Moskvina, a legendary pairs coach in St. Petersburg, Russia, was standing beside the boards at Malley Sports Center watching Berezhnaya's performance. Doctors operated to open her skull to clean out bone. The Ukrainian official therefore delivered a chilling message to anyone choosing to seek cooperation with Russia: do so and lose your life. Notes: "I think you do have to have a quad to win here," said Fairfax's Michael Weiss, who begins competing Wednesday in the men's short program after nearly landing the quadruple toe loop at the U.S. nationals. Japan would be awarded silver and fourth-place finisher Canada, the defending champion, would receive the bronze. We never talked to judges. Russia's Elena Berezhnaya can tell you about the perils of pairs. "She loves skating," Moskvina said. Seemingly countless videos have appeared on social media showing civilians tied to lamp posts, often with their genitals exposed or their faces painted green. 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); Leftist Ukrainian activists have faced particularly harsh treatment, including kidnapping and torture. Twenty years ago, Elena Berezhnaya, together with Anton Sikharulidze, became the Olympic champion in the sports doubles competition. 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. ", "So," said Moskvina, "we spoke about her health.". 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. Current whereabouts unknown. The passage of, The Ukrainian security service known as the SBU has served as the main enforcer of the post-Maidan governments campaign of domestic political repression. Let's speak of her health,' " Moskvina said. He also added that Struk was judged by the court of the people and called hime a traitor. Yet amazingly, she wanted to skate again. She nursed the skater back to health. She landed just a triple toe loop, fell on another triple jump and turned three planned triples into singles. She recovered rapidly and began competing again in November 1996 with new partner, Anton Sikharulidze. No one is raising a voice against these actions. 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. Here's what happened to Russian figure skaters Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze after the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Title. TheUN OHCR foundin 2016 that arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment of such conflict-related detainees were common practice of SBU A former Kharkiv SBU officer explained, For the SBU, the law virtually does not exist as everything that is illegal can be either classified or explained by referring to state necessity.. On March 7, the mayor of Gostomel, Yuri Prylipko, was found murdered. Last year, she narrowly lost her title to Michelle Kwan. Worse still, is the participation of the likes of Azov, Right Sector and others in the detentions and also disappearances of people. The fate of at least a dozen well-known opposition activists, political analysts, journalists, politicians, and bloggers remains unclear. 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). Watch: This report is by Patrick Lancaster, a US Navy veteran and independent crowd-funded journalist on location in Ukraine. The two quarreled constantly. Anyone that criticises or is considered as opposing his government, any perceived actions, (current or historical) is duly noted, and thus is likely to get persecuted, detained by either the SBU or irregular paramilitary groups. Member of the Novyi Sotcialism (New Socialism) party. When did Elena Berezhnaya first compete in the Olympics? In reality, this is a fraction of what took place, given the one-sided assessment of many of these reports in the first place. 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. The Elena Berezhnaya and Steven Cousins thing was something of a shock a few months ago and it pretty much came out of nowhere but on the back of another shock breakup in the skating world that Cousins was rumoured to have been involved in. GL Gonzalo Lira (@realGonzaloLira) March 26, 2022. Notice the other insignia, one SS Galicia of WW2 notoriety. Accused of: having trained with MMA fighters from the Chechen Ahmat club during his sports career. This tragedy happened in 1996. Ref:70-year-old native of Kiev, an Orthodox journalist and TV presenter, Pershiy Kozatsky. Facebook and other social media platforms also helped in this process by deleting sites and accounts of opposition organisations and individuals. Self: Battle of the Blades. Ukrainian soldiers of the 206th battalion of the territorial defense of the Ukrainian capitaltold RFE/RLon March 4 that Shufrychs three bodyguards were detained as well. "Let's not speak about her future as a skater," the doctors told Moskvina. Sikharulidze and Berezhnaya, left, wound up sharing the gold medal with Sale and Pelletier. 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 servicescommentedthis April. "Her face is not as it was," said her New York-based manager, Yuki Saegusa. Chen could not train for more than three months heading into these world championships because of a nagging foot injury. Ref: Article/ Current status is unknown although alleged to have been killed. Seemingly countless videos have appeared on social media showing civilians tied to lamp posts, often with their genitals exposed or their faces painted green. We dont know where my father is, we dont know what hes being charged with. The complete story of the 2002 Olympic figure skating scandal is told in a four-part documentary series streaming on Peacock. "The media is making us like bad guys. 