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МЗС: літак із застряглими на Занзібарі українськими туристами вилетів до Києва
Літак із застряглими на Занзібарі українськими туристами вилетів до Києва, повідомив речник Міністерства закордонних справ України Олег Ніколенко у твітері.
«Оновлено: літак з українськими туристами на борту вилетів із острова Занзібар до Києва в ніч на 16 лютого», – написав Ніколенко.
Близько 180 українських туристів кілька днів не могли вилетіти із Занзібару через несправність літака.
Ввечері 15 лютого міністр інфраструктури Владислав Криклій повідомив, що авіакомпанія SkyUp Airlines отримала дозвіл від Туреччини на виліт із Занзібару до Анталії. Звідти літак вирушить до Києва.
Занзібар – головний острів однойменного архіпелагу в Танзанії. Цей напрямок в умовах глобальних обмежень через пандемію COVID-19 став одним із популярних серед пропозицій на туристичному ринку.
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До поліції не звертались щодо побиття стендапера депутатом Київміськради з «Голосу». Провадження немає
До Головного управління Національної поліції у місті Києві не зверталися щодо інциденту, який відбувся 14 лютого між сценаристом «Телебачення Торонто» Владиславом Капицею та депутатом Київської міської ради з фракції «Голос» Костянтином Богатовим.
«Не зверталися», – заявив представник київської поліції на питання Радіо Свобода.
Провадження щодо інциденту також не відкривали, додали в пресслужбі поліції.
Напередодні сценарист Владислав Капиця заявив, що депутат Богатов з’явився на перший виступ його стендап-туру в залі київського кінотеатру «Братислава». Під час виступу його колеги Дмитра Поліщука Костянтин Богатов почав вимагати зупинити захід через нецензурну лексику і увімкнути світло. Капиця заявив, що мав діалог з Богатовим і знімав його на телефон.
«Після цього він б’є мене по обличчю, попутно зачіпаючи телефон, яким я знімав його. Телефон вилітає, відео вимикається, але частина зберігається. Потім я блокую наступний удар, ловлю його та відштовхую. Це буквально сталось за секунд 20», – додав гуморист.
За словами Капиці, після перепалки Богатова змусили залишити зал.
На відео присутня нецензурна лексика
Сам Богатов у коментарі під дописом Капиці заявив, що вибачився в смс-повідомленні і запропонував принести вибачення особисто.
«Моя реакція на стендап вашого друга була неадекватною, я не був знайомий з цим жанром і так відреагував на нецензурну лексику. Визнаю, що відреагував неадекватно, вибачаюся. Єдине, що ви могли б додати в ваш пост те, з чого все почалося – з образливих зауважень виступача на адресу «АртБратислави». Мені здається, у артистів всіх жанрів не прийнято лаяти сцену, на якій вони виступають», – наголосив Богатов.
Партія «Голос» уже назвала неприпустимою поведінку свого депутата й вважає інцидент «ганебним».
«Ми засуджуємо висловлювання і дії депутата Богатова. Щиро приносимо вибачення особисто стендаперу Владу Капиці. І тим, хто став свідком неприпустимих висловлювань та дій під час концерту. Подібна поведінка Костянтина Богатова несумісна з цінностями партії «Голос», – заявили в політичній силі.
Там запевнили, що на найближчих зборах фракції «Голосу» у Київраді та зборах Київської міської територіальної організації партії поведінка Богатова отримає належну оцінку.
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Independent Commission to Examine Capitol Riot, Pelosi Says
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that Congress will establish an independent, September 11-style commission to look into the deadly insurrection that took place at the U.S. Capitol. Pelosi said the commission will “investigate and report on the facts and causes relating to the January 6, 2021, domestic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol Complex … and relating to the interference with the peaceful transfer of power.” FILE – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Feb. 11, 2021.In a letter to Democratic colleagues, Pelosi said the House will also put forth supplemental spending to boost security at the Capitol. After former President Donald Trump’s acquittal at his second Senate impeachment trial, bipartisan support appeared to be growing for an independent commission to examine the deadly insurrection. Investigations into the riot were already planned, with Senate hearings scheduled later this month in the Senate Rules Committee. Pelosi of California asked retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré to lead an immediate review of the Capitol’s security process. In her letter Monday, Pelosi said, “It is clear from his findings and from the impeachment trial that we must get to the truth of how this happened.” She added, “As we prepare for the Commission, it is also clear from General Honoré’s interim reporting that we must put forth a supplemental appropriation to provide for the safety of Members and the security of the Capitol.” Lawmakers from both parties, speaking on Sunday’s news shows, signaled that even more inquiries were likely. The Senate verdict Saturday, with its 57-43 majority falling 10 votes short of the two-thirds needed to convict Trump, hardly put to rest the debate about the Republican former president’s culpability for the January 6 assault. FILE – Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 11, 2021.”There should be a complete investigation about what happened,” said Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, one of seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump. “What was known, who knew it and when they knew, all that, because that builds the basis so this never happens again.” Cassidy said he was “attempting to hold President Trump accountable,” and added that as Americans hear all the facts, “more folks will move to where I was.” He was censured by his state’s party after the vote. An independent commission along the lines of the one that investigated the September 11 attacks would probably require legislation to create. That would elevate the investigation a step higher, offering a definitive government-backed accounting of events. Still, such a panel would pose risks of sharpening partisan divisions or overshadowing President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda. FILE – Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee business meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 11, 2020.”There’s still more evidence that the American people need and deserve to hear, and a 9/11 commission is a way to make sure that we secure the Capitol going forward,” said Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, a Biden ally. “And that we lay bare the record of just how responsible and how abjectly violating of his constitutional oath President Trump really was.” House prosecutors who argued for Trump’s conviction of inciting the riot said Sunday they had proved their case. They also railed against the Senate’s Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, and others who they said were “trying to have it both ways” in finding the former president not guilty but criticizing him at the same time. FILE – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 30, 2020.Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a close Trump ally, voted for acquittal but acknowledged that Trump had some culpability for the siege at the Capitol that killed five people, including a police officer, and disrupted lawmakers’ certification of Biden’s White House victory. Graham said he looked forward to campaigning with Trump in the 2022 election, when Republicans hope to regain the congressional majority. “His behavior after the election was over the top,” Graham said. “We need a 9/11 commission to find out what happened and make sure it never happens again.” The Senate acquitted Trump of a charge of “incitement of insurrection” after House prosecutors laid out a case that he was an “inciter in chief” who unleashed a mob by stoking a monthslong campaign of spreading debunked conspiracy theories and false violent rhetoric that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Trump’s lawyers countered that Trump’s words were not intended to incite the violence and that impeachment was nothing but a “witch hunt” designed to prevent him from serving in office again. The conviction tally was the most bipartisan in American history but left Trump to declare victory and signal a political revival while a bitterly divided Republican party bickered over its direction and his place in the party. The Republicans who joined Cassidy in voting to convict were Sens. Richard Burr of North Carolina, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. FILE – In this image from video, House impeachment manager Delegate Stacey Plaskett, D-Virgin Islands, answers a question in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 12, 2021.”It’s frustrating, but the founders knew what they were doing, and so we live with the system that we have,” Democratic Delegate Stacey Plaskett, a House prosecutor who represents the Virgin Islands, said of the verdict, describing it as “heartbreaking.” She added: “But listen, we didn’t need more witnesses. We needed more senators with spines.” McConnell told Republican senators shortly before the vote that he would vote to acquit Trump. In a blistering speech after the vote, the Kentucky Republican said the president was “practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day” but that the Senate’s hands were tied to do anything about it because Trump was out of office. The Senate, in an earlier vote, had deemed the trial constitutional. “It was powerful to hear the 57 guilties. And then it was puzzling to hear and see Mitch McConnell stand and say, ‘Not guilty’ and then minutes later, stand again and say (Trump) was guilty of everything,” said Democratic Congresswoman Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania. “History will remember that statement of speaking out of two sides of his mouth.” Dean also backed the idea of an impartial investigative commission “not guided by politics but filled with people who would stand up to the courage of their conviction.” Cassidy and Dean spoke on ABC’s “This Week,” Graham appeared on “Fox News Sunday,” and Plaskett appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
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By Polityk | 02/16/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
В Україні розпочалися навчання мобільних бригад для імунізації від коронавірусу – ЦГЗУ
В Україні 15 лютого розпочалися практичні навчання мобільних бригад для імунізації від коронавірусу вакцинами Pfizer-BioNTech та AstraZeneca/Oxford, повідомила пресслужба Центру громадського здоров’я України.
