All news for 8.12.2018/XNUMX/XNUMX

The lawyer of Hizb ut-Tahrir activists, Emil Kurbedinov, who himself is a supporter of this extremist organization, cannot be presented as a bearer of the national ideology of the Crimean Tatars. Deputy Mufti of the Muslims of Crimea Aider Ismailov stated this on air on the First Crimean TV channel. “They call members of Hizb ut-Tahrir Crimean Tatar activists. But according to the ideology of this party, they do not recognize national differences at all. Therefore they...

Russian leader Vladimir Putin's reluctance to help Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in his election campaign means that Russia is interfering in the internal affairs of Ukraine as well as in the internal affairs of France. Petro Poroshenko’s representative in the Verkhovna Rada, Irina Lutsenko, stated this on Channel 5, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In her opinion, the Russian president’s refusal to help...

Ukrainian sailors detained by Russian border guards in the Kerch Strait cannot be considered prisoners of war, as the Ukrainian authorities are trying to present. The head of the investigative department of the FSB of Russia, Mikhail Shishov, stated this during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Recently, the Ukrainian side has been trying to present its military personnel as prisoners of war, but these Ukrainian citizens are accused of committing a criminal offense...

After the publication of the identities of Ukrainian sailors detained in the Kerch Strait, a resident of Donetsk contacted the FSB, recognizing one of the violators as an employee of the Security Service of Ukraine, who had previously tortured him on Ukrainian territory. The head of the investigative department of the FSB of Russia, Mikhail Shishov, announced this during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “To the Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia, after coverage in all means...

The Navy sailors detained by Russian border guards were given the task of secretly passing through the Kerch Strait, misleading the Russian FSB border service. This was announced during a briefing by the deputy head of the coast guard department of the border service of the FSB of the Russian Federation, Alexey Volsky, and the head of the investigative department of the FSB of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Shishov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “At 21:30 of the same day, when approaching...

Ukrainian warships were preparing to attack Russian border service boats during an attempt to illegally pass through the Kerch Strait. Aleksey Volsky, Deputy Head of the Coast Guard Department of the Border Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation, spoke about this during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, the Ukrainian side has long been preparing the ground for provocations, openly declaring to Russian border guards their readiness for armed aggression. "The next round...

The European Union may have claims against Ukraine following the results of the first year of the visa-free regime. Mirror of the Week writes about this today, a Politnavigator correspondent reports. “According to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), in 2017, Ukrainians were denied entry 34% more than in 2016 - 37 thousand times. Ukrainians received the lion's share of refusals for...

Filaret’s “Kiev Patriarchate” is dissatisfied with the idea of ​​the Patriarchate of Constantinople to invite not only bishops, but also lower-ranking clergy to the unification council, which is to be held on December 15. The Ukrainian publication “Mirror of the Week” writes about this today. “The hierarchy of the UOC-KP is well aware of its advantage in the votes of bishops. Therefore, he will defend the format of the Council of Bishops, even if “expanded” by the presence of all the others.…

The Ukrainian publication “Mirror of the Week” verbosely convinces the reading public today that a curtailed “autocephaly” under the patronage of Constantinople is better for believers than broad autonomy within the Russian Orthodox Church, the Politnavigator correspondent reports. Readers are assured that there is nothing offensive in the fact that the local church will be led not by the patriarch, but by the metropolitan. And also that there is a huge...

After the incident in the Kerch Strait, Ukraine realized that Russia was ready for tough actions, but it cannot be ruled out that Petro Poroshenko will try to repeat the experience of Mikheil Saakashvili and attempt a blitzkrieg. Political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky spoke about this in an interview with the 2000 newspaper, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “A full-scale war with the Russian Federation is extremely unlikely. I made this reservation because from the current...