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1- Primaries in DPR and LPR:
today was a historical day for Donbass (Video)
2- International observers state
DPR primaries an example to West
3- Western instructors train
Ukrainian military in new torturing methods
4- AFU fired at DPR terrritory with heavy artillery on the eve
of forces' disengagement
5- AFU redeployed 300 tons of ammunition to
Donbass, including incendiary and phosphoric shells
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1- Primaries in DPR and
LPR: today was a historical day for Donbass (Video)
Sunday, October 2, 2016 - 21:03, DONi Donbass International News
Agency https://dninews.com (Donbass)
Today, at 8 AM, the polling stations opened in the Donetsk and
Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and
LPR), and remained opened until 8 PM, to allow a maximum of persons to vote
today for their local representatives.
This
election is not the first one in the two young republics, there was the
referendum of 11 May 2014, and the presidential elections in
November 2014. But
these two votes were of course considered as invalid by the international
community (amongst them the UN and the European Union), and contrary to the
Minsk agreements.
So this
time, the authorities made everything perfect, in order for these elections to
offer no argument against their validity. A temporary electoral commission was
created, which defined clearly and in a fully transparent way the processes and
procedures of the future elections, based on the OSCE standards. The security
was reinforced to ensure no terrorist act from Ukraine could sabotage the
elections.
The
candidates application was opened to everyone, as far as the person has a clean
criminal case and enough signatures to support his candidacy. And the whole
process was monitored by observers from both the DPR, LPR and abroad (Italy,
South Ossetia, France, Germany, Finland, Great Britain, etc). In total, more than 1060 people
monitored this election, including 22 international observers.
These
foreign observers were able to take photos and videos, and none of them detected any violations during
these elections:
"We haven't registered any violations here,
neither me, nor my foreign colleagues," emphasized Johan
Bäckman from Finland.
"I consider that today we observe an exemplary
democratic process. Primaries strengthen the international position of the DPR,"
he noted.
These
highly democratic elections have met a strong enthusiasm from the population as
at 3 PM more than 290 000 citizens of the DPR had already voted.
This will to have fully democratic elections which can be used as a model for future
elections, was expressed by the Head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko after
his vote:
“The straw public vote is intended to build an
ideal system of electoral process for fair, transparent and democratic local
elections to be held in the future”, he stated.
He added that “We proved our power, dignity and solidarity to
the entire world when in 2014 we rose shoulder to shoulder against cruelty and
injustice. Now the hour has struck for political victories. The DPR people
should show that we have built a civilized, constitutional state capable of
holding transparent and fair elections. Together we will make the rule people’s
indeed!”
Igor
Plotnitsky, the Head of LPR stated also that, with these primaries, the two People's Republics have proved
they are able to hold fully democratic elections.
And they
succeeded so well into making these primaries perfect, that foreign observers
even consider that Western countries should take example on DPR and LNR,
concerning democracy and freedom of speech:
“I am sure that my foreign colleagues agree
with the idea that you give us hope with your democratic proceedings as we face
many problems concerning democracy and freedom of speech in the West now. I
think it (primaries) is very important point from the point of view of the
international recognition of the DPR,” summed up the Finnish observer.
A point
of view that Janus Putkonen, our director, and myself shared just after
our vote. Because today was not only a historical
day for this full democracy demonstration in Donbass, but it was also the first
elections in which foreigners who obtained the DPR citizenship were able to
vote.
Janus
Putkonen highly appreciated open ballots and the open system of holding
elections in the DPR in comparison with the Finnish voting system, including
the utmost level of transparency and foreign observers’ involvement in the
process.
“Europeans have much to learn from the Donetsk
People’s Republic,” stated Putkonen.
On my
turn, I also highly appreciated the fact that candidates needed to have a clean
criminal case in order to apply for these elections. A system which is not
existing in France and allows real criminals and corrupted people to be elected
even to the highest positions, and is a real scandal.
Janus and
myself were really proud today to have this honor and opportunity to
participate to the democratic process which is ongoing, and which builds little
by little the DPR and LPR states.