«15 лютого 2021 року, у Києві розпочався другий етап навчання серед мобільних медичних бригад, які проводитимуть вакцинацію від COVID-19. Перший – онлайн-тренінги – деякі з членів мобільних бригад уже пройшли. Тренінги проводить Центр громадського здоров’я спільно з Бюро Всесвітньої організації охорони здоров’я (ВООЗ) в Україні», – йдеться в повідомленні.
У ЦГЗУ зазначили, що до кінця тижня практичні навчання пройдуть щонайменше по дві мобільні бригади з кожної області.
«Одна мобільна бригада з області вивчить спосіб використання, введення й особливості роботи з вакциною Pfizer/BioNTech, інша з AstraZeneca. Це дасть змогу оперативно запустити процес імунізації проти COVID-19 по всій Україні, щойно доставлять вакцину», – розповіли в пресслужбі.
Як додали в ЦГЗУ, під час навчання медичні працівники отримають всю актуальну інформацію, яка необхідна для проведення вакцинації, зокрема:
рекомендації щодо консультування до й після вакцинації;
як вводити вакцину — правильна техніка та місце (для кожного виробника окремо);
як розраховувати потребу у вакцині та ін’єкційних матеріалах;
як безпечно утилізувати використані ін’єкційні матеріали;
надання екстреної невідкладної допомоги в разі необхідності.
Мобільна бригада складатиметься з лікаря, двох медичних сестер, реєстратора і водія. Також навчання проходять медики, які увійшли до резервного складу мобільної бригади. Відповідно до дорожньої карти, на всіх етапах вакцинації проти створять близько 600 мобільних бригад, зауважили у відомстві.
Раніше міністр охорони здоров’я Максим Степанов заявив, що Україна отримає вакцину від коронавірусу 17 чи 18 лютого.
29 січня заступник міністра охорони здоров’я, головний державний санітарний лікар Віктор Ляшко заявляв, що вакцинація від COVID-19 почнеться в Україні «в районі 15 лютого». За його словами, у лютому Україна отримає 117 тисяч доз вакцини Pfizer-BioNTech у межах співпраці з COVAX.
Президент Володимир Зеленський заявляв, що в Україні мають намір охопити вакцинацією від COVID-19 щонайменше половину населення протягом цього і на початку 2022 року. Україна домовилась про постачання вакцин від компаній Pfizer, Sinovac, AstraZeneсa і Novavах.
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У вільний доступ виклали дані про понад 7000 депортованих родин із Польщі під час «Акції-51»
Центр досліджень визвольного руху й Архів Служби безпеки України опублікували на сайті архіву Українського визвольного руху документи про останню депортаційну операцію «обміну населенням» між Польщею та СРСР, яку здійснили у 1951 році, повідомляє пресслужба Центру досліджень визвольного руху.
«15 лютого 1951 року Радянський союз та Польська народна республіка уклали договір про обмін прикордонними територіями. Таке рішення аргументували економічними інтересами двох держав: Польща потребувала територій із запасами нафти та газу, СРСР – вугільних родовищ. Понад 7167 українських сімей зі 44 населених пунктів Бойківщини примусово переселили в степи південної України. Депортація увійшла в історію під назвою «Акція-51», – йдеться в повідомленні.
У 1951 році з українських земель були примусово депортовані понад 32 тисячі жителів. Акція розпочалася 13 червня і тривала 126 днів. На схід людей везли ешелонами.
Відтепер у відкритому доступі опублікована збірка з 14 документів, а це копія радянського примірника карти обміну, договір про обмін територіями між СРСР та ПНР, описи кордонів ділянок, що відходили до двох держав, повідомлення з результатами цензури пошти переселених, повідомлення про «порушення совєцької законності» під час переселення мешканців, численні звітні документи про хід виселення, передачу території і проведену роботу на прийнятій від ПНР території.
«Тут так спекотно, що неможливо витримати, все згоріло від сонця. Будинки ліпимо з болота, тому що лісу тут немає. Годують нас горохом, хлібом, дають пів літра молока на день…Такий був дощ, що трохи все не згинуло. Напевно, тут загинемо усі…», – пише один із переселенців із Польщі в Одеську область про нові умови проживання.
Всі переселенці просять своїх листах рідних посприяти їхньому поверненню у Польщу.
«Результати перлюстрації (таємне розпечатування й перегляд певними органами приватних листів – ред.) кореспонденції свідчать про використання тортур і психологічного тиску, що чинили на родини, які відмовлялися переїжджати. Наприклад, за відмову підписувати документи на переселення били і чоловіків, і жінок, погрожували виселити у Сибір, зачиняли у приміщеннях клубів і викручували руки», – каже координатор Е-архіву Денис Пасічник.
Електронний архів (avr.org.ua) – сервіс відкритого онлайн доступу до повнотекстових копій архівних матеріалів. Втілюється Центром досліджень визвольного руху за підтримки партнерів. Тут у вільному доступі та у високій якості публікують документи про український визвольних рух, матеріали з архівів КҐБ та інші тематичні колекції, присвячені історії ХХ століття. Зараз на сайті вже більше ніж 25 тисяч оцифрованих архівних документів, доступних для завантаження.
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By Gromada | 02/15/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
На Львівщині звільнили директора лікарні, у якій померли пацієнти з COVID через відсутність електропостачання
У Львівській області звільнили директора Жовківської лікарні, у якій у листопаді померли двоє пацієнтів з COVID-19 через відсутність електропостачання, повідомив мер Жовкви Олексій Вольський у фейсбуці.
«Відповідно до виданого мною розпорядження – з 15 лютого 2021 року звільнено Шевціва Ігоря Євгеновича з посади директора КНП «Жовківська лікарня» («Жовківська ЦРЛ»). Наступний етап – проведення відкритого конкурсу для визначення нового керівника установи, про який повідомимо згодом», – заявив Вольський.
Ігор Шевців розповів Zaxid.net, що звільнення було спільним рішенням його і мера Олега Вольського. Водночас звільнений з керівної посади лікар сподівається надалі залишитися працювати в лікарні.
Наприкінці листопада двоє пацієнтів із діагнозом COVID-19 померли у Жовківській центральній районній лікарні Львівської області після того, як протягом 45 хвилин у реанімаційному відділенні не було електропостачання.
У Жовківській районній лікарні зазначали, що обоє пацієнтів, які померли, були у важкому стані. Протягом часу відсутності живлення працювали акумулятори ШВЛ, а це 20 хвилин щонайменше. Потім медики рятували хворих, роблячи вентиляцію легенів вручну, за допомогою дихальних мішків.
