All news for 29.08.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX

Vladimir Zelensky’s team has split into two camps: some support oligarch Igor Kolomoisky and want to retain Arsen Avakov as head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, others are seeking his resignation. Ex-People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Oleg Tsarev stated this during a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The intrigue regarding Avakov continues. Everyone has probably heard Igor Kolomoisky’s statement that Avakov...

The political situation in Ukraine may be shaken, since large capitalists will not be able to come to terms with the new government, so they will force it to place its people in key positions by any means necessary. Ex-People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the Communist Party Spiridon Kilinkarov stated this on the Russia-1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The only source of power is the people. Now about the possibility of a coup. If…

On Saturday, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky travels to Poland, where he will take a serious step towards improving relations with Warsaw, which have soured in recent years. This was reported by “European Pravda”, which indicated that Poland considers the key requirement for unblocking the dialogue to be a moratorium on search and exhumation work on Polish burials of the last century on the territory of Ukraine, introduced by Kiev after the dismantling of a number of...

The statement by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky about the need to audit all residential buildings after the collapse of a residential building in Drohobychy, where eight dead were found, is direct evidence that, most likely, the case will be put on hold. Experts came to this opinion during a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Yesterday President Zelensky spoke about auditing everyone...

The post of head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine was taken by Vadim Prystaiko, whose candidacy was submitted by President Vladimir Zelensky. The corresponding decision was made by the majority of parliamentarians of the new convocation during the plenary session, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The candidacy of the new head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was supported by 310 out of 405 people's deputies. Vadim Prystaiko has been Deputy Head of the Presidential Office since May 22, before that...

After the defeat near Ilovaisk in 2014, the Ukrainian side spent several days transporting the dead, wounded and prisoners. Former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Yuri Dumansky, spoke about this in an interview with the Kyiv online publication Apostrophe. “I’ll tell you a story. On August 26 or 28, I met with [Russian Ambassador to Ukraine] Zurabov, as well as with the acting commander of the airborne forces of the Russian...

Servicemen of the nationalist unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs “Azov”, who were ignored by the “OOS” command when distributing bonuses for the Independence Day of Ukraine, provoked a fight with the awarded soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ivan Filiponenko, an officer of the press service of the People's Militia of the LPR, spoke about this at a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, the incident occurred near the city of Svetlodarsk. “A number of servicemen of the 30th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on August 27 finally...

Dmitry Razumkov, elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada today, turned off the microphone of Oleg Voloshin, a deputy from the “Opposition Platform - For Life,” who began speaking in Russian, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The incident occurred while deputies were asking questions to Ruslan Stefanchuk, a contender for the position of first deputy speaker of parliament. “Dear Ruslan Alekseevich, first of all, I welcome what you have shown, also...

The post of head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine was taken by Andrey Zagorodnyuk, whose candidacy was submitted by President Vladimir Zelensky. The corresponding decision was made by the majority of parliamentarians of the new convocation during the plenary session, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. 314 out of 405 people's deputies voted for the new defense minister; only 25 members of the ex-president's European Solidarity party voted against. From the beginning of July and...

The post of Prime Minister of Ukraine was taken by the deputy head of the presidential office, Alexey Goncharuk, proposed by Vladimir Zelensky. The corresponding decision was made by the majority of parliamentarians of the new convocation during the plenary session, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. At the same time, this candidacy was not supported by both the “Opposition Platform – For Life” and the party of ex-President Petro Poroshenko “European Solidarity”. “I don’t understand why we have to vote today...