Vučić: "The situation is boiling, Serbs are fed up with terror"

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President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, addresses the public regarding the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina on license plates.

SOURCE: B92 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2022 | 11:24

"They did not pass a resolution, they passed recommendations. The recommendations of the European Parliament state that we must recognize Kosovo's independence, but they hid it by using the following vocabulary: they are asking us for mutual recognition," said Vučić.

"Even if we impose sanctions on Russia, they would say it's nice what you did, but tomorrow they would come out with a new resolution. I'm experienced enough, I'm a political veteran. I talked to Brussels 50 times last night. I wasn't particularly upset by their recommendations", stated Vucic.

"We are not interested in mutual recognition with Pristina," said Vučić.

"10 days ago, when we were on the brink of conflict, they said not to talk about small things - we need peace, we don't want conflicts and wars. When you make a decision that means preserving peace - you have once again betrayed and surrendered something. What about that people? Why don't you ask what happened to Kurti's police who were ready to start collecting fines and then backed off. They had a better deal two days ago than the one yesterday. It says clearly: all previously reached agreements must be respected. And that's for us the most important thing - our people will not be mistreated. KM plates remain and survive, since the others with the denomination of Kosovo's cities and municipalities de facto do not exist, especially south of the Ibar river. KM plates, as far as new cars are concerned, there are up to 90 of them annually, and when it comes to the renewal of registration, it is proceeding normally and there are no obligations in this regard. I even said that while the negotiations are ongoing, let's stop it. People who have KM plates, about 7000 of them on the territory of Kosovo and Metohija, can continue to drive cars without interference and fines. This is a small tactical victory that will lead us into an even more difficult situation and pressure, and that's why you can't see too much joy in me because I know that difficult times await us. I am satisfied that we have preserved peace for our people, because those wonderful women who went out to protest yesterday deserve peace, they deserve that their children go to school normally, I am satisfied that we did not endanger the whole of Serbia, and that this year will be a record for us in terms of foreign investments," said Vučić.

"The situation with the Serbs in Kosovo is literally boiling. People are fed up with terror," said Vučić.

"For 23 years, you worry every day. I am grateful to our people who endured all that terror and who, after 23 years, guard their hearths and fight. As for these plans they are talking about, I have repeatedly said what our red lines are," he said.

"The European representatives were very rational, the Americans too. All this is torture. They were in a hurry to replace the Serbian representatives as soon as possible. You heard what the Serbs said, the formation of the CSM, when it is formed, then we will move on to something else. and I won't, I can't convince the Serbs. No matter how difficult it was for them, they were not afraid of the force that threatened them, because they knew that the hearth, the sanctuary, that they were defending was greater than the threat," said Vučić.

Vučić stated that he and Dodik and Cvijanović discussed the obligations that await them in the coming period. "I have introduced Mrs. Cvijanović and President Dodik with the situation in Kosovo and Metohija. We also talked about many important projects. This week a joint team will be formed, we will invest a lot of money in the construction of the memorial complex in Donja Gradina," said Vučić.

Vučić congratulated Cvijanović and Dodik on their success and stated that in Serbia they will always have someone they can rely on and trust. "I also want to thank the people of Republika Srpska because they are always with Serbia and take care of us," said Vučić.

Cvijanović emphasized that great challenges await them in their new positions.

The Chairperson of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Željka Cvijanović, thanked Serbia for wanting to participate in infrastructure projects, such as the airport in Trebinje.

The President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik thanked President Vučić for the support that Serbia gives to Republika Srpska. "We agreed that after December 1, when the government is formed, a joint session will be held where we will consider all important issues related to cooperation on projects," said Dodik.

President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik said that work will be done on the integration of Republika Srpska and Serbia.

"We informed President Vučić of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was not resolved by these elections," said Dodik.

Romania says it does not play Orbán’s «games» after his references to ‘Greater Hungary’

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Romania's Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca has preferred to dodge the latest controversy of his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán, after he appeared wearing a scarf referring to 'Greater Hungary' -- which includes Romanian territories -- and has asserted that it is better not to get into "these kinds of games".

"It is not the first time that we observe this type of outbursts of tone, I don't think we should enter into this type of games," Ciuca expressed this Wednesday during the joint press conference with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, on the occasion of the Spanish-Romanian summit held in Castellón.

