international trade<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epravda.com.ua\/news\/2016\/09\/4\/604390\/\">Crimean winery &#8220;Massandra&#8221;,\u00a0<\/a>which was seized by Russia\u00a0during\u00a0the annexation of the peninsula, will\u00a0deliver its products to Kazakhstan.\u00a0A contract for 50 million rubles\u00a0was\u00a0concluded in the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum. This was reported by Director General of JSC &#8220;Massandra&#8221; Yanina Pavlenko. In addition, an agreement was reached\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0delivery of the second batch of Massandra\u00a0wine\u00a0to\u00a0China, said Pavlenko. The company\u00a0also had\u00a0negotiations with\u00a0the\u00a0Far East\u00a0partners\u00a0and\u00a0expects to\u00a0come to\u00a0this market soon.\u00a0As is known, the Crimean enterprises are under international sanctions.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Arson at Inter Channel: attack on freedom of speech?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0building of Inter\u00a0channel was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/news\/2016\/09\/4\/7119555\/\">set ablaze\u00a0in\u00a0Kyiv<\/a>.Some\u00a0unidentified\u00a0persons were under the windows\u00a0of the\u00a0three-story building\u00a0holding\u00a0banners &#8220;Inter &#8220;- Kremlin agent &#8221; and accused the channel of\u00a0a\u00a0pro-Russian position. There was smoke\u00a0in the building for an unknown reason.<\/p>\n<p>Head of Kyiv\u00a0National Police\u00a0Andriy Kryschenko reported that, according to eyewitnesses,\u00a0someone had thrown a\u00a0smoke bomb\u00a0in\u00a0the building. Six persons were\u00a0taken to the police stations. They were\u00a0detained at the scene\u00a0and\u00a0their involvement in the incident\u00a0will be checked,&#8221;\u00a0said Kryshchenko. According to the channel,the\u00a0fire destroyed the television studio of the TVprogram &#8220;Podrobytsi (Details)&#8221;. The channel estimates the event as an armed attack.\u00a0No one was killed\u00a0in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Head\u00a0of &#8220;National Information Systems&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/news\/2016\/09\/4\/7119562\/\">Olexandr Pylypets\u00a0<\/a>said Inter TV channel had\u00a0received repeated threats\u00a0but\u00a0the government ignored\u00a0appeals\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0channel\u00a0representatives. The channel called to investigate the incident\u00a0as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/news\/2016\/09\/4\/7119563\/\">Such actions have been condemned by MPs\u00a0<\/a>(Mustafa Nayem and Volodymyr\u00a0Aryev), Vice Prime Minister Vyacheslav Kyrylenko and Director of Policy and Communications\u00a0Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Olexiy Makeev, First Vice Speaker Iryna Gerashchenko. The violence intensified\u00a0public\u00a0debate on freedom of the press.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sociology<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u00a0ranks\u00a015 in\u00a0Expat Insider&#8217;s\u00a0Feeling Welcome\u00a0subcategory. Also,\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0holds the 19th place in the\u00a0Friendliness\u00a0rating and comes fifth as a country good for\u00a0Finding Friends according to\u00a0&#8216;Ease of Settling In&#8217; index.\u00a0These results have been revealed by\u00a0Expat Insider\u00a0&#8211;\u00a02016\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inassets1-internationsgmbh.netdna-ssl.com\/static\/bundles\/internationsexpatinsider\/pdf\/expat_insider_2016_the_internations_survey.pdf\">rating<\/a>\u00a0compiled by\u00a0InterNations &#8211; one of the largest\u00a0expat surveys worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>More than 14,000 respondents representing 174 nationalities and 191 countries took part\u00a0in the survey.On the\u00a0whole,\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0holds\u00a0the 34th place\u00a0in the set of indices,\u00a0among which are\u00a0&#8220;quality of life,&#8221; &#8220;family life,&#8221; &#8220;relationships and sex,&#8221; &#8220;personal fortune&#8221; and so on.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inassets1-internationsgmbh.netdna-ssl.com\/static\/bundles\/internationsexpatinsider\/pdf\/expat_insider_2016_the_internations_survey.pdf\">Full\u00a0text\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0study<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.finance.ua\/ru\/news\/-\/383513\/za-kogo-by-progolosovali-ukraintsy-na-vyborah-opros\">the results of a survey conducted by sociological group\u00a0\u201cRating\u201d<\/a>, if presidential elections in Ukraine took place in the near future, 17.7% of Ukrainians\u00a0would\u00a0vote Yulia Tymoshenko, the\u00a0leader of &#8220;Fatherland&#8221;;\u00a011.5%\u00a0would\u00a0support Yuriy Boyko,\u00a0the head of &#8220;The opposition bloc&#8221; faction;\u00a010.7%\u00a0would support\u00a0President Petro Poroshenko;\u00a09.8%\u00a0would support\u00a0Oleg Lyashko,\u00a0the leader of the Radical party.5.6% of the voters\u00a0would support Nadiya\u00a0Savchenko;4.3%\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Oleg Tyahnybok,\u00a0the leader of &#8220;Svoboda\u201d; more than 2% would vote for Dmitro\u00a0Yarosh and SerhiyTyhypko.