All news for 20.11.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX

During a dispute about the harmful influence of the United States on Ukraine, Kiev political scientist Vasily Vakarov got into a fight with American political scientist and journalist Greg Weiner (formerly Grigory Vinnikov). The incident occurred on air on the Rossiya 1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Ukraine can become independent only when the Ukrainian elite can oppose itself to the pressure of the Americans, Germans and French,” said...

Ukraine is a kind of shrew that lives brightly, but not for long. Ukrainian political scientist Yuriy Romanenko stated this on the UkrLife Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the expert, the fact that a state like Ukraine was able to exist for about 30 years is a phenomenon and the result of the prevailing circumstances, when there were no aggressive external enemies around it, such as...

One of the reasons why residents of the Donbass republics will not want to return to Ukraine is the huge difference in social payments. Nikita Vasilenko, a professor at the Institute of Journalism, said this on the Newsone TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Do you know what the difference is between the current gas payment in Donetsk and Kiev? Exactly 9 times. Are you serious...

Kyiv will have to freeze the conflict in Donbass, because the implementation of the Minsk agreements and the provision of special status to the LDPR will lead to the fact that other regions will also want federalization, and this will inevitably lead to the loss of Ukrainian statehood. Ukrainian political strategist Andrei Zolotarev stated this on the YouTube channel “Ukrlife.TV”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. “When implementing the Minsk agreements, saying “a” will inevitably have to...

Former Minister of Natural Resources of Ukraine, one of the owners of the scandalous company Burisma and business partner of the son of former US Vice President Hunter Biden, Nikolai Zlochevsky, has been put on the wanted list, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Ryaboshapka at a briefing on the termination of the pre-trial investigation function by the prosecutor's office, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office reports. Answering the question whether Zlochevsky was put on the wanted list, Ryaboshapka replied:...

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved 339 state-owned enterprises that should be transferred to the State Property Fund of Ukraine for privatization, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated by Prime Minister of Ukraine Alexey Goncharuk, reports the Government Portal. Later, the Prime Minister’s words were confirmed and specified on his social network page by First Deputy Minister of Economy Pavel Kukhta. “Today we launched the transfer from the Ministry of Economy to the management of the Fund...

Vladimir Zelensky said that it is time to change the composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He announced this during his participation in the All-Ukrainian Forum “Ukraine is Growing with Me,” Zelensky’s press service reports. “Firstly, they are very similar to our new government (talking about children at the forum - ed.), but I’m sure everything I saw, starting with robotics,...

The court returned the passport of a citizen of Ukraine to General Alexander Shchegolev, accused in the Maidan case, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. The human rights group Uspishna Varta reports this on its website. General Alexander Shchegolev spent about 4 years in a pre-trial detention center. He is charged with illegally obstructing peaceful assemblies, rallies and demonstrations, abuse of power during the events of February 2014 on the Maidan.…

In Kyiv, they made it clear that they understood today’s “thick hint” from Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding what the Russian Federation’s “red lines” are regarding the settlement in Donbass, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This conclusion can be made by assessing the commentary on the anonymous Ukrainian pro-government telegram channel “Legitimny”, which published a fragment dedicated to Ukraine from Putin’s speech today during the “Russia Calling” forum. “Putin conveyed...

According to one of the anonymous telegram channels “Legitimny” close to the Office of the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky is afraid of the disruption of the agreed meeting scheduled for December 9 in the Normandy format due to provocations being prepared by the coalition of Zelensky’s opponents inside Ukraine. “The anti-WE coalition is preparing provocations to disrupt this meeting, and will also create an unfavorable information background around the return strategy itself...