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The ECtHR found that Lithuania operated secret CIA prison Moscow. May 31. INTERFAX.RU — the European court of human rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg on Thursday announced that in Lithuania in 2005-2006 operated secret prison of CIA for the detention of terrorism suspects, according to the Agency BNS. From-for illegal detention in Lithuania, the ECHR has obliged Lithuania to pay 130 thousand euros born in Saudi Arabia, a Palestinian Abu Zubaydah (Zaynu al-Abidin Muhammad Husain). He is now in detention at Guantanamo Bay. “The court came to the conclusion that in Lithuania since the summer of 2005 to March 2006 acted in a secret CIA prison that Mr. Z. al-Abidin Mohammed Husayn was held there and the local authorities knew that the CIA treats them as prohibited by the Convention”, — stated in the message of the court. The court declared that Lithuania had violated the European Convention on human rights

A court in Kiev called the name of the alleged organizer of the assassination attempt on Babchenko The Shevchenkovsky district court of Kiev called the name and initials of the alleged organizer of the assassination of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko: Boris L. Herman. This should be the message of the court, which is published on Facebook. The Shevchenkovsky district court of Kiev will consider the request for his arrest. Herman is suspected of organizing the preparation for a terrorist attack. “Ukrainian truth”, and confirmed the UNIAN in a press-service of the court that the report says exactly about the suspect in the attack on Babchenko. Prior to that, Herman was just called a citizen of It a few days ago detained in Kiev. It was reported that he had recruited a citizen of Ukraine and offered him $30 thousand for the murder of Babchenko. In advance he gave half of

The suspect in the organization “attempt” for Babchenko charged with terrorism Ukrainian citizen, who was arrested by the Ukrainian police on suspicion of organizing the assassination of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, was charged with terrorism, informs the Agency “Ukrainian news”. 13фотографий13фотографий13фотографий “The detainee was charged under article 258 (“Attack”). In this case the suspect had not yet been familiarized with the petition for election to it measures of restraint”, — quotes the edition of words of the source in the Kiev police. During the download an error has occurred. Recall that reports of the death of Arkady Babchenko began to arrive the evening of 29 March. The Russian foreign Ministry reacted immediately, criticizing Ukraine as a country where murders of journalists have become commonplace, and requiring immediate investigation of the crime. The next day, “fast and transparent” investigation of the Ukrainian authorities called on the European Union. The evening of

In the Kremlin declared an unchanged attitude towards Ukraine as a threat for journalists of the country Moscow. May 31. INTERFAX.RU — the situation with the journalist Arkady Babchenko does not change Russia’s attitude to Ukraine as a country where journalists can be dangerous, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. “History, at least, strange. And I don’t know how the end justifies the means in this story. Thank God the man is alive. But it doesn’t change our attitude to Ukraine as to a country where a journalist can be dangerous,” Peskov said to journalists on Thursday, commenting on the situation. He added: “that is, The fact the situation doesn’t change, it probably only changes the fact that, thank God, this man was still alive. But otherwise nothing to comment”. 12фотографий12фотографий12фотографий On the eve it became clear that Babchenko, about the death which assassinated announced the Ukrainian

The number of Russians travel abroad reached a record The number of Russians that limit the right of departure from Russia because of debts, at the end of may reached a record 2.3 million people. On Thursday, may 31, according to TASS, citing data of the Federal service of court bailiffs (FSSP). The Department believes the restriction of travel abroad one of the most effective for the impact on debtors and actively use it: in January — April 2018 this measure has been used by 3.3 million people (in the past year to 2.3 million). “Through the use of the debtors of the measure [YTD] recovered 18.2 billion rubles of debt”, — reported in the FSSP. In 2017, the officers issued 1.6 million new resolutions on temporary restriction to travel abroad. However, the service reduced the time of exclusion of debtors from the lists of restricted to travel abroad after

Sentenced to eight years of ex-Minister Ulyukayev sent to the colony MOSCOW, may 31./TASS/. Former Minister of economic development of Russia Alexei Ulyukayev, sentenced to 8 years in prison for bribery, transported to the colony to serve the sentence. About this TASS said a source in law enforcement bodies. “Ulyukayev transported to the colony”, the source said, without specifying the name of the institution, as this information is only provided to relatives of the convicted person. The Moscow city court on 12 April considered the appeal on sentence Ulyukayev approved and assigned to him a period of eight years in a strict regime colony and a fine in the amount of 130 million rubles. On the same day the sentence came into legal force.

Increased comfort for Evsyukova. What became known criminals? These stories were in all the news. All of their “heroes” were on the dock, a spent received time. AiF continues to understand how their life has developed. 60 years in the wild May 15, ex-Governor of Bryansk region Nikolai Denin noted 60-letie. It’s his first birthday in the wild in recent years. Region Denin headed in 2004, leaving the family business — poultry farm “Snowball” in the hands of relatives. Illegal allocation of 21.8 million rubles of budget subsidies “Snow” was the reason for initiation of proceedings. In November 2015 the dynein got 4 years in prison. The court has twice denied PAROLE until, until he fully repaid the damage caused to the budget of the region. In late April, Nikolai Denin was released and stated that he would return to work on the farm. By the way, the ex-Governor of

In the Kuril Islands has condemned former Director of RYBOKOMBINAT Ostrovnoy YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, may 31 — RIA Novosti. Punishment in the form of conditional imprisonment and a fine imposed on former Director of the fish factory “Island” on the Kuril Islands, which became notorious after the “direct line” with President Vladimir Putin in 2016, said on Thursday the management SK the Russian Federation across the Sakhalin island. “South Kuril district court sentenced former General Director of ZAO “the Fish factory Island” Natalia Kashkarova. She was found guilty of misconduct under the bankruptcy and tax evasion”, — reports a press-service SK. The court appointed Kashkarova punishment in the form of imprisonment for a period of one year of probation, she also will pay a fine of 280 thousand rubles. During the “straight line” with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 14 April 2016, the employees of CJSC “the Fish factory Island” said that

The media learned about the missing pieces seized from ex-Governor of the Sakhalin region money Of the cash seized from ex-Governor of the Sakhalin region Alexander Khoroshavin, who received bribes 13 years in prison and a fine of 500 million rubles, did not reach the forfeiture to the state. About this newspaper “Kommersant”, citing a source in law enforcement bodies. The newspaper reminds that he found a RUB 280 million, $6 million, €727 thousand 388 thousand Swiss francs and £217 million, However, was conducted into the missing funds investigation or not known, the newspaper said. The publication also does not specify what kind of amount involved. Earlier it became known that the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) has started preliminary examination on the fact of theft of money seized from Colonel Guebipk Dmitry Zakharchenko. Only, by the decision of Nikulinskiy district court, satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor General, the