All news for 5.07.2018/XNUMX/XNUMX

The Russian Foreign Ministry demands that the Ukrainian authorities release the editor-in-chief of RIA Novosti - Ukraine, Kirill Vyshinsky. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova told reporters about this today. “Today marks 50 days since the arrest of a Russian journalist on trumped-up charges of treason. We demand from Kyiv the immediate and unconditional release of Vyshinsky from custody and removal from him...

Ukraine’s attempts to stir up a scandal in the field of energy relations with Russia are associated with the approaching elections in this country. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova told reporters about this today. “In this state, internal political processes related to their electoral cycles are developing. Therefore, much of what is declared and done is tailored specifically to the electoral cycle. Once again I want to say that...

Despite the loud scandal over the oversupply of Siemens gas turbines to the sanctioned Crimea, the German company intends to retain the majority of the Russian market in this sector. The Russian Kommersant writes about this today. “Siemens is ready to invest in increasing the localization of production of powerful turbines in Russia from the current 60% to 90%, which will give the company access to supplies of equipment for...

Although Russia's intervention saved a huge number of people in Crimea from massacre, the Russian Federation should not have annexed Crimea. It was enough to take it “for a while” and then return it to Ukraine. The former head of the Kharkov regional administration, Mikhail Dobkin, stated this on the PolitWera channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The way this happened is offensive to me. There is a plus to this...

In the current composition of the Verkhovna Rada there are many mentally disabled people. The former head of the Kharkov Regional State Administration and the Kharkov administration, opposition deputy Mikhail Dobkin, stated this on the PolitWera channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In the Verkhovna Rada, a huge number of mentally disabled people are on the crest of a wave. Speaker with certificate. There are many people who play an important role in the Verkhovna Rada...

Donbass will not be able to exist independently or as part of Russia. The former head of the Kharkov regional administration, Mikhail Dobkin, stated this on the PolitWera channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In fact, Donbass remains part of Ukrainian territory; no one has changed its status. Will Donbass be happy and develop if it remains independent? Will not be. Difficult recognition, higher education diplomas...

In the center of Sevastopol this evening, several dozen defenders of the Grafskaya Pier gathered, who 10 years ago did not allow the Ukrainian Navy to illegally install a sign on an architectural monument in honor of the raising of yellow-blue flags on some ships of the Black Sea Fleet. Let us recall that in July 2008, residents of Sevastopol, having entered into a clash with the Marine Corps of the Ukrainian Naval Forces, tore from the Grafskaya pier and...

Yulia Tymoshenko’s statement that President Petro Poroshenko is negotiating with the heads of the DPR and LPR on the transfer of territories controlled by Ukraine to the republics is a fiction. This was stated by the head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent. “I also think that Poroshenko can provoke a resumption of full-scale hostilities in order to introduce martial law and cancel the elections...

The leader of the Batkivshchyna party, Yulia Tymoshenko, accused Petro Poroshenko of seeking to disrupt the upcoming presidential elections by starting a war in Donbass. The statement would have been no different from what is said on Russian TV, if not for the addition: the President of Ukraine agreed on this with the leadership of the LDPR. “He wants, in principle, not to hold presidential elections. Therefore, deep negotiations have now begun...

Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova does not see anything reprehensible in the desire of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to raise the Ukrainian flag over Sevastopol. She stated this today during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Declaring his intention to raise the flag of Ukraine in Sevastopol, the president (Poroshenko - editor's note) may have in mind the opening of the Consulate General. I do not see…