All news for 23.12.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX

Russia will absorb Belarus, overthrow “father” Lukashenko and create a Union State. This will lead to the fact that Russia’s borders will expand even more, and it will surround Ukraine in a circle – from the south to the west. The odious Lvov journalist and Ukrainian neo-Nazi Ostap Drozdov said this on the air of the “Direct Text” program, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “When I look...

Russian liberal writer Dmitry Bykov believes that in modern Belarus there are neither real oppositionists nor real writers. The irreconcilable critic of the Kremlin unexpectedly announced this on the Ekho Moskvy radio, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Unfortunately, the main problem is that slavery is not in vain. And the 25 years of actual slavery in Belarus that we observed was also for nothing...

NR Investments Ltd, owned by billionaire Nat Rothschild, announced the termination of participation in the concession company Avia Invest SRL, which took over the Chisinau International Airport. She no longer owns 95% of this company. The publication Noi.md writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The owner of the Chisinau airport is the state; we are not talking about the owner, but about the right to manage it. This…

In Ukrainian prisons, prosecutors and SBU officers have begun to select those arrested for prisoner exchange, but they will try to deceive many of these people into remaining in prison. The recently released Russian Igor Kimakovsky reported this on his Telegram channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In Ukraine there has been a movement in prisons and camps. Employees of the SBU and the prosecutor's office arrive. Carrying out...

On the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Kharkov region, law enforcement officers seized several ancient coins and a St. George's cross from a citizen of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by the press service of the State Border Service. “Border guards of the Kharkov detachment, together with customs officers, prevented the illegal movement of ancient objects across the border,” the message says. So, at the Goptovka checkpoint, I arrived to leave Ukraine...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated that it is impossible to reset relations with Russia, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I actually changed my point of view on the question of whether it is possible to change relations with Russia. I, like many foreign ministers and prime ministers before me, actually believed that we could start anew with Russia.…

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky became one of the heroes of the cover of the world famous magazine The Week, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The issue, titled “Faces of 2019,” is due to go on sale on December 27. The publication presented a caricature of 12 world political leaders and public figures whose names were heard in 2019. Among them is Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and his...

In the coming days, Ukraine and Russia will negotiate the transit rate for Russian gas through Ukrainian territory. The announced loading volumes from 2021 put the Ukrainian gas transportation system on the brink of profitability. However, Kyiv should prepare for an even greater deterioration in conditions. Ukrainian energy expert Valentin Zemlyansky stated this on the First Business TV Channel, the correspondent reports...

Belarus is interested in Ukraine's help in developing the rocketry industry, but it is too early to talk about specific plans for the implementation of a joint project, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Ukraine Igor Sokol stated this in an interview with the state publication Ukrinform. “This issue (Ukraine’s assistance in the development of the rocket industry of Belarus. - ed.) was discussed by our presidents at...

Russia is forced to pay Ukraine $3 billion in accordance with the decision of the Stockholm arbitration, although it is aware that the verdict was made partly for political reasons. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced this today at a government meeting, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We proceed from the fact that these are court decisions made by the Stockholm Arbitration Institute authorized at that time, although completely...