Tweets of the week

140 signs from world newsmakers

Petro Poroshenko,

President of Ukraine, August 24 - in a speech on the occasion of the Independence Day of Ukraine

Ukraine was, is and will be. And Novorossia is a Tolkien-style fiction called Mordor.

James Miller

American journalist, editor of the site The Interpreter, dedicated to the analysis of events around Russia, August 24

The fall of the #ruble, like most of the mistakes of Russia, is a rather funny sight, if you forget about all its victims and suffering.

Michael McFaul,

former US Ambassador to Russia, August 24 - on the temporary blocking of the Wikipedia website by Rospotrebnadzor

Now that Wikipedia is blocked in Russia, we can finally clean up the false information that Russian bloggers have added to the biographies of people (including mine).

Sean Walker

Moscow correspondent for The Guardian

August 25 - on the sentence of Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov

Sentsov is 20 years old. I wonder if these judges will sleep well tonight.

Ksenia Sobchak,

TV and radio presenter, public figure, August 25 - about the requirement of Rospotrebnadzor to withdraw the Fairy cleaning agent from sale

As I understand it, in Vilariba and Vilabaggio the holiday is over *?

Ian Bremmer,

American political scientist, August 25 - on the settlement of the border conflict between North and South Korea

North Korea ended "semi-military relations" with South Korea. Now everyone is back to normal military relations.

Carl Sharro,

British architect, satirist and cartoonist of Arab origin, August 25

Well, when it comes to stupid governments: in order to avoid crashes on the stock exchanges, you need to cancel Mondays and go straight to Tuesday after Sunday?

Francois Hollande,

President of France, August 25 - on the awarding of three Americans and a Briton who neutralized a terrorist who opened fire on the train "Amsterdam - Paris"

The Order of the Legion of Honor is a hallmark of courage and humanism by K. Norman, E. Sadler, A. Scarlatos and S. Stone.

Samantha Power,

US Representative to the UN, August 26 - on the signing of the peace agreement with the rebels by the President of South Sudan

The implementation of this agreement will be a key element in ending the humanitarian crisis. The United States, along with the international community, is ready to fight anyone who stands in the way of peace.

Narendra Modi,

Prime Minister of India, August 26

We appreciate the support the Seychelles is giving to India's candidacy for a permanent membership in an expanded United Nations Security Council.