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By Gromada | 02/15/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
В Антарктиді знову «цвіте» сніг – фото
В Антарктиді знову «цвіте» сніг: замість білого він має малиновий і зелений колір, повідомляє Національний антарктичний науковий центр.
За повідомленням, таке явище спостерігається наприкінці антарктичного літа біля української станції «Академік Вернадський».
«Таке забарвлення з’являється внаслідок розвитку в снігу мікроскопічних водоростей. Вони розмножуються спорами, які не бояться екстремальних температур і зберігаються в снігу протягом всієї тривалої зими. Коли погодні умови стають сприятливими, спори починають проростати. Зелений колір дає пігмент хлорофіл, а червоний — каротиновий шар, який містять клітини деяких видів мікроводоростей. До речі, цей шар захищає водорості від ультрафіолетового випромінювання», – повідомили у НАНЦ.
«Цвітіння снігу» сприяє зміні клімату, додали у центрі. Адже через забарвлення сніг менше відбиває сонячного світла і швидше тане. Як наслідок у ньому розвивається дедалі більше яскравих водоростей, від чого танення пришвидшується.
«Торік інформація про малиновий сніг біля української станції обійшла не лише всі українські, а й світові медіа і наукові пабліки. Завдяки такій популярності цю новину побачили вчені з британського Університету Кембриджу й запропонували НАНЦ спільне дослідження: визначити, яка ж площа Антарктиди влітку вкривається кольоровим снігом», – розповів директор Національного антарктичного наукового центру Євген Дикий.
Почати дослідження планують незабаром, воно відбуватиметься через верифікацію на місці супутникових знімків, повідомили у НАНЦ.
Результати цієї роботи дозволять по-новому оцінити масштаб танення антарктичних снігів внаслідок глобального потепління, додали в центрі.
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By Gromada | 02/15/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Politics Determines Legal Strategy for Impeachment Sides
Saturday’s vote at the Senate impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump took place after four days of hearing from lawyers for the House of Representatives who prosecuted the case against him, and lawyers who defended him. VOA’s Steve Redisch examines how politics shaped the strategies behind both sides’ arguments.Produced by: Mary C
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By Polityk | 02/15/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
У трьох областях продовжує діяти часткова заборона на рух вантажівок через негоду – «Укравтодор»
У держагенстві автомобільних доріг «Укравтодор» повідомили, що через негоду продовжує діяти обмеження руху великовагового та великогабаритного автотранспорту на окремих ділянка доріг Волинської, Івано-Франківської та Одеської областей.
«На дорогах державного значення проводяться роботи з розчистки проїзної частини та узбіччя доріг від снігу, ліквідація снігових переметів та обробки покриття доріг протиожеледними матеріалами. Для забезпечення проїзду дорогами державного значення дорожніми організаціями задіяно в роботі 1219 одиниць техніки та 1541 робітників», – йдеться в повідомленні.
Проїзд по дорогах загального користування забезпечено.
Як додає Держслужба з надзвичайних ситуацій, 14 лютого додатково для розчистки доріг у Волинській, Івано-Франківській, Львівській, Рівненській та Хмельницькій областях було залучено 7 одиниць важкої інженерної техніки ДСНС, розчищено понад 240 кілометрів автодоріг.
15 лютого у західних, північних, центральних областях невеликий сніг, на решті території без істотних опадів. На дорогах більшості областей ожеледиця. Вітер північно-західний, західний, 7-12м/с. Температура 10-15° морозу, в західних та південних областях місцями 7-12° морозу.
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By Gromada | 02/15/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Після поразки в парних змаганнях ще одна українка покидає AUS Open
Слідом за Еліною Світоліною Відкритий чемпіонат Австралії покидає ще одна українська тенісистка Людмила Кіченок, яка у парі з Оленою Остапенко з Латвії не змогла вийти у чвертьфінал парних змагань.
У матчі третього кола українсько-латвійський дует, посіяний під 13-м номером, поступився американсько-нідерландській парі Мелікар/Схурс (4): 2-6 4-6.
Раніше сьогодні повідомлялося, що Еліна Світоліна у поєдинку з американкою Джессікою Пеґулу поступилася з рахунком 4:6; 6:3; 3:6, і таким чином не змогла повторити своє найкраще досягнення на Відкритому чемпіонтаі Австралії – вийти у чвертьфінал.
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By Gromada | 02/15/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Газ, видобутий в Україні, йде на потреби населення – Вітренко
Газ, що видобутий в Україні і має нижчу собівартість, іде не на експорт, а на потреби українського населення, заявив в ексклюзивному інтерв’ю Радіо Свобода виконувач обов’язків міністра енергетики України Юрій Вітренко.
Так він відповів у «Суботньому інтерв’ю» на запитання з соцмереж щодо чуток, нібито «газ, видобутий в Україні за ціною набагато нижчою, ніж ринкова, йде здебільшого на експорт за високими ринковими цінами, а населення отримує переважно дорогий реверсивний газ із Європи».
«Ті, хто розбирається, знають, що ми (причому ми – це мається на увазі державна компанія «Укргазвидобування») видобуваємо і відпускаємо приблизно стільки ж товарного газу, скільки споживає населення як напряму, так і через теплокомуненерго, централізоване опалення», – сказав Вітренко.
При цьому посадовець пояснив: «Ми знаємо, і це теж невелика таємниця, що собівартість видобутку – до речі, вона зросла дуже сильно, і це теж питання до ефективності діяльності «Нафтогазу», – приблизно 2,6 гривні. Тобто в 2–3 рази менше, ніж ціна, яку зараз платить населення. Потрібно ще враховувати тариф на передачу. Але в принципі у будь-якому разі собівартість набагато менша, ніж ринкова ціна».
«Але цей газ не йде ні на який експорт. Тобто газ, видобутий в Україні, як я і сказав, йде на потреби населення», – запевнив Вітренко.
За його словами, виникає питання, чому не продавати газ для населення за собівартістю.
«Собівартість, умовно, 2,6 гривні, чому б не продавати по 2,6 гривні, а навіщо продавати по 6,99? Пояснюю. Тому що багато людей не може сплачувати навіть по 2,6 гривні. Тому що є пенсіонери, інваліди, є багато людей, які отримують субсидію. І ці субсидії потрібно з чогось сплачувати», – сказав він.
«Далі. Є податки. І є оператор ГТС, який обслуговує труби високого тиску. Це теж витрати. Тому, якщо буде працювати «Нафтогаз» тільки по собівартості, «Нафтогаз» тоді не буде сплачувати достатню кількість грошей в держбюджет через податки, через дивіденди, тобто частину прибутку, а «Нафтогаз» практично весь прибуток сплачує якраз в бюджет – здається, 95%, – то й не буде грошей у держбюджеті, перш за все на ті ж субсидії. Крім того, ми розуміємо, що держбюджет – це зарплати вчителям, медикам, це пенсії, це витрати на оборону», – пояснив Вітренко.
Після того, як із початку січня в Україні зросли ціни на побутовий газ, що разом із іншими підвищеннями цін на комунальні послуги стало викликати акції протесту в багатьох місцях України, у владі стали обмірковувати, як ці тарифи знизити знову. Відтак на нараді в офісі президента 13 січня було вирішено відмовитися від ринкових цін і знову запровадити державне регулювання цін на газ, директивно знизивши їх більш ніж на 30 відсотків.
