Carried out by Territorial Defense volunteers tasked with enforcing law and order during wartime, these acts of humiliation and torture have targeted everyone from accused Russian sympathizers to Roma people toalleged thieves. More AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/winter-olympics and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports. now everything is fine.". I study the role of mitochondrial calcium in physiology and disease. Most of the detentions and disappearances are often carried out by the Ukrainian Security service, (SBU), under a sweeping repression. Many of the skaters that took part in the team competition, including American star Nathan Chen and Russians Mark Kondratiuk, are due to leave Beijing shortly after competing Thursdays free skate. Mikhail & Aleksander Kononovich leader of the youth wing of the outlawed Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU), and his brother, Aleksander Kononovich, were arrested by Ukrainian authorities in Kiev and could reportedly be facing execution. I focus is on the . Event: murdered on the street of Kiev, near Pechersky Court building by the SBU security service. She began skating carefully with Anton's help. His bodyguards tried to use firearms to prevent Shufrychs detention, one of the soldiers told RFE/RL, adding that all four had been handed over to the police. As journalist Dan Cohen, For his part, Shariy has been placed on the notorious Myrotvorets public blacklist of enemies of the state founded by Anton Geraschenko the Ministry of Internal Affairs advisor who endorsed the assassination of Ukrainian lawmakers accused of Russian sympathies. Poklad is nicknamed The Strangler, a reference to hisreputationfor using torture and assorted dirty tricks to set-up his bosses political rivals on treason charges. Moskvina began teaching them slowly, cautiously. Kireev was subsequently. Lets, for the sake of understanding, wait for some explanations either from our sports officials or from the IOC, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. In fact, the image was pulled from footage originally recorded by Patrick Lancaster, a Donetsk-based US journalist who had filmed the corpse of a woman tortured and murdered by members of the Ukrainian Azov Battalion in a Mariupol school basement they had converted into a base. My coach and I decided to return to China, to return to our federation . Western media has looked the other way, however, as Zelensky and top officials in his administration have sanctioned a campaign of kidnapping, torture, and assassination of local Ukrainian lawmakers accused of collaborating with Russia. Notably, during the Donbass conflict, the Ukrainian side committed extremely heinous crimes, such burying people alive, beheadings (as reported by Newsweek), pitiless systematic acts of torture, rapes, looting, on a significantly much larger scale compared to the reported crimes committed by the pro-Russian side also featured in these reports. A Ukrainian Orthodox journalist has been held by authorities in Kiev for two weeks now with no access to a lawyer or necessary medical care. It is likely that these soldiers had been emboldened by their superiors blessings. Yesterday, Ukrainian Security Service officers with machine guns came to my parents apartment, stole almost all the money, and took my father away without bringing any charges My mother went to the Security Service office today, but they say they dont know anything about it. OPBs critical reporting and inspiring programs are made possible by the power of member support. Ref: Managed to write on social media : They are breaking down my door armed with Ukrainian uniforms. Similarly, Gennadiy Druzenko, the head of the Ukrainian military medical service, Ukrainian officials present woman tortured and killed by Azov as victim of Russia, While Western media homes in on Russian human rights violations at home and inside Ukraine, the Ukrainian government has authorized a propaganda campaign, In one especially cynical example of the strategy, Ukraine 24 a TV channel where guests have, As weapons pour into Ukraine from NATO states and the war intensifies, the atrocities are almost certain to pile up and with the blessing of leadership in Kiev. He was subsequently forced to make a anti-Russian speech on camera and on his YouTube channel as well. Berezhnaya went to watch an international skating competition there in February 1996, the month she returned to Russia. We dont know where my father is, we dont know what hes being charged with. Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Thursday she hoped Gonzalo Lira Lopez who disappeared following his criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was alive and well. As. In reality, this is a fraction of what took place, given the one-sided assessment of many of these reports in the first place. The race and the fallout following it were awful for both athletes. "We are not so clear with that concerning prize money and the financial situation. We are good skaters, and we are good guys,"he toldESPN. When Russian figure skaters Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze took home gold with a less than worthy performance in the 2002 Winter Olympics, a scoring controversy in the sport was exposed, leading to a complete revamp of the point system. She was bald then, her head. In the following days, the SBU arrested broadcast journalist Yan Taksyur and charged him with treason; human rights activist Elena Berezhnaya; Elena Viacheslavova, a human rights advocate