All news for 12.06.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX

The US Council on Geographic Names considered the appeal of the Ambassador of Ukraine to the US Valeriy Chaly and unanimously decided to replace the official name of the capital of Ukraine from “Kiev” to “Kyiv” in the international database, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is stated in a message from the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States on Facebook. It is reported that the replacement was also supported by members of the Ukrainian Caucus (lobby-Ed) of Congress...

In Ukrainian society there remains a demand for “new faces” in politics who are expected to solve all problems, but this will not happen. Director of the Agency for Social Communications Sergei Belashko stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The problems are not with the parties, but with society. There is an infantile paternalistic attitude, some kind of faith in a panacea. Now such a panacea...

The territory of the Kharkov Barabashovo market has been in a fever for a long time. But May and the first ten days of June turned out to be especially hot. The history of “Drum” has been abundantly replenished with new scandals and showdowns. In Ukrainian politics, views, principles, votes, and votes have long been successfully traded. The Barabashovo shopping center, the brainchild of Kharkov businessman and politician Alexander Feldman, does not remain aloof from this political tradition. The market has become a platform where...

In one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades located in the Donbass, counterfeit food of unknown origin was discovered in warehouses. This was announced by Ivan Filiponenko, an officer of the press service of the People's Militia of the LPR, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to his information, in connection with the increasing cases of poisoning of personnel, a food service commission from the Joint Forces Operation headquarters arrived at the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade. “A sudden check revealed that...

A Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman, while intoxicated, received shrapnel wounds at the so-called live grenade throwing competitions organized by the Ukrainian military in the Joint Forces Operation zone. This was announced by Ivan Filiponenko, an officer of the press service of the People's Militia of the LPR, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “On June 10, in one of the units of the 14th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, after drinking alcohol, servicemen staged a “competition” in...

If Ukraine had received a simplified procedure for traveling to Europe earlier, it would not have lost Crimea. Former deputy head of the presidential administration of Ukraine (2015-2019) Konstantin Eliseev said this at the talk show “Echo of Ukraine” on the Direct TV channel affiliated with former President Petro Poroshenko, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Unfortunately, we have temporarily lost Crimea. Who knows - if...

There are political forces that are interested in holding parliamentary elections as soon as possible because they expect to gain enough votes against the backdrop of a generally low turnout in the summer. This forecast was made at a press conference in Kyiv by the director of the Agency for Social Communications, Sergei Belashko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “On the one hand, there are oligarchs who are interested in getting a reprieve and rebuilding their political...

Ukrainian society has lost its levers of influence on politics, the political class has privatized politics, and therefore leaders of various political forces include anyone on the lists of their parties, without taking into account the likes and dislikes of their potential voters. Director of the Agency for Social Communications Sergei Belashko stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Kiva, Stolar, Surkis, Nalyvaichenko in...

The head of the Ukrainian delegation to the trilateral contact group on Donbass, the second President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, received the head of the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Ukraine Florence Gillette, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Kuchma's press secretary, Darka Olifer, reported this on Facebook. “The meeting took place at the request of the ICRC delegation in Ukraine. During the conversation we discussed the entire range of humanitarian and social issues...

The speaker of the far-right National Corps party condemned attacks on politicians with the aim of dousing them with green paint. Party press secretary Alexander Alferov stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I remember the episode when Vilkul was doused with green paint, I don’t remember whether it was for any specific actions, but it seems to me that Vilkul’s personality is quite odious for a Ukrainian politician, they douse...