Згідно з постановою уряду, ухваленою в середині січня, з 1 лютого і до кінця карантинних обмежень, але не довше ніж до 31 березня 2021 року, ціна на газ для побутових споживачів не повинна перевищувати 6 гривень 99 копійок за кубометр.
До цієї ціни входять податок на додану вартість та плата за транспортування магістральними газопроводами. Якщо ціна постачальника на газ перевищує цю позначку, його має продати постачальник «останньої надії» – це «Нафтогаз України». «Нафтогаз» тим часом повідомив, що його ціна газу для побутових клієнтів у лютому становитиме 6,86 гривні за кубометр.
Як заявили 15 січня в офісі президента, тимчасове запровадження державного регулювання ціни на газ не означає повернення до державного регулювання.
Тим не менше, цей крок викликав занепокоєння Міжнародного валютного фонду і, як вважають, став однією з низки причин, із яких МВФ відмовився надавати Україні черговий транш своєї позики, заявивши, що Україні «потрібен більший прогрес» у реформах. 12 лютого МВФ без ніяких підписаних рішень завершив роботу своєї віртуальної через пандемію місії в Україні, робота якої зосереджувалася, серед іншого, на заходах українського уряду у сфері енергетики.
Із 1 серпня 2020 року в Україні запрацював ринок газу для споживачів. Відтепер вони можуть змінити постачальника газу на того, чия ціна здається їм привабливішою. Тільки одна компанія може постачати газ по всій країні – це «Газопостачальна компанія «Нафтогаз», що входить до групи «Нафтогаз».
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By Gromada | 02/15/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Trump’s Role in US Republican Politics Uncertain after Impeachment Acquittal
The political fortunes of former U.S. President Donald Trump are now an open question, even after the Senate acquitted him of allegations that he incited insurrection last month by urging hundreds of his supporters to confront lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol as they were certifying his election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Moments after the Senate voted 57-43 on Saturday to convict Trump but falling short of the required 67 votes needed to do so, the former president said he was not done with political life. Trump gave no explicit hint that he might attempt another run for the presidency in 2024, as he suggested he might when he left office last month. The House of Representatives impeached Trump in January on the single charge of “incitement of insurrection.” Trump called the impeachment case against him “another phase of the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country. No president has ever gone through anything like it.” In this image from video, senators vote during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 13, 2021.He added, “Our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to make America Great Again has only just begun. In the months ahead, I have much to share with you, and I look forward to continuing our incredible journey together to achieve American greatness for all our people.” One of his staunchest Republican supporters, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, told the “Fox News Sunday” show that he spoke with the former U.S. leader after the Senate impeachment trial ended. He said that Trump is “ready to move on to build the party” to try to retake control of both the Senate and House of Representatives from Democratic control in the 2022 elections halfway through Biden’s first four-year term in the White House. “If you want to win, you have to work with President Trump,” Graham said. “The Trump movement is alive and well. The most potent force in the Republican party is Donald Trump.” But Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, a Republican critic of Trump, told CNN that with Trump’s election loss and controversial end to his presidency, “We’re going to have a real battle for the soul of the Republican Party over the next couple of years,” questioning whether Republicans are “going to be a party that can’t win national elections.” “Or somehow,” Hogan asked rhetorically, “Are we going to get back to a real traditional Republican party with common-sense conservatives…to push for the things that we’ve always believed in and to try to compete with Democrats?” National polls show that many Republican voters remain supportive of Trump, but Hogan said, “I think that’s going to change over time. We’re only a month into the Biden administration. I think the final chapter of Donald Trump and where the Republican Party goes hasn’t been written yet.” FILE – Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley leaves after speaking during the Republican National Convention from the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Aug. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)One of Graham’s fellow Republicans in South Carolina, former Governor Nikki Haley, who served as Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, turned on the former president last week, although Graham said he thinks her assessment is wrong. Haley, a possible 2024 Republican presidential candidate, said of Trump, “We need to acknowledge he let us down. He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him, and we shouldn’t have listened to him. And we can’t let that ever happen again.” Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who voted to convict Trump, told Fox News she does not think Trump will remain a key player in the Republican Party. “The American people have seen what this man has done,” she said. “He is done.” Graham said Trump was “mad at some folks” who turned against him in the Senate trial as seven of the 50 Republicans in the chamber voted with all 50 Democrats to convict him. But Graham said Trump is “ready to hit the trail” in support of Republican candidates. “I don’t think he caused the riot,” Graham said of Trump’s admonition to hundreds of supporters to march to the Capitol January 6 and “fight like hell” to upend Biden’s victory as lawmakers were certifying that Trump had become the fifth president in U.S. history to lose his re-election bid after a single term in office. “It was politically protected speech in my view,” Graham said, referring to the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of freedom of speech. Other Republican senators disputed Graham’s assessment. In this image from video, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaks after the Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 13, 2021.Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, after voting to acquit Trump because he did not believe the Senate had the right to sit in judgment of Trump since his term had already ended, criticized his long-time political ally for his role in fomenting the attack that left five people dead, including a Capitol police officer. McConnell said Trump was “practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president.” On Sunday, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, one of the seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump, said in a statement, “If months of lies, organizing a rally of supporters in an effort to thwart the work of Congress, encouraging a crowd to march on the Capitol, and then taking no meaningful action to stop the violence once it began is not worthy of impeachment, conviction, and disqualification from holding office in the United States, I cannot imagine what is.” She added, “By inciting the insurrection and violent events that culminated on January 6, President Trump’s actions and words were not protected free speech. I honor our constitutional rights and consider the freedom of speech as one of the most paramount freedoms, but that right does not extend to the president of the United States inciting violence.”
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By Polityk | 02/15/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Republicans, Democrats Face Different Challenges in Post-Trump Era
Following the acquittal Saturday of former president Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, Trump’s future in politics remains uncertain. Fifty-seven senators voted to convict him, including seven from his own Republican Party — falling short, however, of the 67 votes needed for conviction.Trump was found not guilty of inciting violence against the U.S. government after his supporters stormed Congress on Jan. 6, enraged by Trump’s false charge that Joe Biden stole the election.Democrats said Trump’s responsibility was clear. Seven Republicans agreed, but others said there was not enough evidence.A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows 71% of U.S. adults, and half of Republicans, believe Trump is partly responsible for the riots.One man named Zach said he supported impeachment. “Everything he’s been doing is trying to ruin the very fragile voting system we already have that’s already been beaten down quite a bit,” he said.Trump supporter Shell Reinish, however, said Congress was wasting its time.“Impeachment is to remove a sitting president from his office. He is no longer in his office,” Reinish said.Surveys show most Republicans still embrace Trump.“In fact, 70% of Republicans believe that Joe Biden was illegally elected president,” said Barbara Perry, an analyst at the University of Virginia. That’s something Republican leaders admit is false.But the analyst said Trump supporters got the policies they wanted.“They got lower taxes, fewer regulations, conservatives on the federal bench, conservatives on the Supreme Court,” she said. They also got an aggressive foreign policy and a hard line on border issues.President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress, meanwhile, face challenges.“The Democrats need to get us out of COVID and get the economy back on track,” said Elaine Kamarck, an analyst with the Brookings Institution. “They’ve got a pretty straightforward job to do, and whatever ideological divisions there are in the party, they are muted compared to the Republican party.”Trump is loved by his base but reviled by some Republicans and only tolerated by others.Kamarck and her colleagues at the Brookings Institution foresee a range of possible futures for Trump.“It goes all the way from leading the Republican Party and getting reelected as president in 2024 to going to jail or having to go into exile in Russia or Saudi Arabia or someplace like that,” she said.Exonerated in Congress, Trump remains a target for many prosecutors over his business dealings.
