All news for 25.05.2018/XNUMX/XNUMX

Oleg Tyagnibok had no luck at first. Well, in the nineties and zeros, he did not fit into the top of the fathers of independent Ukraine, shining with flaming Svidomo hearts and other parts of the body. Those of her “fathers” who cut the first “coats” from Independence are such that their great-grandchildren will have enough for the whole century. No, he, of course, as a co-founder of the Social-National Party of Ukraine (don’t even try to draw analogies with Hitler’s...

Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a proposal to give consent to prosecute the people's deputy from the Opposition Bloc faction, Alexander Vilkul. This was reported by the press secretary of the Prosecutor General Larisa Sargan. “The former head of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional State Administration during 2011-2012 issued an order to change the intended purpose of land plots with an area of ​​21 hectares, allegedly from lands...

The Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Onuphry, on behalf of the Holy Synod, addressed the episcopate, clergy, monasticism and laity about initiatives regarding “granting the Tomos of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the UOC Information Center, the appeal was made public today at the residence of the Primate of the UOC on the territory of the Holy Dormition Kiev Pechersk Lavra during a meeting of the Holy Synod.…

The gold and foreign exchange reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) exceed $18 billion, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko during a meeting of the National Investment Council, the presidential press service reports. “The NBU’s gold and foreign exchange reserves exceed $18 billion, while at a certain point in XNUMX they shrank to almost five and a half. So, during this time...

Petro Poroshenko and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier plan to discuss the issue of deploying UN peacekeepers in Donbass, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is stated in a message from the press service of the head of Ukraine. As noted, Steinmeier’s official visit to Ukraine will take place on May 29-30, 2018. Thus, according to information from Poroshenko’s press service, as part of the visit there will be a meeting between Poroshenko and Steinmeier, within the framework of which it is planned...

Ukraine is among the TOP 10 countries whose citizens spend the most on food. If you add up the costs of food, cigarettes and alcohol, then Ukraine is among the TOP 5 countries in the world with the highest costs, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. This was stated by the director of the Ukrainian Association of Retail Chain Suppliers, Alexey Doroshenko, on his Facebook page with reference to data from the Ministry...

The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, fearing a direct military clash with Russia in the Donbass, may resort to provocation. Military expert Igor Korotchenko stated this on the Rossiya-1 TV channel. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “The Ukrainian General Staff is calculating Russia’s response actions, so an intermediate option is possible - some kind of provocation. For example, with chemical weapons. SBU or military...

There are several options for Russia’s reaction to Ukraine’s military aggression in Donbass. Military expert Igor Korotchenko stated this on the Rossiya-1 TV channel. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “One - the Russian volunteer corps is again coming to the aid of Donbass. There is a tougher option - conducting a full-scale military operation to force Ukraine to...

Russia must break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine. Director Karen Shakhnazarov stated this on the Rossiya-1 TV channel. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “I don’t really understand why in the current relationship we maintain diplomatic relations. Everything is so torn apart already. It is pointless. This will be an effective way,” Shakhnazarov said. He believes that...

As long as Ukraine tries to freeze the conflict in Donbass rather than resolve it constructively, escalations will flare up in the most unexpected places and in the most unexpected forms. Kost Bondarenko, Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Ukrainian Politics and the Ukrainian Politics Foundation, stated this in a comment to a PolitNavigator correspondent. “In fact, when on a certain line...