Kiev/09.11.13/Turan : Power units are preparing to disperse a rally onMaidan , said at a press conference in Kiev, one of the leaders of the opposition, Arseniy Yatsenyuk. "All metro stations in the center have been blocked, and internal forces and " Berkut" are coming here, he added. " We are going to defend our Maidan ," said Yatsenyuk at 16 pm Baku time.
Leader of the opposition UDAR,Vitali Klitschko, appealed to the people gathering at the Independence Square, and asked women and children to leave the place of manifestation. Klitschko said special forces are approaching from the of Bessarabia and St. Michael.
Earlier it was reported that buses and trucks with special forces gathered in the center of Kiev. The opposition continues to block the entrances to the buildings of the presidential administration, government and parliament continue to block the demonstrators. According to "UNIAN", the demonstrators on the streets gather near the cars with the military and encourage them not to storm the square.
On Monday morning, the special forces soldiers "Tiger " and " Leopard", relocated from other regions of Ukraine to the military unit in Vasilkov, near Kiev, the opposition broke through the blockade and left in the direction of the country's capital. According to Ukrainian media, protesters outside were blocked by military unit of the squad officers of "Berkut" , which enabled 20 buses with police backed by a few armored vehicles to leave the location of the military unit . This information was confirmed by the press service of the Kiev, and it was told that the column in the direction of Kiev left Vasylkov " for replacement of personnel ." -02D-
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On December 28 president of Ukrain called to the president of Azerbaijan İlham Aliyev.
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The preliminary investigation into the case of Russian oligarch and former "state minister" of the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh, Ruben Vardanyan, has been completed. According to a joint statement by the Prosecutor General's Office and the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, Vardanyan has been charged under the following articles of the Azerbaijani Criminal Code: Article 100 (planning or waging aggressive war), Article 107 (deportation or coercion of the population), Article 109 (persecution), Article 112 (deprivation of liberty in violation of international law), Article 113 (torture), Article 114 (mercenary activities), Article 115 (violating laws and customs of war), Article 116 (violating laws and customs of war), Article 214 (terrorism), Article 214-1 (financing terrorism), Article 218 (organization of a criminal community), Article 228 (illegal trafficking in weapons), Article 270-1 (creating threats to aviation safety), Article 278 (violent seizure of power or violent retention of power, violent change of the constitutional order of the state), Article 279 (creation of illegal armed formations), Article 318 (illegal crossing of the Azerbaijani state border).
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On December 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, as reported by the Kremlin's press service. During the conversation, the issues related to the crash of the AZAL passenger plane on December 25 near the city of Aktau were discussed in detail. "Vladimir Putin expressed his apologies for the tragic incident occurring in Russian airspace and once again conveyed his deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims, wishing a speedy recovery to the injured," the statement emphasized.
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On December 28, the trial of Abzas Media began, with the prosecutor reading the indictment. At the start of the session at the Baku Serious Crimes Court, the accused, the chief editor of Abzas Media, Sevinc Vagifgizi, filed a motion to disqualify the court panel. She argued that the current composition of the judges could not conduct an impartial investigation, as two of the three judges had previously ruled on cases involving political prisoners.
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