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„Zum Referendum werden folgende Fragen vorgeschlagen: Gebiet Lugansk als autonome Republik mit erweiterten Vollmachten im Staatsverband der Ukraine oder Gebiet Lugansk als Bestandteil der Ukraine ohne Änderung seines juristischen Status“, sagte Dereko.

(20.04.) The OPCW-UN Joint Mission in Syria confirmed yesterday that approximately 80 per cent of Syria‘s chemical weapons material has been removed or destroyed in-country. This development will contribute to meeting the 30 June 2014 target set by the OPCW Executive Council for the completion of Syria‘s entire chemical weapon programme.

Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for Maronite Church reiterated his call on international community „to stop the terrorist war in Syria.“

In a speech after a mass held in Bkirki , al-Rahi said the international community should put an end to this endless, cursed war in Syria which leaves massacres against innocent, destroy cities and every aspect of culture and civilization which has been built by Muslims and Christians throughout centuries.

He also affirmed his stance on solving the crisis in Syria through dialogue.

„A plane of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry will bring more than 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Syria on Tuesday, including warm tents, blankets and food,“ Tomashov told journalists.

Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia Atallah Hanna directed a congratulatory and solidarity message to the Syrian people on the occasion of the Easter, hoping that God will save Syria, its people and army.

Der Präsident habe den Pilgerort nördlich von Damaskus „am Tag der Auferstehung Christi“ aufgesucht, um allen Syrern ein „glückliches Osterfest“ zu wünschen, berichtete das Fernsehen. Es zeigte den Präsidenten im Gespräch mit Soldaten und Milizionären in Maalula, das vergangenen Montag nach vier Monaten in der Hand der Aufständischen von der Armee zurückerobert worden war. „Selbst die schlimmsten Terroristen können unser Kulturerbe und unsere Zivilisation nicht auslöschen“, sagte Assad demnach.

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The near-death beating of Oleg Tsarev and the intimidation of Mikhail Dobkin, both Eastern Ukrainian presidential candidates, are proof, if any more was even needed, that the upcoming “elections” in Ukraine will be neither honest nor representative of the population at large. On top of that, the Kiev junta’s military operations against the pro-reform activists in the east accentuate the violent oppression that has become characteristic of EuroMaidan and its coup plotters. With all of this occurring, the West is ignobly turning a blind eye towards the same human rights values it bombastically (in a literal sense) promoted in Resistant and Defiant (R&D) states such Serbia and Libya.

„Before giving us ultimatums, demanding that we fulfill demands within two or three days with the threat of sanctions, we would urgently call on our American partners to fully accept responsibility for those who they brought to power,” said Lavrov during a press conference with his colleague from Mozambique, Oldemiro Baloi.

All attempts to isolate Russia will lead to a dead end because Russia is „a big, independent power that knows what it wants,“ he added

Anti-maidan Ukrainians stop a military truck with two soldiers carrying RPG rockets, RPG-18 launchers, han.

The people who detained us were dressed in a khaki uniform and were armed. We were detained for unsanctioned photographing although we were not taking photos [then]. We were detained on a checkpoint, where we did not take photos of anything, and were taken to another checkpoint.

The journalists were set free in half an hour, after equipment was inspected.

The event took place in the office of the Security Service department in Sloviansk that is occupied by supporters of the Donetsk People’s Republic. Irma Krat was brought to the briefing blindfold; the self-defense supporter remained masked during the conversation with journalists and refused to present himself.

He said Krat was detained on suspicion of subversion. In addition, the self-defense activists claim that she is guilty of staging tortures of Berkut servicemen that were captured by Right Sector activists during unrest in Kiev.

„Die OSZE-Experten ließen sich über unsere Forderungen informieren. Sie besichtigten unsere Gebäude und überzeugten sich davon, dass wir entgegen Behauptungen des ukrainischen Fernsehens niemanden gefangen halten oder foltern. Sie interessierten sich auch dafür, ob die Verpflegung und medizinische Betreuung ausreichend sind“, sagte der Vertreter.

Wie der Chef der OSZE-Mission in Donezk, Klaus Zillikens, in einem Interview für den Radiosender „Echo Moskwy“ jedoch gesagt hatte, „gibt es Anzeichen dafür, dass ausländische Berater auf dem Territorium der Ukraine gearbeitet und gehandelt hatten“. „Es liegen uns aber keine klaren Beweise dafür vor“, ergänzte Zillikens.

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