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. Over the last 8 years of the Ukraine War he has made more video reports in anti-Ukraine Government (Donetsk Peoples Republic) controlled territory than any other western journalist. "People are nostalgic for such a style," Moskvina said of her young pair. Could you expand on that one please Annie? Ref: Managed to write on Telegram: They came for me. Performed with "Stars on Ice" during their 2003-2004 touring season. As. Ref: Reportedly detained by the 206th Territorial Defense Battalion. On 9 January 1996, Berezhnaya was seriously injured when Shliakhov's blade sliced into her skull while the pair were practicing a side-by-side camel spin in Riga. My coach and I decided to return to China, to return to our federation . 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 . But not with Sliakhov, her partner at the 1994 Winter Olympics. In 2021, Zelensky appointed one of Ukraines most notorious intelligence figures, Oleksander Poklad, to lead SBUs counterintelligence division. "I am rather emotional, but I won't cry," she said. CAPTION: Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov make a formal appearance in the compulsory dance, earning first-place marks. As of today, eleven mayors from various towns in Ukraine are missing. 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. Russian figure skater Elena Berezhnaya and her dance partner, Russian figure skater Anton Sikharulidze, competing for Latvia in the pair skating. "When I started to teach them, every minute I was afraid to look," she said. The outlawed parties consisted of the entire left-wing, socialist or anti-NATO spectrum in Ukraine. Perhaps the most gruesome image to have appeared on social media in recent weeks is the photo of a tortured Russian soldier who had one of his eyes gouged before he was killed. If the Russian team is disqualified, the U.S. team would be elevated to the gold medal for the first time in the event. As a result, an additional gold medal was awarded to the Canadian team, who were given silver at first with what many felt was a superior performance to the Russians, per Britannica. In March 2022 he was the subject of media coverage internationally due to his kidnapping and death. I don't have enough money to buy nine judges. 2:31 in Lancasters video, the womans corpse can be seen clearly. "I'm rather emotional," Moskvina said. Ref: According to social media information, subscribers denounced that an anti-Russian statement was published on his Youtube channel The Capital. But Berezhnaya wished to return to the ice and doctors agreed and three months later she came to the ice skating ring. Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikhaurlidze took gold in the pairs event despite mistakes on a jumping pass, while the second-place team of Jamie Sale and David Pelletier of Canada skated . The road to victory turned out to be incredibly difficult. "It's one thing that puts you over the top, if you skate the whole program cleanly. When she first arrived at the hospital in Latvia, she saw a skater who was motionless and speechless. Take action today! Moskvina began teaching them slowly, cautiously. Pummeled to the sound of the Ukrainian national anthem, the Russian prisoners were brutalized until they confessed their hatred for Putin. https://www.theartsofentertainment.com/who-is-dmitri/, https://uofa.ru/en/ukrainskii-institut-pravovoi-politiki-i-socialnoi-zashchity/, https://www.defenddemocracy.press/killing-and-terrorizing-journalists-in-ukraine/, jailed Medvedchuk and charged him with treason, told the leftist German publication Junge Welt, using notoriously invasive facial recognition technology, shooting defenseless Russian POWs in the legs. Along with winning the short program and free skate, she became the first woman to land a quadruple jump in Olympic competition, giving her team the maximum number of points while underscoring her status as the individual favorite. Within this scope includes being pro-Minsk agreements, advocating for peace in Donbass or highlight human rights abuses. 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. I only know about the Grushina/Goncharov - Shae/Nikolai break . While training together in January 1996, she suffered a serious injury, leaving her partly paralyzed and unable to . 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. There are simply hundreds and hundreds of video clips and photos showing these events, which are outlined in anotherarticle. Yevhen Karas, the founder of theinfamous neo-Nazi C14 unit, has detailed the close relationship his gang and other extreme right factions have enjoyed with the SBU. Wrote just before his arrest: They came for me, it was a pleasure to talk. Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, celebrated the mayors murder,declaring on his Telegram page(see below): There is one less traitor in Ukraine. Enter legendary Russian coach Tamara Moskvina. 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 was slashed on the head when her ex-partner, Oleg Sliakhov, clipped her with a skate blade as they performed side-by-side camel spins. These practices and human right abuses still take place on a regular basis in Ukraine. Solely judging by the list as outlined in this article, it is just a little indication of the broader situation where there are hundreds of detainees in Ukraine, their circumstances and status hasnt warranted the attention to make their disappearance / arrest on social media, their whereabouts are not known at all. This April, a pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel called fckrussia2022 posted a video depicting a Russian soldier with one of his eyes bandaged, suggesting it had been gouged during torture, and mocked him as a one-eyed pig. It is complicated because minors have protection within the World Anti-Doping Code from being identified. 