Today we
were both observers and participants of a great historical day for Donbass.
Christelle
Néant
DONi
News Agency
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2- International
observers state DPR primaries an example to West
Monday, October
3, 2016 - 13:27, DONi Donbass International News Agency https://dninews.com
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The primary
vote held in the DPR was organized in accordance with world-wide democratic
standards and is meant to boost the Republic’s image, said international
observers after having monitored the vote.
"I
consider what we have evidenced today to be an exemplary democratic process.
Primaries reinforce DPR international position,” said the Finnish political
scientist Johan Bäckman.
Zdeněk
Ondráček, a member of the Czech Parliament stated that he had been impressed
with the DPR people’s being committed to participate in the primaries, and
their organization level as well.
“There
even emerged queues to ballot boxes, and no mistakes were detected on the part
of the organizers. The turnout reached nearly 50 percent by mid-day already. We
are looking on you with admiring envy because we do not observe such a
number of voters in our country,” said Ondráček.
Italian
journalist and social activist Giullietto Chiesa also brought a comparative
line between the political situations in the DPR and western countries, having
noted that western democratic institutions should not be regarded as a guide
taking into account how long they have been degrading.
“Don’t
look to Europe, build your own democracy,” he adviced voters in Donetsk.
His compatriot,
member of the Italy-Russia (Bergamo) Association Eliseo Bertolasi shared his
colleagues’ opinion and highly praised the voting:
“This
is a model of perfection of freedom and democracy for many countries of the
world.”
DONi News Agency
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3- Western
instructors train Ukrainian military in new torturing methods
Monday, October 3, 2016 - 15:53, DONi Donbass International News Agency
https://dninews.com (Donbass)
Russian human rights activists register the emergence of
new methods of tortures applied by the Ukrainian military in the zone of the
so-called ‘anti-terrorist operation’ after the western instructors began to
train them, stated the director of the Democracy Problems Research Fund
Maxim Grigoriev today at a press conference in Moscow.
"We started noting that from the outset
of the training program for Ukrainian military personnel by western
instructors, they started practicing methods of tortures which used to have
been abnormal for Ukraine earlier. For instance, the torture of suffocation by
water," said Grigoriev.
Besides, as witnesses told the human rights activists,
many tortures used by the Ukrainian military are similar to those applied by
the American troops in Vietnam in due time.
"Therefore we suppose that the western
countries not only understand what is going on in Ukraine, but have also
assigned many of human rights violations directly," claimed Grigoriev.
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4- AFU fired at DPR terrritory with heavy
artillery on the eve of forces' disengagement
Monday, October
3, 2016 - 10:13, DONi Donbass International News Agency https://dninews.com
(Donbass)
The Ukrainian
army in anticipation of the next attempt of forces'
disengagement in Donbass subjected to firing the town of
Yasinovataya with artillery of 122 mm caliber, reported a source
in the DPR security agencies.
At 23:45 the
Ukrainian side started shelling the territory of the industrial zone near
Yasinovataya. The enemy fired with artillery of 122 mm caliber.
The AFU
used mortars of 82 and 120 mm caliber, IFV arms, grenade launchers
and small arms as well.
DONi News
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5- AFU redeployed 300 tons of ammunition to
Donbass, including incendiary and phosphoric shells
Saturday,
October 1, 2016 - 16:00, DONi Donbass International News Agency https://dninews.com
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The Ukrainian
military replenished their supplies on the frontline in Donbass with 300 tons
of ammunition, including incendiary and phosphoric shells, reported the
Vice-Commander of the DPR People's Militia Eduard Basurin.
"This
week our intelligence recorded transportation by the enemy of over 300 tones of
explosives, including incendiary and phosphoric ammunition to the artillery
warehouses in Nikolayevka and Rybinsk (villages near Volnovakha), and also to
Marinka," said the Vice-Commander.
Earlier the DPR
military authorities repeatedly stated the use of phosphoric bombs by the
Ukrainian army against the civilian population of the region. In particular,
the AFU were firing from the forbidden arms at the territory of the Donetsk
airport in January, 2015.
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