However, Ciuca did ask that "the norms" and "the rules of the rule of law" be respected, emphasizing that for Romania "collaboration" between states and "the option of dialogue are always open".

Finally, the Romanian Prime Minister also called for respect for "relations based on what was agreed at European and international level", in reference to the 1920 Treaty of Trianon, which came into being after the end of World War I and with which the Kingdom of Hungary lost 70 percent of its territory.

The controversy arose after the Hungarian government's own channels showed images of Orbán at a national team soccer match wearing a scarf with an image of the kingdom of Hungary, which includes among other territories now Romanian, Ukrainian, Czechoslovakian, among others.

Before Ciuca, other Romanian authorities reproached that this "irresponsible" and "revisionist" gesture of Orbán placed him closer and closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom they also accused of "dreaming" of changing the borders, in a clear reference to the war in Ukraine.

"Orbán must be held accountable for this act incompatible with the status of a member of the family of liberal democracies", said Romanian MEP Alin Mituta.

Like Romania, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry also protested and demanded an "official apology", while announcing that it would summon the Hungarian ambassador in Kiev to give explanations for this "unacceptable" act.

Τι σημαίνει επίσκεψη του Έλληνα Πρωθυπουργού στη Χειμάρρα, ενώ η Αλβανία δεν αναγνωρίζει τη Χειμάρρα ως ελληνική?

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Μητσοτάκης στη Χειμάρρα, στο Φοινίκι και στη Δρόπολη, ένα κίνημα "Σάχ Ματ": προς την Αλβανία ή ενδιαφέρον για ψήφους για την επόμενη πολιτική εκστρατεία;

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Το 1993, ο πατέρας του Κυριάκου Μητσοτάκη, πρώην πρωθυπουργού της Ελλάδας, Κωνσταντίνος Μητσοτάκης, απηύθυνε 6 αδιαπραγμάτευτα σημεία με τη μορφή τελεσίγραφου προς την Αλβανία, τα οποία όριζαν το γεγονός ότι: «Οποιαδήποτε μορφή αυτοδιάθεσης η Αλβανία- μιλώντας ο λαός του Κοσσυφοπεδίου απαιτεί, θα απαιτήσει και τους Έλληνες της Αλβανίας», μια δήλωση που επιδεινώνει περαιτέρω την καταστολή του αλβανικού κράτους που σκηνοθέτησε ο Σαλί Μπερίσα κατά της Πολιτικής Οργάνωσης Ομόνοια.

Όπως έχει ανακοινωθεί, ο κ. Μητσοτάκης θα συνοδεύεται από κορυφαίους υπουργούς της ελληνικής κυβέρνησης και η μεταφορά τους στην Αλβανία θα γίνει με στρατιωτικό ελικόπτερο τύπου «SINUK». Από αλβανικής πλευράς την ελληνική αντιπροσωπεία στη Μειονότητα θα συνοδεύει υπουργός της αλβανικής κυβέρνησης, ενώ δεν έχει γίνει ακόμη γνωστό αν θα είναι παρών και ο Έντι Ράμα.

Ο Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης, στο πλαίσιο της Συνόδου Κορυφής ΕΕ-Δυτικών Βαλκανίων, θα συμμετάσχει στα Τίρανα στις 6 Δεκεμβρίου 2022. Σύμφωνα με πηγές και εκτός απροόπτου, έχει προγραμματίσει ότι την επόμενη μέρα της συνόδου (7 Δεκεμβρίου 2022) θα επισκεφθεί τη Χιμάρα. , Φοινίκη και. Δρόπολη.

Πρόκειται για μια σημαντική επίσκεψη Έλληνα εν ενεργεία πρωθυπουργού στην ελληνική εθνική μειονότητα μετά από 31 χρόνια. Θυμίζουμε ότι η τελευταία επίσημη επίσκεψη ήταν του Κωνσταντίνου Μητσοτάκη στις 13 Ιανουαρίου 1991 στη Δερβιτσάνη.

 Τι σημαίνει επίσκεψη του Έλληνα Πρωθυπουργού στη Χειμάρρα ενώ η Αλβανία δεν αναγνωρίζει τη Χειμάρη ως ελληνική κοινότητα?