whose father, Mikhail, was burned to death during the May 2, 2014 ultra-nationalist mob attack on anti-Maidan protesters outside the Odessa House of Trade The Neo-Nazi group C-14 leader, Yevhen Yaras, Other recent instances of the rule of the. While Zelensky spouts bromides about the defense of democracy before worshipful Western audiences, he is using the war as a theater for enacting a blood-drenched purge of political rivals, dissidents and critics. Here too, the perpetrators of human rights abuses appear to have received approval from the upper echelons of Ukrainian leadership. I only know about the Grushina/Goncharov - Shae/Nikolai break . Accused of: treason and illegal enrichment. Russian figure skater Elena Berezhnaya and her dance partner, Russian figure skater Anton Sikharulidze, competing for Latvia in the pair skating. The Director of Institute of Legal Policy and Social Protection Elena Berezhnaya described to the correspondent of the Federal News Agency (FAN) in Kiev the situation with nationalism in the country, the information policy of local media, and the possibility of the reunification of Ukraine. Ukraines SBU has even hunted opposition figures outside the countrys borders. While Vasylenko left the photo online, Arestovych deleted it eight hours after posting when confronted with the fact that he had published a fake. This March 3 in the city of Dnipro, SBU officers accompanied by Azov ultra-nationalists raided the home of activists with the Livizja (Left) organization, which has organized against social spending cuts and right-wing media propaganda. Here's what happened to Russian figure skaters Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze after the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. In a carefully choreographed address to US Congress on March 16, US corporate media has responded by showering Zelensky with fawning press, driving a campaign for his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize and inspiring a, The war is being used to kidnap, imprison and even kill opposition members who express themselves critical of the government, a left-wing activist beaten and persecuted by Ukraines security services, Torture and enforced disappearances common practices of Ukraines SBU, When a US-backed government seized power in Kiev following the Euromaidan regime change operation of 2013-14, Ukraines government embarked on a nationwide purge of political elements deemed pro-Russian or insufficiently nationalistic. Both have since married and retired from skating, competitively and in exhibitions. Seemingly countless videos have appeared on social media showing civilians tied to lamp posts, often with their genitals exposed or their faces painted green. "I hope here to be in the top 24" to qualify for next year's Olympic Games, she said. Accused of: spreading pro-Russian and pro-Belarusian views. and treason. This person is now a top-level official and just one of a number of decidedly highly unscrupulous characters that are law enforcement officers. There are simply hundreds and hundreds of video clips and photos showing these events, which are outlined in anotherarticle. In a March 19 executive order, Zelensky invoked martial law toban 11 opposition parties. It is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency because it can help endurance and increase blood flow efficiency. Then, as now, Sikharulidze maintains his innocence, and the innocence of his partner in the figure skating controversy plaguing the only Olympic gold medal they ever won. There they continued to interrogate us and threatened to cut off our ears, Matjuschenkos wifetold the leftist German publication Junge Welt. Ref: Considered to be pro-Russian as he appeared on Russian TV channels. CAPTION: Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze skate to third place in the pairs short program at world championships. Top-level officials and media outlets are wilfully ignoring what is taking place in Ukraine, by believing that the Russians are far worse, in scope and extent of human right abuses, while at the same time sanitising a wide range of heinous abuses, disappearances and killings in Ukraine. Ref: A worker from the Arcelor Mittal Krivoi Rog company. Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, celebrated the mayors murder, Telegram post by Anton Gerashchenko, advisor to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, celebrating the assassination of traitor and Kreminna Mayor Volodymyr Struk, On March 7, the mayor of Gostomel, Yuri Prylipko, was found murdered. In fact, the Ukrainian government has begun, Photos distributed by pro-Ukraine Telegram channels showing captured, tortured and executed Russian soldiers, Video has also emerged this April showing Ukrainian soldiers, Ukrainian and Georgian Legion fighters celebrate after executing captive Russian soldiers on video. In addition to being a successful journalist, he is a well-known political expert, political scientist, and political analyst. While we have all heard about the egregious processes that took place in the USA, a witch hunt for suspected communists, better known McCarthyism, a similar course of action is taking place in Ukraine. She spoke in various countries' parliaments, telling them about Nazism in Ukraine. Several journalists and Ukrainian dissidents, including the prominent columnist, Common Ukrainian citizens have also been subjected to torture since the start of the war this February. Editor-in-chief of the online magazinehttps://timer-odessa.net/. And now, at