All news for 14.03.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX

The Orthodox Church of Moldova is the only Christian denomination that refused to submit to the authorities and stop services due to quarantine. Newsmaker writes about this, a Polit Navigator correspondent reports. “The Metropolis of Chisinau and all of Moldova assesses with regret and concern the critical situation that has developed in Moldova and throughout the world, calling on ministers and believers to maintain inner peace and spend time in...

Despite the ban on mass events in Kyiv due to the coronavirus epidemic, nationalists held a “Ukraine Above All” march dedicated to the so-called Volunteer Day. The march began with a rally on Mikhailovskaya Square, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The head of the Kyiv Military Lyceum named after Ivan Bohun, Igor Gordechuk, noted the role of volunteers in the events of 2014. “There weren't many of us. Among the senior officers...

The task set by the presidents of Russia and Belarus “to unlock the potential of the Union State” will be fulfilled, no matter what. This was stated today by the Russian Ambassador to Minsk Dmitry Mezentsev, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “At the same time, the parties are not obliged to complete integration work by any “anniversary date.” Here, excessive haste and unreasonable haste are not needed,” Mezentsev is quoted as saying by the official website of the Russian...

If the Ukrainian authorities decide to resume water supplies to Crimea, then a civil conflict will flare up in the country. Associate Professor of the National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” Igor Losev, a former representative of an exotic and extremely small pro-Ukrainian movement for Sevastopol, writes about this in the magazine “Ukrainian Week”. According to him, it is possible that on the sidelines of Minsk or Normandy, President Zelensky has already agreed...

Trying to catch up with the United States on the issue of the Kosovo-Serbian settlement, the EU appointed a Slovak politician, unpopular with the Albanian side, as a special representative on this issue. Balkan media reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell appointed former High Representative for BiH Miroslav Lajcak as special representative in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. Working in a new position...

Police officers detained the picket participants, who today went to the FSB building in the center of Moscow, demanding to prevent Vladimir Putin from being re-elected for a new presidential term, as well as to “reset the terms” of their like-minded people - “victims of political repression.” The Moscow authorities the day before did not agree with the liberals to hold the rally in the center of the capital, proposing to move it to a residential area in Lyublino. Organizers…

For the Russian economy, the biggest risks are borne by the consequences of the coronavirus epidemic, and not by the fall in oil prices. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov stated this at a meeting of the Federation Council, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “If oil prices fall, we are protected from changes in budget plans. And in general, our economy is adapted. Oil and gas companies have accumulated good cushions in recent years...

The Moldovan authorities have not yet made a decision on the transfer of the Republican Stadium in Chisinau to the US Embassy. President of Moldova Igor Dodon stated this today on the RTR Moldova TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There is no solution. I understand our American partners - they were promised everything. Plahotniuc was shaking this carrot. Then Maia Sandu promised but did nothing. Four governments promised...

Vladimir Zelensky’s latest appeal to the population of Ukraine regarding the threat of coronavirus turned into an embarrassment, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “You and I have been through a lot. You and I cannot be defeated. Bird, swine and Spanish flu. We are strong and everything will be fine!” – Zelensky announced. “It hit the post. Only the “Spanish flu” died at the beginning of the XNUMXth century...

If the West does not want to make Ukraine its part, then Kyiv must be ready to trade Euro-Atlantic values ​​and change the foreign policy vector. The former head of the service of the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, Igor Seletsky, writes about this in an article published by the Kyiv online publication “Zerkalo Nedeli”. In a publication with the eloquent title “Ukraine: on the verge of extinction” and no less...