Το 2004, ως δημοσιογράφος από τη Χιμάρα, ήμουν παρών σε διεθνή αντιπροσωπεία στην Αθήνα. Συναντηθήκαμε με τον Πρωθυπουργό Καραμανλή και τον Πρόεδρο Στεφανόπουλο. Στην ερώτησή μου γιατί αρνήθηκε τότε στον Πρόεδρο Στεφανόπουλο πρόσκληση να επισκεφθεί τη Χιμάρα, απάντησε: «Οι αλβανικές αρχές εφαρμόζουν το πρωτόκολλο του Ψυχρού Πολέμου, δεν επιτρέπουν σε κανέναν Έλληνα αξιωματούχο να επισκεφθεί τη Χιμάρα γιατί δεν τον αναγνωρίζουν ως μειονότητα. Είναι πολύ λυπηρό που η αλβανική κυβέρνηση εφαρμόζει τέτοια πρότυπα και δεν επιτρέπει την εθνοτική αυτοανακήρυξη της Χιμάρας», ήταν η απάντηση του Έλληνα προέδρου.

Οχι μόνο αυτό. Ο Πρωθυπουργός Ράμα είχε αρνηθεί μια επίσκεψη στις ΗΠΑ από τον Ρεπουμπλικανό βουλευτή Γκους Μπιλαράκη στη Χειμάρη το 2015. Χρειάστηκε η παρέμβαση του Αμερικανικού Τμήματος μέσω του πρέσβη στα Τίρανα, Αρβίζου, ώστε η επίσκεψη αυτή να εκτραπεί στα Τίρανα. Ο λόγος που χρησιμοποίησε ο Ράμα ήταν ότι ο βουλευτής έρχεται σε μια περίοδο που η Αλβανία εξακολουθεί να αναθεωρεί τους νόμους για αυτοδήλωση και ότι μια τέτοια κατάσταση θα μπορούσε να αλλάξει το πολιτικό κλίμα στην Αλβανία.

Τονίζουμε ότι η αντιπολίτευση, με επικεφαλής τον Σαλί Μπερίσα, είναι ακλόνητη για την ελληνική θέση ότι ζουν Έλληνες στη Χειμάρρα, εξαιτίας της οποίας οι σχέσεις με τις ΗΠΑ επιδεινώθηκαν το 1994, μετά τη σύλληψη των ηγετών της Ομόνοιας, αλλά ότι αποτελεί μέρος της στρατηγικής Αλβανίας που υποστηρίζει τις αποφάσεις της σοσιαλιστικής κυβέρνησης, για αφομοίωση και αλλαγή της εθνοτικής ισορροπίας στη Χειμάρρα, μέσω στρατηγικών επενδύσεων. Μέχρι σήμερα, μόνο ο αρχηγός της πρώην αντιπολίτευσης, Λουλεζίμ Μπάσα, έχει μιλήσει για μαζική λεηλασία των περιουσιών των κατοίκων της Χιμάρας, από τους ολιγάρχες που υποστηρίζονται από την αλβανική κυβέρνηση, οι οποίοι, σύμφωνα με τον Μπάσα, καθαρίζουν τα βρώμικα ναρκωτικά. χρήματα μέσω στρατηγικών επενδύσεων.

Λεπτή η θέση του πρωθυπουργού Ράμα για την επίσκεψη Μητσοτάκη στη Χειμάρη. Η σοσιαλιστική κυβέρνηση προβαίνει σε εθνοκάθαρση, γράφουν τα ελληνικά ΜΜΕ, φέρνοντας τον αλβανικό πληθυσμό σε όλη την περιοχή των ακτών του Ιονίου. Εν τω μεταξύ, από την άλλη, η σοσιαλιστική κυβέρνηση έχει υποσχεθεί την καταγραφή και νομιμοποίηση περιουσιών στη Χειμάρρα για ολόκληρο τον πληθυσμό, αλλά η μαζική διαφθορά που έχει περιλάβει το κτηματολόγιο έχει προκαλέσει οργή στον ελληνικό πληθυσμό στη Χειμάρρα, μετά τις 20/20 20 Έχει εγκριθεί η περιουσιακή νομοθεσία και η νομιμοποίηση κτιρίων μέχρι το τέλος του 2022. Η Ομόνοια, η Πολιτική Οργάνωση της Ελληνικής Μειονότητας στην Αλβανία, προειδοποίησε για ακραία μέτρα για την κατάσταση που δημιουργήθηκε κατά της αλβανικής κυβέρνησης, καθώς οι περιουσίες των Ελλήνων έχουν καταστραφεί μέσω των υπαλλήλων των γραφείων καταγραφής, χαρακτηρίζοντάς τις αλληλεπικαλύψεις και δεν μπορούν να πιστοποιηθούν. 

