All news for 1.10.2017/XNUMX/XNUMX

Attempts by the Spanish police to disrupt the referendum on Catalan independence are reminiscent of scenes from the early days of the war in Donbass. Political scientist Vladimir Kornilov writes about this on his blog, commenting on footage of residents of the Catalan town of Mont-roig del Camp driving out the Spanish guard. “Very reminiscent of scenes from the first days of the war in Donbass!” – writes Kornilov. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or...

Russia has every moral reason to support the events in Catalonia, since Spain previously joined the anti-Russian EU sanctions and did not support the reunification of Crimea with the Russian Federation. Russian political scientist Sergei Markov wrote about this on his Facebook page. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte According to him, the events around the independence referendum...

The principle of state integrity is more important than the right of the people to self-determination as long as one of the parties does not use violence. Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Konstantin Kosachev wrote about this on his Facebook page, commenting on today's events in Catalonia. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “If the Spanish authorities continue as before...

Ukrainian political scientist Nikolai Spiridonov predicts that soon there will be casualties in Catalonia, where today they are trying to hold a referendum on independence from Spain. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “As we know, the more blood is shed, the more difficult it will be to come to an agreement later. It’s good that at least no one has been killed yet, but I suspect that this is a question...

Spanish police officers act much tougher than the soldiers of the Ukrainian special forces “Berkut” during the Euromaidan days. The former head of the information department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Voloshin wrote about this on his page. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “Mass violence by the police against civilians, like any violence against those who are weaker, who have also studied and ...

More than 460 residents of Catalonia were injured today in clashes with Spanish police, who wanted to prevent them from taking part in a referendum on the independence of this Spanish autonomy. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte The number of victims was announced on Twitter by the mayor of Barcelona, ​​Ada Colau, condemning the actions of law enforcement officers subordinate to the central government in Madrid. "As mayor of Barcelona,...

Three Ukrainian pilots were among those killed when a military plane crashed in the Congo yesterday. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The Kiev agency UNN reports this, citing its own source in the Ministry of Defense, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Three Ukrainian pilots who were working were killed during the crash of a military plane in the Congo under contract for...

The Hungarian government will be able to provide teaching of the Hungarian language in Transcarpathia in private educational institutions. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was stated by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports with reference to Radio Liberty. According to him, Hungary's national mission is to find and preserve all foreign Hungarian communities. “Our task is...

In history, all attempts to Ukrainize Russians have never ended well - they either led to genocide of the Russian population, or ended tragically for the “Ukrainizers” themselves. Subscribe to the “PolitNavigator” news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This opinion was expressed on the Union TV channel on the “Politkuhnya” program by the historian, editor-in-chief of the “Novaya Zemlya” magazine Artyom Olkhin, reports the “PolitNavigator” correspondent.…

The new law on education adopted in Ukraine may lead to the primitivization of the Ukrainian language, its return to the level of a rural dialect. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This opinion was expressed on the Union TV channel by journalist Andrei Babitsky, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “To be honest, I don’t believe at all that this language reform will succeed...