<\/p>\n<p>Compared with December 2015, the rating of the incumbent president Poroshenko has decreased by almost half (from 23%\u00a0down\u00a0to 11%), the level of support\u00a0to\u00a0Tymoshenko\u00a0has increased\u00a0from 13%\u00a0up\u00a0to 18%.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>E-declaration\u00a0system\u00a0launch: the\u00a0second attempt<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/news\/2016\/08\/31\/7119225\/\">The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption<\/a>has decided to officially launch the e-declaration system.On September 1, the system\u00a0was to get started.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/news\/2016\/09\/3\/7119499\/\">Natalia\u00a0Korchak, the Chief of\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/news\/2016\/08\/31\/7119225\/\">the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption<\/a>\u00a0announced that\u00a0as ofSeptember 1, 260 keys were\u00a0activated, ie 260 declarants could\u00a0submit declarations;\u00a0they have 60 days\u00a0to complete their\u00a0declarations.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the launch of the system,\u00a0the\u00a0activists noted<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/news\/2016\/09\/3\/7119469\/\">problems in the system operation<\/a>. As of September 3,none of the\u00a0declarations was in the\u00a0system. Observers noted that the system had to reflect the declarations\u00a0submitted\u00a0during the testing period\u00a0from 15 to 22 August.\u00a0Besides, there were\u00a0problems\u00a0with\u00a0submitting\u00a0declarations,\u00a0because the\u00a0portal\u00a0received not\u00a0all electronic key certificates.\u00a0However,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/news\/2016\/09\/4\/7119528\/\">on September 4,<\/a>declarations\u00a0appeared on the portal, but\u00a0the\u00a0declaration\u00a0search did not work.<\/p>\n<p>The start of\u00a0this system is necessary for greater control over the fortunes of\u00a0Ukrainian public officials, and is\u00a0aprerequisite\u00a0for the IMF tranche and visa-free regime with the EU.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Economy: Conditions for EU and IMF loans<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.finance.ua\/ru\/news\/-\/383681\/es-nazval-usloviya-dlya-vydeleniya-ukraine-novogo-transha-na-600-mln\">The EU\u0421\u00a0voiced the conditions for granting\u00a0<\/a>a new tranche of \u20ac 600 million\u00a0to\u00a0Ukraine.\u00a0The European Union\u00a0urges\u00a0the Verkhovna Rada to approve the bill, which will strengthen the independence of the electricity market regulator ( &#8220;On the National Commission, carrying out state regulation in the sphere of energy and utility services&#8221;), as well as a bill on electricity market. This will determine whether Ukraine will receive a new macro-financial assistance tranche of 600 million euros from the European Union,\u00a0as stated\u00a0the vice-president of the European Commission, Maro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epravda.com.ua\/news\/2016\/09\/1\/604096\/\">Meeting of the IMF Board of Directors<\/a>\u00a0devoted\u00a0to\u00a0the second review\u00a0of the\u00a0cooperation program with Ukrainemay\u00a0be held\u00a0in the second half of September.\u00a0This was informed by\u00a0Gerry Rice,\u00a0Fund spokesman. According to Rice, the parties now continue to coordinate some technical issues. As previously reported, in March 2015,\u00a0the IMF approved\u00a0the\u00a0program of cooperationwith\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0using\u00a0the EFF of $ 17.5 billion for 4 years. Last year Ukraine received two tranches of $ 5 billion and 1.7 billion\u00a0under\u00a0the program. Now the third tranche\u00a0of\u00a01 to 1.7 billion dollars\u00a0is being considered.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Culture: Meridian Chernowitz<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0September 9-11,\u00a0Chernivtsi will\u00a0host the\u00a0Meridian Chernowitz &#8211;\u00a0the\u00a0Seventh International Poetry Festival. 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In\u00a0Donetsk\u00a0sector,\u00a0the Russian occupation troops made provocations using heavy machineguns and small arms\u00a0in Verkhniotoretske\u00a0yesterday.\u00a0The\u00a0enemy used grenade launchers and small arms\u00a0near Avdiivka andYasynuvata. 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