Μέσα λοιπόν σε αυτόν τον γεωπολιτικό ανταγωνισμό, η επίσκεψη Μητσοτάκη στη Χειμάρρα θα είναι μπούμερανγκ. Φυσικά, δεν αναμένεται αντίδραση από τον Μπερίσα ή τον Μέτα, καθώς η θέση τους είναι λεπτή στις σχέσεις με την Ελλάδα, αλλά αν γίνει συνάντηση Έλληνα πρωθυπουργού στη Χειμάρρα, θα είναι το άνοιγμα μιας ιστορικής σελίδας De Jure, ενώ ο De facto, το αλβανικό κρατίδιο, δεν θα εγκαταλείψει την αφομοίωση της Χειμάρης με κάθε μορφής και πιέσεις, ενώ η Αθήνα την έχει αφήσει στα χέρια των φιλελεύθερων αξιωματούχων των Βρυξελλών να «φροντίσουν τα δικαιώματα των Ελλήνων», ενώ οι Χιμαριώτες πληρώνουν για την περιουσία των παππούδων τους.δική τους, λόγω της διαφθοράς των Αλβανών αξιωματούχων, ώστε να επιβιώσουν στα εδάφη τους με αξιοπρέπεια. .

Η Αθήνα θεωρεί θέμα ψήφου την επίσκεψη Μητσοτάκη στη Χειμάρρα, αφού οι Βορειοηπειρώτες είναι δυσαρεστημένοι με τις πολιτικές της κυβέρνησης της Νέας Δημοκρατίας απέναντί ​​τους. Η Ελλάδα πηγαίνει σε πολιτικές εκλογές γεμάτες ένταση με την Τουρκία, ενώ οι ψήφοι των Βοριοηπειρωτών κρίνονται καθοριστικές για τη συνέχιση αυτής της κυβέρνησης, θεμελιώνοντας χρέος προς αυτούς, εθνικές συντάξεις και χορήγηση ελληνικής ιθαγένειας.

Η ελληνική κυβέρνηση φαίνεται να έχει παγιώσει τη θέση της Αλβανίας απέναντι στη Ναυτική Συμφωνία στο Δικαστήριο της Χάγης, για την οποία αναμένεται η απόφασή της στο μέλλον, αλλά αυτό που πρέπει να τονιστεί είναι ότι στο επίκεντρο βρίσκεται η Ελληνική Κοινότητα Χειμάρων και ολόκληρης της ακτής του Ιονίου. της αφομοίωσης από το αλβανικό κράτος, και για αυτή την κατάσταση, η επιστροφή στην ταυτότητα είναι μια ψευδαίσθηση, ενώ η εθνο-δήλωση, με βάση το Cencus που δεν έχει ακόμη γίνει, είναι ένα ακραίο εθνικιστικό όπλο κατά της Ελευθερίας και των Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων.

Cfar do te thote, nje vizite e Kryeministrit Grek ne Himare nderkohe qe Shqiperia nuk e njeh Himaren si komunitet etnik grek?

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Mitsotakis në Himare, Finiki dhe Dropoli, nje levizje "Shah Mat: ndaj Shqiperise, apo nje interes per vota per fushaten e ardhshme politike? 

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Ne vitin 1993, babai i Kiriako Mitsotakis, ish kryeministri i Greqise Kostandinos Mitsotakis, i drejtoi 6 pika te panegociueshme ne forme Ultimatumi Shqiperise, ne te cilen perkufizohej fakti se: "Cfaredo forme vetevendosje qe kerkon populli shqipfoles i Kosoves, ate do te kerkojne  edhe greket e Shqiperise" nje deklarate e cila perkeqesoj me tej rrepresionin e shtetit shqiptar drejtuar nga Sali Berisha ndaj Organiztaes Politike Omonia. 

