Live Updates on Russia-Ukraine Relations: Summit, Sanctions, and Espionage Charges

2023-04-18 15:50:47

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18h03 : Moscow warns the American ambassador, Lynne Tracy, once morest any “subversive activity” in Russia. Earlier in the day, she and her British and Canadian counterparts had been summoned by the Kremlin, which accuses them of“interference” in Russian affairs.

15h05 : The exact reason for the summons was not immediately specified. But the day before, the Russian diplomacy had denounced the criticisms of these diplomats following the condemnation of Vladimir Kara-Mourza to 25 years in prison for “high treason”.

3:10 p.m. : Moscow raises its tone in front of the ambassadors. The Kremlin summoned the American, British and Canadian ambassadors accusing them of“interference” in Russian affairs.

15h05 : While Vladimir Putin was traveling in the occupied areas of the country, Volodymyr Zelensky was in Avdiivka, one of the hottest points on the eastern front in Ukraine. “I have the honor to be here today, to thank you for your service, for the defense of our land”said Ukrainian President

14h33 : Let’s talk imports this time. Poland, Hungary and Slovakia have announced that they are suspending grain trade with Ukraine. But why did you make this decision? We explain everything to you in this article.

14h31 : Soon more Absolut vodka in Russia? The brand of the French group Pernod Ricard has announced that it will suspend its exports to Russia. Its discreet recovery had sparked a boycott movement and criticism from the Prime Minister in Sweden.

14h28 : Evan Gershkovich remains “combative”despite his continued detention in Russia. “He plays sports, he understands that people support him”assures one of his lawyers to AFP.

1:30 p.m : After his arrest, Evan Gershkovich was placed in pre-trial detention on March 30 and was to remain there at least until May 29. The journalist, who rejects the charges of “espionage” brought once morest him, had appealed once morest this measure. The court therefore dismissed this request.

13h40 : American journalist Evan Gershkovich remains in detention in Russia.

12h21 : Just seen (briefly) the arrested US journalist Evan Gershkovich. He’s been brought to a Moscow court for an appeal hearing. https://t.co/KK7diZYEZp

12h18 : American journalist Evan Gershkovich appeared smiling and determined at the Moscow court, according to AFP. The court must decide today whether or not to keep him in pre-trial detention on espionage charges..

(NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)

11h56 : Ukraine has accused Vladimir Putin of visit the scene of his “crimes”, following the announcement by the Kremlin of a surprise visit by the Russian president to the occupied regions of Ukraine. This trip “is a ‘special tour’ of the perpetrator of mass murder in the occupied and ravaged territories to take pleasure in the crimes” committed by Russian forces, said an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency.

08h52 : The United States continues to demand the “immediate release” of the American journalist of the Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich whose detention in Russia is “unfair”, says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. For the first time, the American ambassador to Moscow, Lynne Tracy, was able to visit yesterday the journalist, imprisoned for more than two weeks and accused of espionage by the Russian authorities.

08h37 : Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to the Kherson region in southern Ukraine to meet the military deployed there as part of the Russian offensive launched more than a year ago, announced the Kremlin in a press release, without specifying when this trip took place.

07h38 : The soldier lost 40kg during his detention, for lack of suitable food, while enduring the suffering of a broken rib. Artem Dyblenko evokes continuous violence once morest prisoners of war, and psychological torture. He demands that Russia finally opens the doors of its places of internment to the International Committee of the Red Cross, and that the exchange of prisoners accelerates.

07h35 : Some 130 Ukrainian soldiers were able to return to their country during a prisoner exchange, kyiv announced last Sunday. In Mykolaiv, franceinfo was able to meet a former prisoner released in September. Artem Dyblenko, a veteran of Mariupol, tells the story of his four months spent behind bars, in inhuman conditions.

(MATHIEU DREUJOU / FRANCE TELEVISIONS)

06h42 : Brazilian President Lula received the Russian Foreign Minister yesterday to promote international mediation on the war in Ukraine. The United States accused Brazil of being “the echo of Russian and Chinese propaganda” on the conflict. Sergei Lavrov claimed that Moscow wanted “the conflict ends as soon as possible”but recommending a solution “lasting and not immediate”.

07h52 : Finally, on the front of the war in Ukraine, the G7 foreign ministers have promised that the countries which provide assistance to Russia for its war will pay for it “high price”, in a statement released following the meeting in Japan. The diplomats also judged “unacceptable” Moscow’s announcement of its intention to send nuclear weapons to Belarus.

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