All news for 26.04.2018/XNUMX/XNUMX

The US Senate on Wednesday approved the candidacy of former CIA head Mike Pompeo for the post of Secretary of State, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. AFP reports this. “The US Senate confirms Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State,” the statement said. 54 out of 100 senators have already spoken in favor of approving Pompeo’s candidacy, voting continues, Reuters reports. Let us remind you that on April 24, the US Senate Committee on Foreign...

Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova commented today at a briefing on the appeal of Ukrainian President Poroshenko to the Patriarch of Constantinople with a request to support the project of creating a “single local Orthodox church” in the country and granting it autocephalous (independent) status, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In essence, we are talking about the intention of the current Ukrainian authorities to establish a “pocket” church completely under their control, the backbone of which...

At the beginning of this year, Ukraine became the largest exporter of eggs to the EU with a share of 38%, surpassing the United States, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by Polish Radio. “According to the European Commission, in January of this year alone, EU countries purchased 874 tons of eggs and egg products from Ukraine, that is, several times more than in January last...

The Russian Foreign Ministry once again expressed “serious concern” in connection with the imprisonment of Russian citizen Yuri Mel in a Lithuanian prison. on charges of participation in the events of January 13, 1991, when USSR special forces took part in restoring constitutional order in Vilnius, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The state of health of Russians suffering from a severe chronic disease or more is of particular concern...

Russia demands that Ukraine stop the arbitrariness against the arrested Kriich woman, the head of the regional branch of the charity movement “Volunteers of Victory” Elena Odnovol, and immediately release her. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated this at a briefing today. “There is no doubt that Odnovol was captured precisely because of her partial attitude towards the heroic pages of the Great Patriotic War, disagreement...

Half of the residents of Ukraine surveyed by sociologists would under no circumstances vote for the current president of the country, Petro Poroshenko. This is evidenced by the results of a sociological survey conducted by the sociological group “Rating,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Poroshenko is the leader in the anti-rating of voter sympathy with an anti-rating of 45,3%. He is followed by Yatsenyuk (26%), Lyashko (25%) and Tymoshenko (24%), whose anti-rating is almost double...

The majority of Ukrainian citizens believe that the country needs radical changes. Moreover, their share is growing - if in 2017 those who think so were 65%, now it is 69%. This is evidenced by the results of a sociological survey conducted by the sociological group “Rating,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Among almost all electoral groups, with the exception of supporters of the current government, the number of those...

The cessation of hostilities in the East of Ukraine and the strengthening of the fight against corruption - these are the two main expectations identified by sociologists from the future president of Ukraine among Ukrainians surveyed. This is evidenced by the results of a sociological survey conducted by the sociological group “Rating,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. 67% of Ukrainian citizens expect the future president to stop hostilities in the East of Ukraine, 57% expect the fight to intensify...

70% of Ukrainians are ready to voluntarily give up democratic rights and freedoms for the sake of “greater order,” and only 15% believe that freedom and democracy are more important. This is evidenced by the results of a sociological survey conducted by the sociological group “Rating,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Last year, the share of those for whom order is more important was 63%, the share of those for whom freedom and democracy is more important was 22%....

The first multi-ton trucks drove along the road part of the Crimean Bridge. So, in particular, the builders tested the stability of the structure. This was reported by the press service of the bridge construction, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Experts completed an inspection of the road part of the bridge, its supports and spans, conducted static and dynamic tests and made a positive conclusion. “To conduct the tests, engineers installed numerous sensors on the flights that...