Siç është bërë e ditur, zoti Mitsotakis do të shoqërohet nga ministra drejtues të qeverisë greke dhe transferimi i tyre në Shqipëri do të bëhet me një helikopter ushtarak të tipit “SINUK”. Nga pala shqiptare, delegacioni grek në Minoritet do të shoqërohet nga një ministër i qeverisë shqiptare, ndërsa ende nuk dihet nëse do të jetë i pranishëm edhe Edi Rama.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, në kuadër të Samitit BE-Ballkani Perëndimor, do të marrë pjesë në Tiranë më 6 dhjetor 2022. Sipas burimeve dhe në mënyrë të papritur, ai ka planifikuar që ditën e nesërme të samitit (07 dhjetor 2022) të vizitojë Himarën, Finikin dhe. Dropoli.

Kjo është një vizitë e rëndësishme nga një kryeministër në detyrë greke në pakicën kombëtare greke pas 31 vitesh. Kujtojmë se vizita e fundit zyrtare ishte e Konstantinos Mitsotakis më 13 janar 1991 në Dervitsani.

 Cfar do te thote, nje vizite e Kryeministrit Grek ne Himare nderkohe qe Shqiperia nuk e njeh Himaren si komunitet etnik grek? 

Ne vitin 2004 si gazetar nga Himara, isha i pranishem ne nje delegacion nderkombetar ne Athine. U takuam me Kryeministrin Karamanlis dhe Presidentin Stefanopoulos. Pyetjes time se perse Presidentit Stephanopoulos, ne ate kohe, iu refuzua ftesa per te vizituar Himaren, ai mu pergjigj: "Autoritetet shqiptare zbatojne protokoll te Luftes se Ftohte, nuk lejojne asnje zyrtar grek te vizitoje Himaren se nuk e njohin per Minoritet. Me ka ardhur shume keq, qe qeveria shqiptare, zbaton standarte te tilla, dhe nuk lejon vetedeklarimin etnik te Himares", ishte pergjigja e presidentit grek. 

Jo vetem kaq. Kryeministri Rama, kishte refuzuar nje vizite te USA kongresmenit republikan Gus Bilarakis ne Himare ne vitin 2015. U desh nderhyrja e Departamentit Amerikan nepermjet ambasadorit ne Tirane, Arvizou, qe kjo vizite te anash kalohej per ne Tirane. Arsyeja qe Rama perdori veten, ishte, se Kongresmeni, vjen ne nje moment qe ende Shqiperia po shqyrton ligjet per vetedeklarimin dhe se nje situate e tille, mund te rendoje klimen politike ne Shqiperi. 

Theksojme se opozita me ne krye Sali Berisha, ka qene e palekundur per qendrimin grek se ne Himare jetojne greke, veper te te cilet u perkeqesuan mardhenjet me SHBA ne vitin 1994, pas arrestimit e lidereve te Omonia, por qe ai eshte pjese e nje strategjie kombetare shqiptare qe mbeshtet vendimet e qeverise socialiste, per asimilimin dhe ndryshimin e balancave etnike ne Himare, nepermjet investimeve strategjike. Deri me sot, vetem kryetari i ish opozites Lulezim Basha, eshte shprehur per garbitjen masive te pronave te popullit te Himares, nga oligarket qe mbeshteten nga qeveria shqiptare, te cilet sipas Bashes, pastrojne parate e pista te droges nepermjet investimeve strategjike.

Pozicioni i Kryeministrit Rama rreth vizites se Mitsotakis ne Himare, eshte delikat. Qeveria e socialiste, po kryen nje pastrim etnik shkruajne mediat greke, duke sjelle popullsi shqiptare ne gjithe hapsiren e bregdetit Jon. Nderkohe nga ana tjeter, qeveria socialiste ka premtuar regjistrimin dhe legalizimin  e pronave ne Himare te gjithe popullsise, por korrupsioni masiv qe ka perfshire zyren e regjistrimit te pronave, ka shkaktuar zemerate tek popullsia greke ne Himare, pasi Ligji i Pronave 20/20 ka miratuar rregullimin e pronesise dhe legalizimet e objekteve deri ne fund te vitit 2022. . Omonia, Organizata Politike e Minoritetit grek ne Shqiperi, ka paralajmeruar masa ekstreme per gjendjen e krijuar ndaj qeverise shqiptare, pasi pronat e grekeve, jane shkaterruar nepermjet zyrtareve te zyrave te regjistrimit, duke i quajtur mbivendosje dhe nuk mund te certifikohen. 

