Russia is not a member of the events anymore where critical issues for the whole world are discussed. For instance, on Feb 17, the 59th Munich Security Conference opened. #UW_InfoWatch#AgainstRussianLies 1/5
More than 40 heads of state and government, almost 90 ministers, as well as many other politicians and experts from all over the world, including Asia and South America, gathered at the Bayerischer Hof. 2/5
At the opening of the Munich Security Conference, France’s President Emmanuel Macron stated that «Now is not the time for dialogue with Russia». German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on other countries to hurry up with the supply of tanks. 3/5
For the first time since the 1990s, Russia has not received an official invitation to Munich. In Moscow, by the way, they “were not upset”, saying that they would not have gone to an event that “lost objectivity” anyway. 4/5
#RusssiaUkraineWar is the main topic of many high-level meetings. However, Russia "doesn't understand" why its delegation wasn't invited to events like MSC, explaining it as another European attempt to "isolate innocent" Russia internationally. 5/5 #RussiaisATerroistState
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Swiss prosecutors have charged four bankers with helping to hide tens of millions of 🇨🇭 francs on behalf of Vladimir Putin. 1/5
Source: Financial Times
According to FT, this is one of the first-ever court cases in the West to directly involve assets allegedly belonging to the Russian president. 2/5
According to an indictment, 4 employees of Gazprombank’s Swiss subsidiary allowed to open accounts on behalf of Sergei Roldugin, a cellist and the godfather to Putin’s daughter, without questioning the origin of the funds flowing through them. 3/5
The Transnistria region of the Republic of Moldova: threats and current situation. UkraineWorld spoke to Serhiy Herasymchuk, expert of Ukrainian Prism Foreign Policy Council. Key points – in our brief, #UkraineWorldAnalysis 1/14
The situation in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova has always been difficult for a number of reasons. First, there are the so-called Russian peacekeepers, who have official status as a result of the 1992 agreement between the Republic of Moldova and Russia. 2/14
Second, there is the operational group of Russian troops guarding the ammunition depot in the village of Kolbasna. The latter troops were supposed to have been withdrawn in accordance with the decision of the OSCE summits of 1999 and 2001. 3/14
📌 The story of Ukrainian soldier Ihor Gannenko, who survived the enemy fire but lost his comrades. #UkraineWorldTestimony 1/15
Before the full-scale Russian invasion, Ihor Gannenko was the director of a youth center. He traveled the world with his wife and was even a deputy o the Sumy Oblast Council. But everything changed on February 24, and Ihor took up arms to defend Ukraine. 2/15
In his free time, Ihor has kept a blog in which he records the events that happened to him during this war. We are publishing Ihor's story about being hit by a mortar in his voice. 3/15
Ukraine’s anti-corruption infrastructure and its fight against corruption. UkraineWorld spoke to Oleksandr Skomarov, Deputy Head of NABU's Main Department of Detectives. Key points – in our brief, #UkraineWorldAnalysis 1/9
Ukraine’s anti-corruption infrastructure is complete and solid. Today, we rate the work of NABU, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, and the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) at a high level. 2/9
SAPO finally has a leader, and this explains the intensification of investigations. For example, in the second half of 2022, NABU detectives and SAPO prosecutors exposed 149 people, which is more than in 12 months of 2021. 3/9
#Russians claim that #Ukrainian culture doesn't exist. In fact, they tried to do their best to erase it. Well-planned soviet campaign on the annihilation of the cream of the Ukrainian nation was aimed at the destruction of Ukrainian culture. #UW_InfoWatch#AgainstRussianLies 1/4
The aim was to root out everything #Ukrainian, everything great and prominent about #Ukrainians.
One of the numerous examples is the tragedy of Sandarmokh. In times of Stalin's purges in 1937 the brightest representative of #Ukrainian culture and science were executed. 2/4
Among them, Les Kurbas - theatre director, and the founder of new approaches to world theatre art; Mykola Kulish - playwright whose plays were on stages in Paris, New York, and Warsaw, Valeriian Pidmohylny - writer, translator, philosopher and many others. 3/4
Ukraine receives supplies of military aid from allies and counterparts. Meanwhile, Russia shows signs of something like 'bipolar disorder' on the scale of the state. Isn't it a sign of fear? 1/4 #UW_InfoWatch#AgainstRussianLies
Firstly, as Russians claim, new weapons for Ukraine "won't change" the course of the #RussiaUkraineWar️. Why were the propagandists so hysterical about that? 2/4 #ArmUkraine#StandWithUkraine
Later, Peskov assured that NATO arms deliveries would "add problems" for the Ukrainian people but wouldn't prevent Russia from achieving the "special military operation" goals. 3/4 #RussiaUkraineWar️