January 18, 2025 at 14:30 on Embassy of Russia (Rua Visconde de Santarém 71, Lisboa) there will be a 🙋 94th Weekly protest
🙋 93th Weekly protest
Sanctions against Maduro regime. Putin has damaged Russian budget. Stories of Ukrainian prisoners.
You are watching news from the weekly rally at the Russian embassy in Lisbon. Today is January 11, 2:30 PM.
The Associated Press reported that on January 9 in Venezuela, after a protest the day before the inauguration of Nicolas Maduro, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was detained but later released. According to her, during her detention, repressive forces shot a man. After the presidential elections, the opposition was able to collect 85% of the data from the receipts from electronic voting machines and prove their victory.
apnews.com/article/venezuela-election-inauguration-maduro-protests-edmundo-machado-db8a045f2614cb71022674dc6b73bd88
On January 10, the United States imposed sanctions on 8 Venezuelan officials, and the State Department increased to $25 million the reward for information leading to Maduro's arrest on narcoterrorism charges.
home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2778
On the same day, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on 15 judges and senior officials of the Maduro regime.
www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-announces-new-sanctions-targeting-nicolas-maduros-regime-in-venezuela
Canada has imposed sanctions on 14 current and former senior officials of the Venezuelan government.
www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2025/01/canada-imposes-new-sanctions-against-venezuelan-officials-involved-in-human-rights-violations.html
The Council of Europe has added 15 more members of Venezuela's National Electoral Council, judiciary and security forces to its list of restrictions.
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/01/10/venezuela-council-renews-restrictive-measures-and-lists-a-further-15-individuals-in-view-of-the-situation-in-the-country/
ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20250110 The BBC Russian Service explains that, according to data from November 2024, a third part of the Russian budget revenues came from sales of oil and gas.
www.bbc.com/russian/articles/cnvqyegvpl2o On January 9 oil and gas market analyst Mikhail Krutikhin spoke on "The Breakfast Show" channel about the damage that Putin has caused to the Russian budget. According to him, gas is exported to China at a price that does not cover the costs of building the "Power of Siberia" gas pipeline and does not even cover the cost of gas production and transportation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N0OcDUJ3bs&t=3851s
Last summer, the "Texty.org.ua" investigated one of the places where Ukrainian prisoners are tortured - Vyazemskoye Pre-trial Detention Center #2. Olexander Gritsyuk's wife describes the condition in which his body was returned from Russian captivity: "His head was all blue, his nose was on one side, his index fingers were without nails." Sister describes the body of Vitaly Klochenko: "the relics are all that's left of the man, even the bones have dried up." Alexei Kretsu returned from captivity with tuberculosis and hepatitis B, having lost half of his teeth during interrogations.
texty.org.ua/articles/112776/konctabir-smerti-vyazemske-sizo2/
The Unified Center for Reception of Appeals for Surrendering to Captivity "I Want to Live" displayed the terrifying photos of the senior controller of the checkpoint of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant security Roman Gorilyk after two years in Russian captivity.
t.me/hochu_zhyt/1580
On September 23 last year, the UN commission of inquiry into the events in Ukraine noted the coordinated use in torture the personnel of certain services of the Russian Federation. It also noted that attacks on energy infrastructure affect millions of civilians.
www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2024/09/update-chair-independent-international-commission-inquiry-ukraine
Support the €100,000 fundraiser for portable power stations for hospitals and schools in Ukraine.
antiwarcommittee.info/en/energy-for-life/
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