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It is not beneficial for Serbia to recognize the independence of Kosovo, which the United States is pushing it towards. It does not mean Serbia's accession to the EU. BalkanInsight writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Her potential benefits from a US-led settlement can be summed up briefly: warm words from Europe and hope for an acceleration in EU membership negotiations. But since France is against any...
The Serbian Orthodox Church awarded the country's President Aleksandar Vucic and member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik. This was reported by the Sarajevo Times, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. At a solemn ceremony dedicated to the 800th anniversary of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Vučić was awarded the Order of St. Sava, 1st degree, and Dodik was awarded the Order of St. Simeon “for active love for the Mother Church and devotion to the Serbian...
Despite the support of the authorities, in Ukraine it was never possible to create a so-called single local church from the schismatics. The Kiev weekly Zerkalo Nedeli comes to this conclusion, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. “Now they are poking us in the face with our “inconsistency” because we “did not achieve unity” - in the sense, we did not kick the Moscow Patriarchate out of Ukraine and did not “cover it up”...
About 40-50 percent of the personnel remain in Ukrainian units, and therefore the withdrawal of troops from the contact line will completely destroy the army. Military observer Mikhail Zhirokhov writes about this in an author’s column for the Kyiv online publication “Apostrophe”. He points out that both the first and second Minsk agreements were signed by Kiev as a result of military defeats near Ilovaisk and Debaltsevo. "We…
Since the end of the election campaign and elections in Kosovo, the situation in the region has not become calmer. The Kiev weekly Zerkalo Nedeli writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The United States continues its dynamic return to the Western Balkans. First, Matthew Palmer was appointed special representative for the region with broad powers and a large portfolio of tasks. On the eve of the elections, with the exclusive mission of achieving a resumption of dialogue...
Ukraine must prove to the Russian Federation that it is capable of winning, which will require inflicting unacceptable damage on all fronts to the enemy. Yuriy Butusov, editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian propaganda Internet resource Censor.net, writes about this in an article on the pages of the Kyiv weekly “Zerkalo Nedeli.” According to him, the political positions of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky will not weaken if “the army receives the task of continuing military operations to inflict...
Belarusian liberals are for censorship. For those who live in the realities of the century before last and remember the phrase “I do not share your beliefs, but I am ready to die for your right to express them,” this is, of course, an oxymoron. But for those who now call themselves liberals, whether in Russia or Belarus, this is the norm. A petition is now being circulated in pro-Western opposition circles in Belarus...
The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky managed to demonstrate by holding a press marathon that he is open to the media. However, he never gave specific answers to a number of questions. Director of the Ukrainian Institute of Policy Analysis and Management Ruslan Bortnik stated this in a comment to a PolitNavigator correspondent. “On the one hand, Zelensky won public opinion with this marathon. This is especially important on the eve of the 14th...
The low professional level and inadequacy of the Ukrainian media community was clearly demonstrated by the press marathon of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on October 10. Sergei Belashko, director of the Agency for Social Communications, stated this in a comment to a PolitNavigator correspondent. “Attracts attention... When Ukrainian journalists were gathered in one place and given the opportunity to ask questions, it turned out that this was a very sad sight. There…
Attitudes towards Ukraine in the context of the Boeing MH17 crash in 2014 have changed and now the West has begun to pay attention to the involvement of Ukraine itself in this disaster. UIAMP Director Ruslan Bortnik stated this on the UKRLIFE.TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We just didn’t notice this (the change in attitude towards Ukraine) due to the isolation of our information bubble...