Pra, ne mes te ketij antagonizmi gjeopolitIk, vizita e Mitsotakis ne Himare, do te jete bumerang. Sigurisht nuk pritet ndonje reagim nga Berisha apo Meta, pasi pozicioni i tyre eshte delikat ne mardhenjet me Greqine,  por ne se realizohet nje takim i nje Kryeministri Grek ne Himare, do te jete hapje e nje faqe historike De Jure, ndersa De facto, shteti shqiptar, nuk do te heqe dore nga asimilimi i Himares nepermjet lloj lloj formash dhe presionesh, kurse Athina, ja ka lene ne dore te zyrtareve liberale te Brukselit te "perkujdesen per te drejtat e grekeve", nderkohe qe himariotet, te paguajne pronen e gjysherve te tyre, per shkak te korrupsionit te zyrtareve shqiptare, qe te mund te mbijetojne ne tokat e tyre me dinjitet. . 

Athina e konsideron viziten e Mitsotakis ne Himare, nje ceshtje interesi votash, pasi vorio epiriotet jane te pakenaqur me politikat e qeverise se Nea Dimokratia ndaj tyre. Greqia shkon ne zgjedhje politike me plot tensione me Turqine, ndersa votat e vorioepirioteve, konsiderohen shume vendimtare per vazhdimesine e kesa qeverije, duke vendosur edhe nje borxh te munguar ndaj tyre, pensionet kombetare dhe dhendjen e nenshtetesise greke.

Qeveria greke, duket te kete konsoliduar qendrimin shqiptar ndaj Marveshjes Detare ne Gjykaten e Hages, per te cilen, pritet vendimi i saj ne te ardhmen, por ajo qe duhet theksuar, eshte se Komuniteti grek i Himares dhe gjithe bregdetit Jonian, eshte ne epiqender te asimilimit nga shteti shqiptar, dhe per kete situate, rikthimi ne identitet, eshte nje iluzion, perdersa vetedeklarimi etnik, ne baze te Cencus i cili ende nuk eshte bere, eshte nje arme ekstreme nacionaliste kunder Lirive dhe te Drejtave te Njeriut. 

Videos Suggest Captive Russian Soldiers Were Killed at Close Range

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The Russian soldiers are lying motionless, apparently dead, most of them positioned as they were when they surrendered. Blood is pooling around them, and some appear to be bleeding from the upper body or head. The soldiers are dressed in the same uniforms with the distinctive red straps and blue marking.

The Russian soldier who fired at the Ukrainians appears to have been killed on the spot, and he is lying in the position from where he opened fire. The white brick wall beside where he had stood is freshly damaged, perhaps by Ukrainian forces’ returning fire.

“It looks like most of them were shot in the head,” Dr. Rohini Haar, a forensic expert and faculty member at the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Public Health, said in an interview. “There are pools of blood. That indicates that they were just left there dead. There appears to have been no effort to pick them up or help them.”

Dr. Haar noted that when they surrendered, the Russian soldiers had been lying down, apparently unarmed, with their arms outstretched or behind their heads. “They’re considered hors de combat, or noncombatants — effectively prisoners of war,” Dr. Haar said.

The Rome Statute, the international treaty that established the International Criminal Court, could prosecute this under several of its articles if Ukraine were a party to the treaty, Dr. Haar said, including Article 8b (vi), which says, “Killing or wounding a combatant, who, having laid down his arms or having no longer means of defense, has surrendered at discretion” is a violation of the laws of international armed conflict.

Iva Vukusic, a war crimes prosecution expert at Utrecht University, said that it was difficult to determine whether  a war crime had or had not been committed based on the video evidence alone, and that the critical factor was time — when the Russians were shot.

“Was it in one or two bursts of fire at the moment of, or immediately after, the last Russian comes out and shoots at the Ukrainians?” Dr. Vukusic said. “Or was it after the immediate threat had been neutralized, as an act of revenge — then this is more clearly a war crime.”

If the Russians were shot in the heat of the moment, Dr. Vukusic said, it is not clearly a crime.

“If these P.O.W.s were not searched yet, then the Ukrainians don’t know if they’re armed, even if they are on the ground.”