the worlds, a medal is within reach entering tonight's long program. As the conflict continues, the repression continues to build up against a wide-ranging category of people. The injury had been an accident, but Berezhnaya had quarreled often with her former partner, Oleg Sliakhov, and said she had become afraid of him. But Berezhnaya wished to return to the ice and doctors agreed and three months later she came to the ice skating ring. There they continued to interrogate us and threatened to cut off our ears, Matjuschenkos wife, The torture of left-wing activist Alexander Matjuschenko on March 3 in Dnipro, recorded by Azov members and posted on Telegram by the city of Dnipro, Matjuschenko was jailed on the grounds that he was conducting an aggressive war or military operation, and now faces 10 to 15 years in prison. The couple stood on the ice for the first time last March. "The doctors said, 'Let's not speak of her future as a skater. After less than a year together, they were European medalists. Episode #81: Tamara Moskvina. She is the heavy favorite. Elena Berezhnaya remembers only that she was spinning "too close" to her pairs partner as they practiced side-by-side camel spins alone in a rink in Riga, Latvia, 14 months ago. Chen could not train for more than three months heading into these world championships because of a nagging foot injury. Thomas Jefferson University. Nonselective inhibitors of histone deacetylases (HDAC) can. Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 01:39:01 08/07/2017 riafan.ru. The SBU, human rights abuses and paramilitaires. Russian skaters in particular have a history of positive results dating to 2000, when decorated pairs skater Elena Berezhnaya was stripped of a gold medal from the European championships for . Later that year, ice dancer Anastasia Shakun was given a one-year suspension for taking furosemide after she claimed a pharmacy suggested it for swelling in her eye. Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, the first head of the SBU after the Euromaidan regime change operation of 2013-14, nurtured close ties to Washington when he served as general consul to the Ukrainian embassy to the US during the George W. Bush administration. In January of 1996, her partner, Oleg Shilakhov, slashed a deep cut into her skull with his skate while they practiced. The Ukrainian government knows this, more so since Zelensky, since he. Igor said he overheard Russian POWs being beaten with pipes by Territorial Defense volunteers being coached by SBU officers. Moreover, many had total impunity since 2014 and despite a couple of incidents between the SBU and Right Sector, they still have undeclared support by all levels of Ukrainian officialdom. Another aspect to consider is that many lawyers do not wish to represent these people, as doing so may lead to being accused of being an accessory and likewise accused of being agents of the enemy. In March 2022 he was the subject of media coverage internationally due to his kidnapping and death. Several journalists and Ukrainian dissidents, including the prominent columnistOles Buzina, weremurdered by state-backed death squadsafter their names appeared on the list. Nathan Chen completed his four-year journey toward an elusive Olympic gold medal Thursday, following his record short program at the Beijing Games with a near-perfect free skate th. Notes:Currently held in a pretrial detention centre, been beaten and are facing execution on false charges. Denis Kireev On March 5, 2022,Denis Kireev, a Ukrainian negotiator during the Ukraine-Russiacrisis, was shot and executed by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) because he was a suspected spy. The couple meshed, finishing second in the Russian championships and third at the European championships. Accused of: allegedly providing Russia with intelligence. Yelena Berezhnaya. The US Inept State Department openly endorsed the presidents move,declaringthat the United States supports Ukrainian efforts to counter Russias malign influence, Three months later, Kievjailed Medvedchuk and charged him with treason. Elena Viktorovna Berezhnaya (Russian: ) and Anton Tarielyevich Sikharulidze (Russian: ) are former Russian pair skaters. The next day, a video appeared on social networks, in which Khazan slandered the party chairman Anatoli Shariy. Photos+video clipof him being intimated and threatened. "She loves skating," Moskvina said. His friends are now looking for a lawyer, Taksyurs son Ilya told the. As weapons pour into Ukraine from NATO states and the war intensifies, the atrocities are almost certain to pile up and with the blessing of leadership in Kiev. They worked through the summer and fall, getting ready for the Russian nationals. Russian skaters in particular have a history of positive results dating to 2000, when decorated pairs skater Elena Berezhnaya was stripped of a gold medal from the European championships for . She finally returned to the ice in Beijing Feb. 9. . In July 2020, Maria Sotskova was dealt a 10-year ban just months after announcing her retirement for allegedly forging a medical certificate to explain a doping violation. Watch: This report is by Patrick Lancaster, a US Navy veteran and independent crowd-funded journalist on location in Ukraine. . It is only to be expected that ultra-nationalists have taken matters in own their hands, such as the kidnapping, beating and torture of an MMA fighter, Maxim Rindkovsky, solely based on the fact he had trained in the past with a Chechen MMA club. "I know they will do it