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By Polityk | 02/14/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Senate Acquits Trump in His Second Impeachment Trial
The U.S. Senate on Saturday acquitted former President Donald Trump of inciting insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last month after he urged hundreds of his supporters to confront lawmakers as they were certifying that he had lost last November’s election to Democrat Joe Biden.The Senate voted 57-43 to convict the former U.S. leader on a single impeachment count – incitement of insurrection. But that majority of all 50 Democrats in the chamber, joined by seven Republicans, fell 10 votes short of the 67 needed for a conviction, two-thirds of the 100-member Senate.Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can
In this image from video, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaks after the Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 13, 2021.Although he voted for acquittal on constitutional grounds, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said that Trump, his onetime ally, was “practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.””The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president,” Republican McConnell said in a floor speech following the final vote.The seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump were Senators Richard Burr of North Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Patrick Toomey of Pennsylvania.Trump’s latest acquittal came after a five-day trial this week in which a group of Democratic lawmakers from the House of Representatives, acting as prosecutors against Trump, said there was “clear and overwhelming” evidence that Trump, by urging his supporters to “fight like hell” to upend Biden’s victory, had incited insurrection when hundreds of his supporters stormed into the Capitol January 6.Constitutional protectionMeanwhile, Trump’s lawyers argued that his rhetoric at a rally shortly before the chaos erupted at the Capitol was protected by the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of freedom of speech, and that the admonition to “fight” was no different than that often employed by Democrats against Republicans like Trump.Trump’s acquittal – at midafternoon in a rare Saturday Senate session – came 24 days after his four-year term in the White House ended January 20 and Biden was inaugurated as the country’s 46th president. If Trump had been convicted, the Senate could then have voted to bar him from holding office again, but the issue became moot with his acquittal.The dramatic vote, with senators standing at their desks to declare Trump guilty or not guilty, came after the House impeachment managers and Trump lawyer Michael van der Veen made impassioned pleas for their cases.Trump declined Democrats’ request that he return to Washington from his Florida mansion and testify on his own behalf. But news reports said Trump watched much of the proceedings on television.FILE – In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., answers a question from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Feb. 12, 2021.The lead House impeachment manager, Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, derided Trump in his closing argument, saying, “He couldn’t even be troubled to come here and tell us what happened” as he first urged hundreds of his supporters to march to the Capitol to try to upend the certification of Biden’s victory, then balked at telling the rioters to end their violent rampage.“This trial tells us who we are,” Raskin said. “Will the Senate condone this attack?”’He must pay the price’Trump, Raskin said, “brought [the insurgents] here and now he must pay the price.”Van der Veen said what occurred January 6 at the Capitol was “a grave tragedy,” but he argued that Trump was not responsible for it. More than 200 rioters, many of whom have said they came to Washington and went to the Capitol at Trump’s behest, have been charged with an array of crimes.Trump’s lawyer said the rioters ought to be “found and punished,” but he said there was no videotape of Trump urging the protesters to “engage in violence of any kind.”Michael van der Veen, second from left, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, fist-bumps a colleague as they depart on the Senate Subway, after Trump’s acquittal in his second impeachment trial at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 13, 2021.Van der Veen noted that Trump had told his supporters at a rally near the White House “to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard” as they marched to the Capitol.But Trump also told them, “And we fight. We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”The Trump lawyer said that “a small percentage, a small fraction,” engaged in violence.According to authorities, about 800 Trump supporters stormed into the Capitol last month, smashing windows, ransacking offices and scuffling with police, mayhem that left five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer whose death is being investigated as a homicide. More than 100 other police officers were injured. One rioter was shot and killed by a police officer.FILE – Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., speaks during a subcommittee hearing about the COVID-19 response, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 4, 2020.Raskin wanted to subpoena Republican Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington state. She issued a statement late Friday that the Republican House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, had told her Trump expressed sympathy and admiration for the mob during a heated phone call between the two amid the unfolding attack on the Capitol.”When McCarthy finally reached the president on January 6 and asked him to publicly and forcefully call off the riot, the president initially repeated the falsehood that it was antifa [leftist insurgents in the U.S.] that had breached the Capitol,” the statement read. “McCarthy refuted that and told the president that these were Trump supporters. That’s when, according to McCarthy, the president said: ‘Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.’ “After taking a midday break, senators returned and announced they had reached an agreement that included admitting Beutler’s statement as evidence in the trial.With that settled, Raskin and van der Veen made their closing arguments and the Senate voted to acquit Trump.
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By Polityk | 02/14/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
US Senate Acquits Trump of Inciting Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
The US Senate on Saturday acquitted former President Donald Trump of the impeachment charge that he incited the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol. By a vote of 57-43, senators voted to hold Trump responsible for his supporters’ attempts to overturn the counting of electoral college results for Democrat Joe Biden, though they were 10 votes short of the 67 needed for a conviction. Seven Republicans voted with Democrats for Trump’s conviction. VOA’s Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson has more.
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By Polityk | 02/14/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
In Turnaround, Senate Reaches Deal to Skip Witness Testimony in Trump Impeachment Trial
Concluding a morning of surprising changes, the U.S. Senate reached an agreement to avoid witness testimony in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.Earlier, five Republican senators voted with all 50 Democrats to hear testimony from witnesses. The vote was a somewhat surprising development, as the Senate was expected to hear closing arguments from each side, followed by a vote later Saturday to acquit or convict Trump, bringing an end to the trial that began Tuesday.The vote to call witnesses came after Congressman Jamie Raskin, the lead House impeachment manager, announced Saturday that he wanted to subpoena Republican Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington state. Beutler issued a statement late Friday that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told her Trump had expressed sympathy and admiration for the mob during a heated phone call between the two amid the unfolding attack on the Capitol.”When McCarthy finally reached the president on January 6 and asked him to publicly and forcefully call off the riot, the president initially repeated the falsehood that it was antifa that had breached the Capitol,” the statement read. “McCarthy refuted that and told the president that these were Trump supporters. That’s when, according to McCarthy, the president said: ‘Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.'” After taking a midday break, senators returned and announced they had reached an agreement that includes admitting Beutler’s statement as evidence in the trial. The deal means the trial will continue Saturday with closing statements from each side, possibly followed by a vote to acquit or convict former President Trump. The move to call witnesses would likely have resulted in the trial continuing at least into next week. Watch the session live: McConnell tips hand on vote Earlier Saturday, several U.S. news organizations, citing anonymous sources, reported that Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had told his Republican colleagues he planned to vote to acquit the former president in the vote previously expected Saturday. Shortly after Trump was impeached a second time in January, McConnell wrote to his colleagues saying he had not made a decision about how he would vote at the Senate trial. The Republican leaders’ final vote in the trial could be crucial to the outcome. At least 17 Republican votes are needed to reach the two-thirds majority needed for a conviction, assuming all 50 Democrats vote to find Trump guilty. 4 Ways Trump’s Lawyers Challenged His Impeachment ChargeHis lawyers deem it ‘act of political vengeance’ Trump defense concludesOn Friday, Trump’s lawyers wrapped up their defense of the former U.S. leader, denying he helped incite a deadly mob attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Trump’s lawyers described the trial as a politically inspired and illegal “witch hunt.”“Like every other politically motivated witch hunt the left has engaged in over the past four years, this impeachment is completely divorced from the facts, the evidence and the interests of the American people,” said Trump attorney Michael van der Veen.He told senators that the former president had every right to dispute his election loss to President Joe Biden and that Trump’s 70-minute speech just minutes before the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol did not amount to inciting the violence.When Trump urged thousands of supporters on the Ellipse to “fight like hell,” the defense said it was no different from Democrats’ using similar rhetoric that could spark violence.Trump’s lawyers played a lengthy video montage featuring prominent Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, using the word “fight” without any context.The video included many of the Democratic lawmakers who are the impeachment managers prosecuting the former president.The defense presentation followed a powerful two-day prosecution by House Democrats linking Trump’s rhetoric at a rally on January 6 to the actions of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol shortly afterward in an attempt to block certification of the 2020 presidential election results.Impeachment prosecutors contended Thursday there is “clear and overwhelming” evidence that Trump incited insurrection by sending a mob of his supporters to the Capitol last month to confront lawmakers as they were certifying that he had lost the November election to Democrat Joe Biden.In wrapping up his presentation, lead impeachment manager Raskin told the 100 members of the Senate acting as jurors they should use “common sense on what happened here.”Raskin argued that Trump urged hundreds of his supporters to march to the Capitol on January 6 and then, when they stormed the building, smashed windows, ransacked offices and scuffled with police, “did nothing for at least two hours” to end the mayhem that left five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer.