The Russian gunman’s actions are critical, too, Dr. Vukusic said, and could be deemed perfidy — feigning surrender or noncombatant status as a ruse against the Ukrainians — which may be prosecutable as a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.

“It may very well be that, had this guy not fired, that they all would have been captured as P.O.W.s, and survived,” Dr. Vukusic added.

United Nations investigators said last month that they had documented cases of Russian forces torturing civilian and military prisoners. The investigators also found that Ukrainian troops had tortured and abused prisoners of war, but “on a lesser scale.”

The Times has reported on multiple cases of alleged Russian war crimes, including the use of banned weapons, attacks on civilian targets and the killing of noncombatants. In March, a visual investigation by The Times showed Russian troops executing a group of captive Ukrainian fighters and a civilian in Bucha, a suburb west of Kyiv. The Times also reported on the alleged execution of Russian captives by Ukrainian forces in April.

The videos from Makiivka caused an outrage among Russian pro-‌war commentators. Vladlen Tatarsky, a popular activist and blogger, said in a post on the Telegram social messaging app that every Russian “must watch this several times to understand whom we are fighting against” and that “not a single Russian can live and sleep calmly” as long as the perpetrators are alive.

In its Friday night news show, Channel One, Russia’s state television network, said that the videos were proof that the Kyiv government was committing war crimes. It featured Vladimir Kornilov, a political scientist, who said that “Ukraine is never accused of war crimes because they kill the Russians.” A report by Rossiya-1, another state network, accused the West of keeping “organized silence” over Ukrainian war crimes.

Russia’s human rights council said it would send the video to international organizations. The country’s investigative committee, Russia’s equivalent of the F.B.I., opened a criminal investigation into the encounter.

Dr. Vukusic, the war crimes expert, said that the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor was most likely examining the episode, given the attention it has received. She said that an investigation would require a site visit to establish where everyone was and to collect bullet casings, pathological and forensic examinations of recovered bodies, and to scrutinize the Ukrainian unit’s actions after the shooting.

Dr. Vukusic said that in assessing the case, investigators might examine if the Ukrainian unit had a pattern of such behavior, which group of soldiers was outnumbered and by how much, and if other forces had been nearby, and whose forces.

The Ukrainian authorities have the ability to investigate and should share their evidence and findings transparently, Dr. Vukusic said.

“They should seize on this opportunity and send a message: ‘We do not want a dirty war. We want to fight with honor, and legally.’”

Έξι φορές ο επικεφαλής του SHISH πέρασε τα σύνορα με τα πόδια προς την Ελλάδα

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Ενώ η αλβανική μυστική υπηρεσία SHISH, η οποία δεν έχει διμερείς σχέσεις παρόλο που είναι σύμμαχοι στο ΝΑΤΟ, με την Ελληνική Εθνική Υπηρεσία ΕΥΠ, τα πράγματα είναι ακόμη πιο τακτοποιημένα όταν ο νέος αρχηγός του SHISH, αφού κινήθηκε προς την Ελλάδα ως λαθραίος έξι φορές , τα προβλήματα στο έδαφος για την υπηρεσία της αλβανικής ασφάλειας, καταγράφονται συνεχώς και περισσότερο, όπου σχεδόν 500 υπάλληλοι του SHISH και περίπου 3 χιλιάδες πράκτορες, προσωπικά δεδομένα από Ιρανούς χάκερ έχουν εμφανιστεί δημόσια, γεγονός που συνιστά παραβίαση των Εθνική Ασφάλεια της Αλβανίας.

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Ο φάκελος των Ιρανών που δημοσιεύτηκε αυτή την Κυριακή έχει ενδιαφέρουσες πληροφορίες για το πώς έχουν συμπεριφερθεί οι ανώτατοι αξιωματούχοι αυτής της χώρας. Όπως και στην περίπτωση του πρωθυπουργού Έντι Ράμα, από τις πτήσεις τσάρτερ δεν γλίτωσαν ούτε άλλοι ηγέτες της χώρας.

Στον φάκελο που δημοσιεύτηκε για τον αρχηγό της κρατικής αστυνομίας, Muhamet Rrumbullaku, μπορείτε να δείτε όλα τα διαβατήρια που άλλαξε ο Rrumbullaku. Όχι μόνο για εκείνον, αλλά και για άλλα μέλη της οικογένειάς του. Οι Ιρανοί δημοσίευσαν επίσης τις εισόδους και εξόδους από τη χώρα του αρχηγού της κρατικής αστυνομίας.