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. * 2016 OSCE-report War crimes of the armed forces and security forces of Ukraine: torture and inhumane treatment. Shariy has been an outspoken opponent of the US-backed Maidan regime, and has been forced to flee into exile after enduring years of harassment from nationalists. Her dance partner when she was around 14 years old was Oleg Shliakhov. Both were, 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, Perhaps the most ghastly incident of repression took place when neo-Nazis backed by the Ukrainian government kidnapped Maxim Ryndovskiy, a professional MMA fighter, and, Ukraines SBU has even hunted opposition figures outside the countrys borders. I focus is on the . 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. Liked by Elena Berezhnaya Anellotech honored to be recognized by Plastic Industry Association for our Bio-TCat Process technology (which converts non-food biomass, including Gave birth to her 1st child at age 29, a son Tristan Cousins on October 6, 2007. The. Sikharulidze was Berezhnaya's boyfriend at. All of this in a supposedly democratic Ukraine. 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. Charged with participation in the aggressive war. Notes:Anton Gerashchenko, Advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, announced on his social media account that the Mayor of Kreminna, Volodymyr Struk, was shot dead by unknown patriots after he was kidnapped from his home. Lesia Vasylenko, a Ukrainian member of parliament, and Oleksiy Arestovych, the top advisor to President Zelensky, published the photo of the defiled female corpse on social media. The Ukrainian government knows this, more so since Zelensky, since heappointed Oleksandr Pokladas the SBUs counter-intelligence chief in 2021. 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. After less than a year together, they were European medalists. With partner Anton Sikharulidze, she is the 1998 and 1999 World champion, 1998 Olympic silver medalist and 2002 Olympic champion . The most famous case of trimetazidine in sports doping involved Chinese star swimmer Sun Yang. I study the role of mitochondrial calcium in physiology and disease. Western media outlets have been following the Kiev line without exception,claimingthat all mayors been arrested by the Russian military. CAPTION: Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze skate to third place in the pairs short program at world championships. Members of the state-sponsored neo-Nazi Azov Battalions National Corpsattacked Medvedchuks homein March 2019, accusing him of treason and demanding his arrest. I feel good.". Once upon a time, there would have been prisoners of conscience that Amnesty International would have supported and denounced human right abuses, now it is a case of total amnesia, right across the board, a deadly silence reigns over the widespread instances of human right abuses and atrocities, unless it is finger pointing at Russia. Ref: He was severely beaten during his arrest by the SBU. As per the show, Oleg was abusive and temperamental, leading to tension during their practices and performances. In fact, the Ukrainian government has begunusing notoriously invasive facial recognition technologyfromClearview AI,a US tech company, to identify Russian casualties and taunt their relatives on social media. . The race and the fallout following it were awful for both athletes. In a carefully choreographed address to US Congress on March 16,Zelensky stated, Right now, the destiny of our country is being decided. A glimpse of some of the attitudes tolerated within the law enforcement structures, starting with 2018, when an ex-SBU adviser, former deputy in the Rada, member of the far-right nationalist party Svoboda [Freedom], Yuri Michalchyshyn, advocated the following: To propagate a total extermination of the Kremlin vultures and ghouls, local traitors and turncoats, its voluntary helpers and accomplices instead of reconciliation with the traitors of the Motherland and the enemies of the Ukrainian people.. Another paramilitary group, Right Sector also has wide connections with the SBU. (HRW 2016). She doesn't remember the blade leaving a two-inch gash through her hairline, or penetrating her skull. now everything is fine.". Journalist and peace activist of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. His friends are now looking for a lawyer, Taksyurs son Ilya told theUnion of Orthodox Journalists. I show what the western media will not show you., Your email address will not be published. The SBU, human rights abuses and paramilitaires. While this is all happening, the Western authorities and corporate MSM are completely indifferent to the situation and turmoil. With training from the CIA and close coordination with Ukraines state-backed neo-Nazi paramilitaries, the SBU has spent the past weeks filling its vast archipelago of torture dungeons with political dissidents. He gave few details, but Adams acknowledged that we have athletes that have won medals involved.. Addressing the UN Security Council, Elena Berezhnaya, head of the Irina Berezhnaya Institute for Legal Policy and Social Protection, said that glorification of the SS Galicia Division has become common practice in Ukraine, as has the erection of monuments to commemorate Bandera and his supporters, and government funding of neo-Nazi groups under . US corporate media has responded by showering Zelensky with fawning press, driving a campaign for his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize and inspiring aflamboyant musical tributeto himself and the Ukrainian military during the 2022 Grammy awards ceremony on April 3. At the European championships in January, they finished third behind the two pairs leading here at the worlds. It is unclear whether Valieva applied for a therapeutic use exemption or has a history of heart problems.
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