sometime, I just didn't know it could be this year.". Several mayors and other Ukrainian officials have been killed since the outbreak of war, many reportedly by Ukrainian state agents after engaging in de-escalation talks with Russia. Notice the other insignia, one SS Galicia of WW2 notoriety. On March 7, the mayor of Gostomel, Yuri Prylipko, was found murdered. Fragments of the temporal bone touched the lining of the brain. Gave birth to her 1st child at age 29, a son Tristan Cousins on October 6, 2007. Japan would be awarded silver and fourth-place finisher Canada, the defending champion, would receive the bronze. It is complicated because minors have protection within the World Anti-Doping Code from being identified. Yet amazingly, she wanted to skate again. As you can see from the list, the whereabouts of many are not known, actual accusations against them are not known either. Russia's Elena Berezhnaya can tell you about the perils of pairs. GL Gonzalo Lira (@realGonzaloLira) March 26, 2022. Dissident elements have faced the constant threat of ultra-nationalist violence, imprisonment, and even murder. Marina Eltsova and Andrei Bushkov are second. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - 2002 Winter Games, Figure Skating, Pairs' Free Skate - Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia had a slight stumble in . The SBU has a harrowing track record of serious human right abuses, which continues today. A short list of those who have fell foul of the Ukrainian government and its policies: Denis Kireev (high-ranking government official), Mikhail & Aleksander Kononovich (political party leaders), Elena Berezhnaya (Human rights activist / ex-figure skater). Russian skaters in particular have a history of positive results dating to 2000, when decorated pairs skater Elena Berezhnaya was stripped of a gold medal from the European championships for . For his part, Shariy has been placed on the notorious Myrotvorets public blacklist of enemies of the state founded by Anton Geraschenko the Ministry of Internal Affairs advisor who endorsed the assassination of Ukrainian lawmakers accused of Russian sympathies. Additionally, this is swept under the vague categories of treason, support for the Russians or saboteurs: Event: kidnapped & extra judicially killed, Accused of: being a traitor and pro-Russian. Wrote just before his arrest: They came for me, it was a pleasure to talk. "It's one thing that puts you over the top, if you skate the whole program cleanly. On March 19, Russian official and triathlete Dmitry Polyanskiy tweeted, "We are extremely worried about the fate of Ukrainian human rights defender and anti-fascist activist Elena Berezhnaya, who was taken by #Ukraine's Security Services (SBU)." Required fields are marked *. While the Russian team dominated the competition, it was Valieva that shone brightest. The International Olympic Committee and Switzerland-based International Testing Agency, which oversees the Olympic drug testing program, have declined to comment on the case. Against the background of rampant corruption, by the end of 2021, Ukraine fell to 122nd place out of 180 countries in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (Transparency International, 2021). Involvement of nitric oxide in photodynamic injury of neurons and glial cells. The silence is deafening and all of them mute on the repression that is taking place in Ukraine, likely start the process of EU accession in June. The brain injury impaired Berezhnaya's speech and, after months of therapy, she continues to speak slowly. No justice, truth or reparation was attained for any of the victims of enforced disappearance, secret detention and torture of civilians by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) from 2014 to 2016, and not a single suspected perpetrator was prosecuted. While the Western media has focused squarely on alleged Russian human rights abuses since the outbreak of war, Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Ukrainian social media accounts have proudly exhibited sadistic war crimes, from field executions to the torture of captive soldiers. All this taking place with acold indifference of well-known Western human right organisations and more strikingly, the Western corporate MSM, all under the auspices of the supposedly enlightened, civilised Europe and North America. The fourth episode on Netlfix's 'Bad Sport' titled 'Gold War' visits the competitive world of figure skating. It must remembered that the Ukrainian authorities have continued to use a database, the Mirotvorets (Peacekeeper) website, to highlight those that they consider as enemies of Ukraine. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. Charged with participation in the aggressive war. Sikharulidze, who knew Berezhnaya and was hoping to begin training with her, took a train to Riga, checked her out of the hospital, and brought her to St. Petersburg. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. At the European championships in January, they finished third behind the two pairs leading here at the worlds. Title. The Ukrainian official therefore delivered a chilling message to anyone choosing to seek cooperation with Russia: do so and lose your life. On the battlefield, meanwhile, the Ukrainian military has engaged in a series of atrocities against captured Russian troops and proudly exhibited its sadistic acts on social media. Goodbye. Whereabouts unknown. People have been reportedlykilledfor not pronouncing the shibboleth word correctly and thus assumed to be part of subversive Russian reconnaissance groups. Leftist Ukrainian activists have faced particularly harsh treatment, including kidnapping and torture. Ref: The daughter of Mikhail Viacheslavov, burned alive on 2 May 2014, in the Odessa House of Trade Unions. "Her face is not as it was," said her New York-based manager, Yuki Saegusa. Ukrainian soldiers use of the cellphones of dead Russian soldiers to mock and hector their relatives appears to be a common practice. When did Elena Berezhnaya recover from her injury? They used a lighter to heat up a needle, then put it under my fingernails, he told Cohen. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Focusing on the many crimes of the Zelensky regime, Ukrainian soldiers of the 206th battalion of the territorial defense of the Ukrainian capital, Yesterday, Ukrainian Security Service officers with machine guns came to my parents apartment, stole almost all the money, and took my father away without bringing any charges My mother went to the Security Service office today, but they say they dont know anything about it. Pummeled to the sound of the Ukrainian national anthem, the Russian prisoners were brutalized until they confessed their hatred for Putin. Elena Berezhnaya (Human rights activist / ex-figure skater) Dmitry Dzhangirov, (TV presenter, political scientist); Yuriy Dudkin, (political scientist); Maxim Rindkovsky (MMA fighter); Dmitry Skvortsov (journalist); Aleksandr Matiushenko (activist organisation "Livytsia"); Oleg Smetanin (violinist); It is likely that these soldiers had been emboldened by their superiors blessings. Elena Berezhnaya. Western media outlets have been following the Kiev line without exception,claimingthat all mayors been arrested by the Russian military. "She's been to Europeans and the Olympics. Unverified claims made indicate the participation of Azov members in the torture and disappearance of Maxim Rindkovsky. The couple retired after the 2002 controversy, skating in exhibitions like "Stars on Ice," alongside Jamie Sal and David Pelletier from the Canadian team with which they shared the gold medal from the '02 games. Russian skaters in particular have a history of positive results dating to 2000, when decorated pairs skater Elena Berezhnaya was stripped of a gold medal from the European championships for testing positive for pseudoephedrine. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Elena Berezhnaya Histone acetylation and deacetylation are among the most important epigenetic processes that regulate gene expression. The most famous case of trimetazidine in sports doping involved Chinese star swimmer Sun Yang. 3 1. "My hope is to win a medal in Nagano.". These practices and human right abuses still take place on a regular basis in Ukraine. Three years ago, pairs skater Alexandra Koshevaya was given a two-year ban after testing positive for torasemide, which she claimed to have used for a foot injury. Carried out by Territorial Defense volunteers tasked with enforcing law and order during wartime, these acts of humiliation and torture have targeted everyone from accused Russian sympathizers to Roma people to, Ukraines SBU studies torture and assassination from the CIA, Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, the first head of the SBU after the Euromaidan regime change operation of 2013-14, nurtured close ties to Washington when he served as general consul to the Ukrainian embassy to the US during the George W. Bush administration. While claiming to defend democracy, Ukraines Volodymyr Zelensky has outlawed his opposition, ordered his rivals arrest, and presided over the disappearance and assassination of dissidents across the country. Sikharulidze and Berezhnaya, left, wound up sharing the gold medal with Sale and Pelletier. Pro-Western monitors including the United Nations Office of the High Commission (UN OHCR) and, Kiev officially endorses assassinating Ukrainian mayors for negotiating with Russia, On March 1, for example, Volodymyr Strok, the mayor of the eastern city of Kreminna in the Ukrainian-controlled side of Lugansk, was kidnapped by men in military uniform, according to his wife, and, On March 3, pictures of Stroks visibly tortured body appeared. "Because for two consecutive years my coach and I stay in the United States, we were not familiar with some of the regulations, especially financial regulations," she said through an interpreter. . According to Prozorov, the ex-SBU officer, the Ukrainian security services have been directly advised by the CIA since 2014. With Mishin she was the World Silver medalist and competed in the 1968 . This article provides an overview into a deeply disturbing trend in Ukraine, one that started in 2014, that has accelerated and intensified since 24 February 2022. Worse still, is the participation of the likes of Azov, Right Sector and others in the detentions and also disappearances of people. The passage ofdecommunizationlaws by the Ukrainian parliament further eased the persecution of leftist elements and the prosecution of activists for political speech. OHCHR documented allegations of enforced disappearances, arbitrary and incommunicado detention, and torture and ill-treatment, perpetrated with impunity by Ukrainian law enforcement officials, mainly by elements of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)., The June 2016 UN report noted that the cases of incommunicado detention and torture brought to their attention in late 2015 and early 2016 mostly implicate SBU.
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