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By Polityk | 02/14/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
«Це війна»: переслідування журналістів за професійну діяльність у Білорусі (відео)
Наразі влада Білорусі утримує одинадцять журналістів за звинуваченнями, які правозахисники вважають політично вмотивованими
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By VilneSlovo | 02/13/2021 | Повідомлення, Свобода слова
Senate Votes to Call Witnesses in Trump Impeachment Trial
The U.S. Senate voted Saturday morning to subpoena witnesses in the impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump.Five Republican senators voted with all 50 Democrats to hear testimony from witnesses. The vote was a somewhat surprising development, as the Senate was expected to hear closing arguments from each side, and possibly hold a vote later Saturday to acquit or convict Trump, bringing an end to the trial that began Tuesday. The move to call witnesses means the trial will continue at least into next week.Congressman Jamie Raskin, the lead House impeachment manager, announced that he wanted to subpoena Republican Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington state. Beutler issued a statement Friday night that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told her Trump had expressed sympathy and admiration for the mob during a heated phone call between the two amid the unfolding attack on the Capitol. McCarthy had made the call urging Trump to intervene and call off rioters.Earlier Saturday, several U.S. news organizations, citing anonymous sources, reported that Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had told his Republican colleagues he planned to vote to acquit the former president in the vote expected Saturday. On Friday, Trump’s lawyers wrapped up their defense of the former U.S. leader, denying he helped incite a deadly mob attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Trump’s lawyers described the trial as a politically inspired and illegal “witch hunt.”“Like every other politically motivated witch hunt the left has engaged in over the past four years, this impeachment is completely divorced from the facts, the evidence and the interests of the American people,” said Trump attorney Michael van der Veen.Watch the session live: Trump’s lawyers presented their case in three hours Friday, choosing not to use the full 16 hours allocated.Trump’s attorneys told senators that the former president had every right to dispute his election loss to President Joe Biden and that Trump’s 70-minute speech just minutes before the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol did not amount to inciting the violence.When Trump urged thousands of supporters on the Ellipse to “fight like hell,” the defense said it was no different from Democrats’ using similar rhetoric that could spark violence.Trump’s lawyers played a lengthy video montage featuring prominent Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, using the word “fight” without any context.Also featured in the video were many of the Democratic lawmakers who are the impeachment managers prosecuting the former president.After the defense’s presentation Friday, the senators held a question-and-answer session, taking turns submitting written questions to both the lawyers for Trump and the Democratic lawmakers prosecuting the former president.One of the first questions came from Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who have both been critical of Trump’s actions, asking exactly when Trump learned of the breach of the Capitol and what specific actions he took.Van der Veen did not directly answer the question but blamed Democrats for not investigating the matter.Lead impeachment manager Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland said later in the session that the details being sought are “in sole possession of the president” and noted that Trump was invited to participate in the trial but declined.Friday’s question-and-answer session and defense presentation followed a powerful two-day presentation by House Democrats linking Trump’s rhetoric at a rally on Jan. 6 to the actions of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol shortly afterward in an attempt to block certification of the 2020 presidential election results.Impeachment prosecutors contended Thursday there is “clear and overwhelming” evidence that Trump incited insurrection by sending a mob of his supporters to the Capitol last month to confront lawmakers as they were certifying that he had lost the November election to Democrat Joe Biden.In wrapping up his presentation, Raskin told the 100 members of the Senate acting as jurors they should use “common sense on what happened here.”Raskin argued that Trump urged hundreds of his supporters to march to the Capitol on Jan. 6 and then, when they stormed the building, smashed windows, ransacked offices and scuffled with police, “did nothing for at least two hours” to end the mayhem that left five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer.However, there has been no immediate indication that Republican supporters of Trump in the Senate are turning en masse against him. Trump remains on track to be acquitted.
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By Polityk | 02/13/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Українські моряки з корабля Stevia повернулися після звільнення з піратського полону
Шестеро українських моряків, полонених після захоплення корабля Stevia, повернулися додому. Про це повідомив речник Міністерства закордонних справ Олег Ніколенко 13 лютого.
За його повідомленням, всі звільнені «живі й здорові».
«Результат успішної операції дипломатів та інших залучених сторін. Якою б складною не була ситуація, український паспорт за кордоном – це турбота і захист», – написав речник.
Офіс президента повідомив про зустріч моряків із Володимиром Зеленським. За повідомленням, звільнених звати Олександр Соручан, Семен Різніченко, Костянтин Андрєєв, Олександр Коровкін, Владислав Чебан та В’ячеслав Сандеровський. Після звільнення наприкінці січня їх доправили до міста Порт-Гаркорт (Нігерія) на медичне обстеження, після цього – до Туреччини.
«Ми отримали інформацію про захоплення. Почали працювати в Міністерстві закордонних справ. Викрадачі хотіли дуже багато. Але дипломати прекрасно попрацювали – і МЗС, і наші розвідники. Була зроблена досить складна комбінація. Людей повернули. Операція пройшла блискуче, адже всі люди здорові й живі», – йдеться в цитаті Зеленського.
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За даними Офісу президента, протягом 2020 року завдяки роботі дипломатів звільнили 42 громадян України з незаконного утримання за кордоном. З них 17 – це моряки, захоплені в Гвінейській затоці, 14 членів екіпажу корабля Ruta, які провели в полоні три роки, дев’ять людей із таборів для біженців у Сирії, ще двоє – заручники з території Іракського Курдистану.
