All news for 29.01.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX

The musical basis of the song “Holy War”, created during the Great Patriotic War, the authors of which are the poet Vasily Lebedev-Kumach and the composer Alexander Alexandrov, allegedly served as a song of Ukrainian rebels called “Arise, my people.” Ukrainian journalist and local historian Evgeniy Buket stated this on his Facebook page with reference to the “research” of the Ukrainian kobzar Taras Silenko, the correspondent reports...

The election congress of Petro Poroshenko, which took place today in Kiev, was broadcast live not only by TV channels that are associated with the current president - “Direct” and “Channel 5”, but also by the so-called “opposition” channels - channel “112” and “NewsOne”, control which are attributed to Viktor Medvedchuk. This is stated in a statement by Verkhovna Rada deputy Sergei Leshchenko, elected after the Euromaidan…

The ruling Ukrainian elite does not need Donbass with its ability to resist even in incredibly difficult conditions. Donetsk sociologist Evgeniy Kopatko stated this on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The expert recalled that before the war the population of the Donetsk region was 4,3 million, Lugansk - 2,1 million people, but now it is impossible to give an exact figure. “In [Ukrainian]...

In January, on the 75th anniversary of the lifting of the Leningrad siege, cultural figures representing modern Russian cinema began racing to make viewers happy with premieres of films on the theme “how it was.” The first to hatch was the film cadaver “Holiday” directed by Krasovsky. A frankly stupid, weak and depressingly vulgar film that makes you want to wash your hands after watching it. Perhaps the best thing in the film were the final shots, in which Krasovsky...

Russian Foreign Ministry speaker Maria Zakharova responded in her blog to comments from Ukrainian visitors who demanded that the official stop using the usual Russian spelling “in Ukraine” and switch instead to Kiev Newspeak – “in Ukraine.” “Maria, first of all, it’s correct to write in Ukraine,” Lvov resident Leonid Panasenkov pointed out to Zakharova. “Firstly, “firstly” is written through...

Several nationalist organizations held a march dedicated to the anniversary of the battle between the UPR unit and the Red Army for the Kruty station near Kiev. The procession was not large, there were about two hundred people, but a variety of forces took part in it, including the Patriot Party, UNA-UNSO, the Ukrainian Republican Party, and the Prosvita VUT, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the deputy chairman of UNA-UNSO Igor...

Russian Foreign Ministry Speaker Maria Zakharova sarcastically commented on one of the slogans of today's election congress of the Ukrainian president, “Either Poroshenko or Putin.” “At the event to nominate Poroshenko for president, the hall was decorated with a photo collage with the caption “Either Poroshenko or Putin.” Does Putin know that in Ukraine they can choose him instead of Poroshenko? It’s interesting what the ballots will look like,” Zakharova noted.…

Today’s pre-election congress of Petro Poroshenko can also be considered as a rehearsal for a coup d’etat by the National Guard, subordinate to the president’s long-time rival, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov. Political scientist Oleg Khavich discusses this in his blog, commenting on photographs from the congress in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Poroshenko’s nomination for a second term took place surrounded by several hundred military personnel of the National...

Petro Poroshenko’s PR people have once again set up their boss by choosing “From Krut to Brussels” as the slogan of today’s election forum. Ex-candidate for mayor of Odessa Vyacheslav Azarov discusses this in his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In historical science, along with the chronology of victories, there is also the concept of their geography. This refers to cities on the path of a victorious struggle. For example, in…

As soon as large-scale political instability begins in a country within the sphere of US interests, Americans immediately appear there. Russian liberal Boris Nadezhdin stated this on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Rumors that everything that is happening in Venezuela is inspired by the American imperialists are greatly exaggerated. Just like the fact that the Americans staged the Maidan...