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Russia Considers Swapping Politics for Ukrainian Prisoners – DW – 05/21/2022

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2 years ago

May 22, 2022

Russia Considers Swapping Politics for Ukrainian Prisoners - DW - 05/21/2022

Russia will consider exchanging Azov Battalion fighters captured in Mariupol for millionaire and pro-Moscow politician Viktor Medvedchuk, Vladimir Putin’s closest ally in Ukraine.

“We will study the issue,” Leonid Slutsky, a senior member of the Russian delegation at the talks with Kyiv, said this Saturday (May 21).

At a press conference in separatist Donetsk in southeastern Ukraine, Slutsky said the possibility of an exchange would be decided in Moscow by “those with prerogatives.”

Medvedchuk, 67, escaped house arrest after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but was arrested again in mid-April on charges of treason and embezzlement. Among the crimes is an attempted theft of natural resources in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

Medvedshchuk accused of trying to steal natural resources of CrimeaPhoto: Stringer/Sputnik/dpa/picture Alliance

On Friday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Choigu announced the complete surrender of the Ukrainian resistance at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol after the last 531 militants stationed there surrendered.

The Azovstal plant was the last stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol, a port city besieged by Russian forces since the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Among the last soldiers to surrender were the commanders of the Azov Battalion, a nationalist regiment that has been integrated into the Ukrainian military and that the Kremlin classifies as “neo-Nazi,” according to Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov.

There are no clear details about the fate of the Ukrainian fighters who were at the metallurgical plant. Earlier, some of the Azovstal fighters were taken to Russian territory, and some to areas controlled by pro-Russian militias that control the Donetsk region.

Russia said Friday that a total of 2,439 Ukrainian soldiers have laid down their arms since May 16, many of them members of the Azov Battalion.

Exchange can be difficult

Next Thursday, Russia’s Supreme Court is due to consider a motion to designate the Azov Battalion as a “terrorist organization,” which could make a prisoner swap more difficult.

Donetsk separatist leader Denis Puchilin said on Saturday that Ukrainian militants who had defended the Azovstal plant and surrendered should be held accountable.

“I believe that a lawsuit is inevitable: justice must prevail,” Pushilin said, RIA Novosti reported.

The Azov Battalion emerged in 2014 as a far-right militia created to fight separatist groups in eastern Ukraine. However, members of the regiment deny that they have Nazi or fascist inclinations. Ukraine says the battalion has been reconstructed and incorporated into the country’s National Guard.

le (AFP, DPA, Lusa)

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The dollar continues to reflect the political scenario

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1 year ago

December 20, 2022

Goodwin Townsend

The dollar continues to reflect the political scenario

Yesterday, financial agents evaluated the opposite decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) regarding the so-called secret budget. In addition, a decision was made by STF Minister Gilmar Méndez to issue an injunction that would exclude the Bolsa Família from the spending cap rule, with investors trying to understand how this measure would affect the processing of the transitional PEC in the Chamber of Deputies. Oh this PEC!!!!

Since he is an exchange investor, any reading that the budget will be exceeded or become more flexible will negatively affect the exchange market, whether through the PEC or in any other way. We will continue with volatility today.

Looking beyond, the US Central Bank (Fed), although slowing down the pace of monetary tightening at its December meeting, issued a tougher-than-expected statement warning that its fight against inflation was not yet over, raising fears that rising US interest rates will push the world’s largest economy into recession.

The currency market continues to react to political news. The voting on the PEC is saved for today. It is expected that it will indeed be reviewed to open the way tomorrow for discussions on the 2023 budget.

Yesterday, the spot price closed the selling day at R$5.3103.

For today on the calendar we will have an index of consumer confidence in the eurozone. Good luck and good luck in business!!

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Andrés Sánchez consults with the Ministry of Sports, but refuses a political post.

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1 year ago

December 20, 2022

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The former president of the Corinthians dreams of working for the CBF as a national team coordinator. He was consulted shortly after Lula’s election.

Former Corinthians president Andrés Sánchez was advised to take a position in the Ministry of Sports under the administration of Lula (PT). However, he ruled out a return to politics. dreams of taking over the coordination of CBF selectionHow do you know PURPOSE.

No formal invitation was made to the former Corinthian representative, only a consultation on a portfolio opportunity with the new federal government, which will be sworn in on January 1, 2023.

Andrés was the Federal MP for São Paulo from 2015 to 2019. At that time he was elected by the Workers’ Party. However, the football manager begs to stay in the sport, ruling out the possibility of getting involved in politics again.

Andrés Sanchez’s desire is to fill the position of CBF tackle coordinator, which should become vacant after the 2022 World Cup. Juninho Paulista fulfills this function in Brazil’s top football institution.

The former president of Corinthians was in Qatar to follow the World Cup along with other figures in Brazilian football. During his time in the country, he strengthened his ties with the top leadership of the CBF.

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The EU has reached a political agreement on limiting gas prices – 19.12.2022

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1 year ago

December 19, 2022

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Germany sentenced Russian to life imprisonment for political murder by order of Moscow - 12/15/2021

BRUSSELS, DECEMBER 19 (ANSA). European Union countries reached a political agreement on Monday (19) to impose a natural gas price ceiling of 180 euros per megawatt hour (MWh). The main sources of income for Russia and the minimization of the use of energy as a weapon by the regime of Vladimir Putin.

The agreement was approved by a supermajority at a ministerial meeting of member states in Brussels, Belgium, after months of discussions about the best way to contain the rise in natural gas prices in the bloc caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. .

The value set by the countries is well below the proposal made by the European Commission, the EU’s executive body, in November: 275 EUR/MWh. However, the countries leading the cap campaign were in favor of an even lower limit, around 100 EUR/MWh.

Germany, always wary of price controls, voted in favor of 180 euros, while Austria and the Netherlands, also skeptical of the cap, abstained. Hungary, the most pro-Russian country in the EU, voted against.

The instrument will enter into force on 15 February, but only if natural gas prices on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange exceed 180 euros/MWh for three consecutive days. In addition, the difference compared to a number of global benchmarks should be more than 35 euros.

Italy, the EU’s biggest supporter of the ceiling, has claimed responsibility for the measure. “This is a victory for Italy, which believed and worked for us to reach this agreement,” Environment and Energy Minister Gilberto Picetto tweeted.

“This is a victory for Italian and European citizens who demand energy security,” he added.

Currently, the gas price in Amsterdam is around 110 EUR/MWh, which is already a reflection of the agreement in Brussels – in August the figure even broke the barrier of 340 EUR/MWh.

However, Russia has already threatened to stop exports to countries that adhere to the ceiling. (ANSA).

See more news, photos and videos at www.ansabrasil.com.br.

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