З початку року до України повернулися ще чотири члени екіпажу судна Captain Khayyam, яких засудили в Лівії до п’яти років ув’язнення.
your ad hereBy Gromada | 02/13/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Senate Back in Session Saturday as Impeachment Court
The U.S. Senate is back in session Saturday morning as a court of impeachment for former President Donald Trump.Neither the House managers nor lawyers for Trump have announced any plans to call witnesses, which means the two sides will likely make their final arguments Saturday. A final vote in the case would soon follow.On Friday, Trump’s lawyers wrapped up their defense of the former U.S. leader, denying he helped incite a deadly mob attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Trump’s lawyers described the trial as a politically inspired and illegal “witch hunt.”“Like every other politically motivated witch hunt the left has engaged in over the past four years, this impeachment is completely divorced from the facts, the evidence and the interests of the American people,” said Trump attorney Michael van der Veen.Trump’s lawyers presented their case in three hours Friday, choosing not to use the full 16 hours allocated.Trump’s attorneys told senators that the former president had every right to dispute his election loss to President Joe Biden and that Trump’s 70-minute speech just minutes before the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol did not amount to inciting the violence.When Trump urged thousands of supporters on the Ellipse to “fight like hell,” the defense said it was no different from Democrats’ using similar rhetoric that could spark violence.Trump’s lawyers played a lengthy video montage featuring prominent Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, using the word “fight” without any context.Also featured in the video were many of the Democratic lawmakers who are the impeachment managers prosecuting the former president.After the defense’s presentation Friday, the senators held a question-and-answer session, taking turns submitting written questions to both the lawyers for Trump and the Democratic lawmakers prosecuting the former president.One of the first questions came from Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who have both been critical of Trump’s actions, asking exactly when Trump learned of the breach of the Capitol and what specific actions he took.Van der Veen did not directly answer the question but blamed Democrats for not investigating the matter.Lead impeachment manager Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland said later in the session that the details being sought are “in sole possession of the president” and noted that Trump was invited to participate in the trial but declined.Friday’s question-and-answer session and defense presentation followed a powerful two-day presentation by House Democrats linking Trump’s rhetoric at a rally on Jan. 6 to the actions of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol shortly afterward in an attempt to block certification of the 2020 presidential election results.Impeachment prosecutors contended Thursday there is “clear and overwhelming” evidence that Trump incited insurrection by sending a mob of his supporters to the Capitol last month to confront lawmakers as they were certifying that he had lost the November election to Democrat Joe Biden.In wrapping up his presentation, Raskin told the 100 members of the Senate acting as jurors they should use “common sense on what happened here.”Raskin argued that Trump urged hundreds of his supporters to march to the Capitol on Jan. 6 and then, when they stormed the building, smashed windows, ransacked offices and scuffled with police, “did nothing for at least two hours” to end the mayhem that left five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer.However, there has been no immediate indication that Republican supporters of Trump in the Senate are turning en masse against him. Trump remains on track to be acquitted.
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By Polityk | 02/13/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Київщина: ДСНС попереджає водіїв про негоду
Протягом дня 13 лютого в Київській області очікуються пориви вітру 15-20 метрів на секунду, хуртовини та ожеледиця на дорогах. Про це йдеться в повідомленні Державної служби з надзвичайної служби.
Рятувальники попереджають, що погода може призвести до порушень, а на окремих ділянках доріг – до припинення руху автомобілів.
ДСНС просить водіїв утриматися від автомобільних поїздок і не залишати машини вздовж доріг, аби не заважати спецтехніці чистити від снігудороги та тротуари.
За даними служби, станом на 10 ранку спостерігається невеликий сніг у Вінницькій, Житомирський, Київській, Луганській, Полтавській, Сумській, Харківській, Хмельницькій, Черкаській, Чернігівській областях та в Києві.
Для забезпечення проїзду снігоприбиральної техніки запроваджені обмеження руху великовагового та великогабаритного транспорту на окремих ділянках у Волинській та Івано-Франківській області.
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By Gromada | 02/13/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
4 Ways Trump’s Lawyers Challenged His Impeachment Charge
Following two blistering days of arguments by the House Democratic managers that former President Donald Trump instigated a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and continues to pose a clear and present danger to democracy, the Trump defense team on Friday questioned the legitimacy of the impeachment trial, slamming it as “an act of political vengeance” driven by the Democrats’ anti-Trump animus.“It’s about Democrats trying to disqualify their political opposition,” Trump lawyer Michael van der Veen told senators. “It is constitutional cancel culture.”The question of whether the Senate can try to convict a former president has been debated ever since the House of Representatives impeached Trump last month, making him the first U.S. president to be impeached twice. Under the Constitution, conviction results in removal and disqualification from holding federal office in the future.On the opening day of the trial Tuesday, Trump’s lawyers argued that the Senate has no authority to try a former president because the primary goal of impeachment is removal from office. But six Republican senators joined 50 Democrats to reject that argument, allowing the trial to proceed.With Trump out of office, Democrats say they want the Senate to bar him from running for president again. What is more, Congressman Ted Lieu, one of the House managers, told senators on Thursday that they want to prevent the catastrophe of another Jan. 6 from occurring. The incident left five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer.Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can
download this video to view it offline.Download File360p | 7 MB480p | 10 MB540p | 14 MB720p | 30 MB1080p | 58 MBOriginal | 169 MB Embed” />Copy Download Audio”I’m not afraid of Donald Trump running again in four years,” Lieu said. “I’m afraid he’s going to run again and lose, because he can do this again.”Here are four key issues raised in the trial and how Trump’s lawyers addressed them on Friday:Was the attack preplanned? And, if so, does that fact exonerate Trump of inciting the attack?The former president’s lawyers contended that the Jan. 6 attack was “preplanned and premeditated” by all manner of extremists and, therefore, it had nothing to do with Trump’s fiery speech earlier that morning near the White House.“You can’t incite what was already going to happen,” van der Veen said.Bruce Castor Jr., another Trump lawyer, asserted that the preplanning was “confirmed” by the FBI and the Justice Department. Neither agency, however, has publicly confirmed that it has reached any such conclusion, although the FBI last month said that the day before the attack, it had shared with law enforcement agencies unconfirmed online chatter about looming violence.Spokespeople for the FBI and DOJ declined to comment when asked to confirm or deny Castor’s assertion and instead referred VOA to court filings related to the more than 200 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection.The documents offer some evidence that planning and coordination by members of the right-wing Proud Boys and Oath Keepers had begun weeks in advance. But even when the militants were making plans, they appeared to be doing so in response to Trump’s repeated call to arms.For example, on Dec. 29, Jessica Watkins, an alleged member of the Oath Keepers who was arrested after Jan. 6, urged fellow militia members to travel to Washington, writing that “Trump wants all able-bodied Patriots to come,” according to court documents.To further disassociate Trump from the riot, Castor claimed that a “full 45 minutes” before the former president started his speech on the morning of Jan. 6, “violent criminals began assembling at the U.S. Capitol.”The House managers acknowledged this, but they were careful not to make Trump’s speech the centerpiece of the proceeding, contending that the Capitol riot was the inevitable consequence of a months-long campaign to undermine the election results.“This attack would not have happened without him,” said House manager Stacey Plaskett, the delegate to the House of Representatives from the United States Virgin Islands’ at-large congressional district.At the same time, the House managers showed how some of the rioters acted in response to Trump’s exhortations. On Thursday, they played a video in which a rioter outside the Capitol shouts into a bullhorn, “We were invited by the president of the United States.”Was Trump’s speech constitutionally protected?The Trump defense team sought to rebut the core allegation against the former president: that the “insurrection” was the direct result of Trump’s long history of incitement of violence that culminated in his Jan. 6 speech, in which he urged his followers to “fight like hell” to stop Biden from becoming president.Portraying Trump as a “law and order president,” the former president’s lawyers countered that Trump used the words “fight like hell” metaphorically, much as politicians of all stripes routinely do. They said Trump’s statements were protected free speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.To make the point, they showed a stream of video clips of Democratic politicians such as President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Elizabeth Warren using different variations of the expression – and stronger ones — in the past.“All robust speech should be protected, and it should be protected evenly for all of us,” van der Veen said.Accusing the House managers of twisting Trump’s words, the former president’s lawyers said Trump used the word “fight” 20 times during his Jan. 6 speech, but the Democrats cited only two instances that fit into their narrative. Far from inciting violence, van der Veen argued, Trump exhorted his followers to march to the Capitol to “peacefully and patriotically to make your voices heard.”What’s more, the Trump lawyers argued, the former president’s speech does not meet the constitutional test of incitement. The standard test requires in part that the speaker “explicitly or implicitly encourage the use of violence or lawless actions.”“The reality is Mr. Trump was not in any way, shape or form instructing these people to fight using physical violence,” van der Veen said, contending that throughout his term in office Trump had denounced violence and lawlessness.But what about free speech in impeachment proceedings?Anticipating Trump’s First Amendment defense, the House Democrats argued this week that the amendment protecting free speech does not apply in an impeachment proceeding.Van der Veen contended that denying Trump the right to free speech would be “plainly unconstitutional.” The Supreme Court, he said, has held that the First Amendment “protects elected officials,” citing two landmark cases.Under the two rulings, Trump has “enhanced free speech rights” because “of the importance of political dialogue” for elected officials.If Trump were not entitled to the First Amendment, he would be denied the right to counsel, another constitutional right, and would have to represent himself during his Senate trial, van der Veen said.In an open letter issued last week and cited by the House managers, a group of nearly 150 law professors called Trump’s First Amendment defense “legally frivolous.”What did Trump know about the riot and when did he know it?The question, an echo of the 1970s congressional investigation into the Watergate scandal, came up throughout the trial and resurfaced during the question-and-answer period.The House managers asserted that even after Trump learned that his supporters had breached the Capitol and threatened his own vice president, Mike Pence, he took no action to end the insurrection and instead continued to call sympathetic senators to block congressional certification of Biden’s victory.The Trump lawyers dodged questions about when Trump learned the Capitol had been breached, blaming the Democrats for not doing a better job of investigating the attack.In response to a question, Castor claimed that at “no point” was Trump informed that Pence was “in any danger.”
