All news for 10.05.2018/XNUMX/XNUMX

The prosecution decided not to conduct any author-editing examinations, checking the texts of the journalist-political prisoner Vasily Muravitsky, accused of “treason,” as they say, “by eye.” The lawyer of the detained Muravitsky, Andrei Gozhy, told a PolitNavigator correspondent about this. “The court continued to hear materials provided by the prosecutor. The defense has prepared more than 250 motions to declare the collected “evidence” inadmissible, inappropriate and not relevant to the case in...

Ukrainian intelligence services and officials cannot share among themselves the right to influence providers to block objectionable sites. This was stated by the head of the Digital Security Laboratory NGO Irina Chulivskaya during the conference “Power VS Internet: A Year of Attempts to Restrict the Internet in Ukraine,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Chulivskaya said that during this year there were at least nine different...

There is increasingly less freedom of speech in Ukraine, and opinions and political thought are often controlled by violence and intimidation. Matthew Schaaf, director of the Freedom House Representative Office in Ukraine, said this during the conference “Power VS Internet: A Year of Attempts to Restrict the Internet in Ukraine,” PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We observe that in Ukraine there are fewer and fewer platforms for free communication and meetings.…

The Latvian government does not listen to the opinion of the Russian majority, using any means to suppress calls to fight for the preservation of its national identity. The leader of the party “For the Native Language!” stated this during a press conference. Vladimir Linderman, reports PolitNavigator correspondent. Let us note that for this speech the Russian politician was subsequently detained by the Latvian special services. Today the court decided to keep him in custody. "Russian...

On air on the Ukrainian TV channel Espreso, volunteer and coordinator of the StopTerror project Semyon Kabakaev said that, in his personal opinion, Ukraine should stop any interstate relations with the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I support that all Russian consulates in Ukraine, all Russian representative offices like Rossotrudnichestvo, all diplomats should be expelled from Ukraine, deported,” said the volunteer.…

Russia insists on implementing the so-called “Stanmeier formula,” which implies elections of local governments in the LPR and DPR. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this today at a press conference in Moscow, commenting on negotiations with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. “We drew attention to the need, at a minimum, to implement the agreements of the leaders of Russia, Germany, Ukraine and...

Today's negotiations in Aachen between German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko do not mean that they want to exclude Russia from resolving the conflict in Donbass. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas announced this today at a press conference in Moscow. “I want to prepare another meeting at the level of foreign ministers. This is the most…

Russian Kommersant journalist Elena Chernenko reminded German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at a press conference in Moscow today of his interview with Der Spiegel magazine, in which the diplomat said that Russian foreign policy is becoming more hostile. “How are you going to establish cooperation with Russia with such a tough attitude, much more critical than that of your predecessor?” Chernenko asked. Minister...

Russia agrees to maintain gas transit through Ukraine after the launch of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced this today at a press conference in Moscow. “The President, the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Energy and Gazprom have already said that we are not against maintaining a certain volume of transit through Ukraine. The main thing is that it is economical...

Germany considers the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline an exclusively commercial project and supports it based on these, and not political considerations, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas announced this today at a press conference in Moscow. "Nord Stream 2". Is it a private commercial project? And does the federal government still adhere to this...