Από το 2005 έως τον Απρίλιο του 2021, ο Muhamet Rrumbullaku έχει πάει στο εξωτερικό 45 φορές. Η λίστα δείχνει ότι ο Rrumbullaku έχει κάνει επίσης 3 ταξίδια τσάρτερ στο εξωτερικό. Ο Rrumbullaku είναι ο δεύτερος σκηνοθέτης που πέφτει στα δίχτυα των χάκερ μετά τον Gladis Nanos.

Το απόγευμα της Κυριακής, δόθηκαν στη δημοσιότητα τα στοιχεία του Oljan Kanushi, ο οποίος είναι σήμερα αναπληρωτής διευθυντής της Κρατικής Υπηρεσίας Πληροφοριών. Ωστόσο, διατηρεί τις σκηνοθετικές αρμοδιότητες μετά την αποχώρηση του Χελιδόν Μπέντο.

Από το αρχείο μαθαίνεται ότι ο Kajushi έχει σχεδόν διπλάσια ταξίδια από τον Rrumbullak. Έχει φύγει από τη χώρα 95 φορές από το 2004 έως τον Απρίλιο του τρέχοντος έτους. Οι περισσότερες μετακινήσεις γίνονται με αυτοκίνητο από διαφορετικά συνοριακά σημεία. Είναι αξιοσημείωτο ότι πέρασε τα σύνορα 6 φορές με τα πόδια, προς την Ελλάδα. Τελευταία φορά καταγράφηκε το 2012 από το συνοριακό σημείο της Καπστίτσας.

"The meeting between Borrell and Vučić: "On the verge of a very dangerous situation"

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President Aleksandar Vučić is speaking today in Brussels, as part of the dialogue with Pristina, about the crisis in Kosovo and Metohija.

SOURCE: RTS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2022 | 09:22

The meeting of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić with High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak began at 9:00 a.m. in Brussels, Tanjug was told in the Mission of Serbia to the EU.

Borelj previously conducted a separate meeting with the prime minister of the temporary institutions of Pristina, Albin Kurti, from eight o'clock.

After separate meetings, a joint meeting between Borrell with Vučić and Kurti is planned.

An urgent meeting within the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina is being held at the invitation of Borrell, and the focus is on finding a way out of the current crisis in Kosovo.

The EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, announced earlier that at eight o'clock the meetings will begin, first separately, with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and the Prime Minister of Pristina's temporary institutions, Albin Kurti. This will be followed by a joint meeting with the two leaders, the EU External Affairs Service announced.

The focus of the dialogue, which will be held with the support of the EU special representative Miroslav Lajcak, according to the announcement from Brussels, will be to avoid further escalation and tensions on the ground, with an emphasis on license plates and the return of Serbs to institutions.

It is necessary to stop with constant crisis management and move towards the normalization of relations, the head of EU diplomacy said last night. President Vučić, however, is not optimistic and does not think that an agreement will be reached in Brussels.

He assessed the situation in Kosovo and Metohija as the most difficult in the last decade and noted that the problem is not only in the license plates. However, he does not want to allow someone to say that Serbia did not want to participate in the talks. He hopes that there will be no conflict in the southern province, stressing that peace depends only on the international community and whether they will put pressure on Pristina.

Borrell also warned of a possible escalation, saying that the deadline set by Pristina must not be met without an agreement "or we will be on the verge of a very dangerous situation".

Tensions in Kosovo and Metohija have increased due to Pristina's announcement that as of tomorrow it will start fining the owners of vehicles with Serbian license plates, despite appeals from the United States of America and the European Union, which sent several calls to Kurti to postpone the implementation of the decision on license plates, but also to respects the Brussels Agreement.

The Serbs in the north do not want to change the Serbian plates of the acronyms of the cities in Kosovo and Metohija, because they are told that it is one of the last connections with central Serbia.

That is why, but also because of Pristina's refusal to implement the Brussels Agreement and form the Community of Serbian Municipalities, two weeks ago they left the institutions in Pristina and in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, including more than 500 policemen.

EULEX patrols have been on the streets in the north since then, to be additionally reinforced in recent days.