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By Polityk | 02/13/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Senator Graham’s Call with State Official Part of Election Probe, Report Says
A prosecutor from the southern U.S. state of Georgia plans to examine a phone call between U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Georgia’s secretary of state as part of a criminal investigation into whether former President Donald Trump or his allies broke state law in trying to influence the results of the election, The Washington Post reported Friday.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will look into the call Graham made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger 10 days after the Nov. 3 election, the Post reported, citing an unnamed person familiar with the probe.Graham, a Republican and a close Trump ally, asked Raffensperger whether he had the power to toss out all mail ballots in certain counties, Raffensperger has told the Post.Raffensperger said Graham appeared to be asking him to improperly find a way to set aside legally cast ballots, according to the newspaper.A spokesperson for Graham, Kevin Bishop, called the accusation “ridiculous.” He said Graham was asking Raffensperger how the signature verification process worked and said the senator never asked him to disqualify a ballot by anyone.Bishop said Graham has not been notified of any probe of the call.The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office and Raffensperger’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Reuters.Willis is investigating Trump after a Jan. 2 phone call he made pressuring Raffensperger to overturn the state’s election results based on unfounded voter fraud claims.In the call with Raffensperger, which was recorded, Trump says: “All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have,” referring to the narrow margin of President Joe Biden’s victory in the state, one of a handful of swing states that cost Trump the White House.
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By Polityk | 02/13/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
US Says North Korea an Urgent Priority
North Korea’s nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs are an urgent priority for the United States and Washington remains committed to denuclearization of the country, the U.S. State Department said on Friday.The Biden administration’s lack of direct engagement with North Korea should not be seen as an indication that the challenge posed by its weapons programs was not a priority, department spokesperson Ned Price said.”It in fact very much is,” he told a regular briefing.North Korea continued to make progress in its nuclear and missile programs in recent years “which makes this an urgent priority for the United States and one that we are committed to addressing together with our allies and partners,” Price said.”And … the central premise is that we remain committed to denuclearization of North Korea,” he said.Price said the lack of direct engagement to date was “a function of us making sure that we have done the diplomatic legwork, that we have been in close contact, in touch with our partners and allies,” aiming for a coordinated approach.The Biden administration, which took office last month, says it is conducting a full review of North Korea policy in consultation with allies, particularly South Korea and Japan, following former President Donald Trump’s unprecedented engagement with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which failed to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons.A confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday said North Korea developed its nuclear and ballistic missile programs throughout 2020 in violation of international sanctions, helping fund them with some $300 million stolen through cyber hacks.President Joe Biden’s top Asia official, Kurt Campbell, has said the administration must decide quickly on how to approach North Korea and not repeat an Obama-era delay that led to “provocative” steps by Pyongyang that prevented engagement.Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who discussed North Korea with his South Korean counterpart on Thursday, has said additional sanctions could be used in coordination with allies to press North Korea to denuclearize.Biden called Kim a “thug” during his election campaign and said he would only meet him “on the condition that he would agree that he would be drawing down his nuclear capacity to get there.”
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By Polityk | 02/13/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
White House Suspends Press Aide Who Reportedly Threatened Journalist
The White House said on Friday it temporarily suspended a press aide after he reportedly threatened a reporter who was working on a story about his romantic relationship with another journalist.Vanity Fair reported on Friday that White House deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo had made threats — including “I will destroy you” — to a Politico correspondent who was reporting a piece about Ducklo’s recently disclosed relationship with an Axios reporter, Alexi McCammond.White House press secretary Jen Psaki wrote on Twitter that Ducklo had been suspended for a week without pay and will not work with Politico reporters again.Psaki said Ducklo had apologized to the Politico reporter, Tara Palmeri, “with whom he had a heated conversation about his personal life. … He is the first to acknowledge this is not the standard of behavior set out by the president.”Ducklo, McCammond and Palmeri did not respond to emails seeking comment. An Axios spokesperson said McCammond disclosed the relationship to her editors in November and was reassigned from a beat covering the White House.The suspension comes after Democratic President Joe Biden, who took office last month, vowed to take a hard line on any incivility among members of his administration.”If you’re ever working with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, I promise you I will fire you on the spot … no ifs, ands or buts,” Biden told political appointees during a virtual swearing-in ceremony. “Everybody is entitled to be treated with decency and dignity.”Psaki told reporters during a briefing on Friday that Biden was not involved in the decision to suspend Ducklo and stressed that the White House took the matter seriously.Ducklo’s behavior was “completely unacceptable. He knows that,” Psaki said. “We’ve had conversations with him. … This will never happen again.”
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By Polityk | 02/13/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Кріштіану Роналду першим у світі набрав 500 мільйонів підписників у соцмережах
Португальський футболіст Кріштіану Роналду став першою людиною, яка зуміла набрати 500 мільйонів підписників у соціальних мережах. У нього 261 мільйон фоловерів в Instagram, 148 мільйонів у Facebook і 91 мільйон у Twitter.
36-річний португалець є нападником італійського клубу «Ювентус». Свою професійну кар’єру він розпочинав у португальському «Спортінгу», згодом перейшов до англійського «Манчестер Юнайтед», пізніше – до іспанського «Реала» з Мадрида.
Роналду є чемпіоном Європи, переможцем Ліги націй і п’ятииразовим володарем «Золотого м’яча». Фахівці визнають його одним із найкращих футболістів усіх часів. Він є одним з найбільш високооплачуваних спортсменів світу.
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