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On Friday, NATO announced that Ukraine had received “Enhanced Capability Program” status. It is generally awarded to countries "that have made significant contributions to operations and missions" led by the alliance. “As a NATO partner, Ukraine has contributed troops to allied operations, including in Afghanistan and Kosovo, as well as to the NATO Response Force and NATO exercises. Allies highly value...
For the first time in 26 years, Belarus will face truly competitive elections. President Alexander Lukashenko publicly promised that his main competitor in the upcoming presidential elections, ex-banker Viktor Babariko, will be registered as a candidate by the Belarusian Central Election Commission. “I want him to get into the elections... And let the Belarusians decide later. But we will not make him a prisoner of conscience. I’m not an idiot,”...
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko treats his competitor Viktor Babariko in the same way as Russian President Vladimir Putin once treated Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Therefore, Old Man authorized searches and arrests in the Russian Belgazprombank, which was previously headed by Babariko. Alexey Venediktov, editor-in-chief of the liberal radio station Ekho Moskvy, said this on air, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "Lukashenko,...
Until June 12, everything that happened between Lukashenko and his main competitor in the elections, Viktor Babariko, was, after all, an internal matter of Belarus. But yesterday something happened that finally brought the conflict beyond the borders of the republic. The Belarusian security forces, having previously conducted massive searches in the office of Belgazprombank, which Babariko had managed for the last 20 years, as well as those close to him...
The last working day of the week in Ukraine was marked by a high-profile trial - in Kiev a preventive measure was chosen for the Nazi Sergei Sternenko, the ex-leader of the Right Sector in Odessa, who, while broadcasting live, killed a man by stabbing him to death. However, he remained unpunished - it is believed that thanks to the intercession of the SBU, whose secret agent was the “pravosek”, who persecuted the “vatniks” disliked by the regime. At the trial...
It's hot in the Lugansk region. And not only because the abnormally hot weather came, but because of the alarming events that hit the entire coal industry of the Lugansk People's Republic. Several mines in the republic are immediately affected by strikes and protests of one force or another. The information coming from there is contradictory, but we can safely say that the miners of the Nikanor-Novy mine became the miners of the strikes. They started going on strike back in...
The National Bank of Belarus has decided to replace the managers of Belgazprombank, whose main shareholders are the Russian Gazprom and Gazprombank. The Tut.by agency reports this with reference to sources, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The former chairman of the National Bank of Belarus, Nadezhda Ermakova, was offered to head the bank. She confirmed to reporters that she had received such an offer and stated that she intended to accept it. “They offered to work temporarily, not permanently, for the period when...
I haven’t been in Ukrainian politics for a long time, but... Something funny and remarkable happened here. After all, I am from Sevastopol, and Shariy hit the Kazarin family from Crimea with a revealing salvo. And then the demonstration began. What needs to be recorded. I am increasingly depressed by the level of agitation and propaganda. Lowest level. In fact, there has been no talk about journalism for a long time. Everything has become extremely insect-like...
The Supreme Defense Council of Romania, headed by the country's President Klaus Iohannis, approved the National Defense Strategy of the state for 2020 - 2024. The document, which has already been submitted to parliament, views Russia as a hostile state with “aggressive behavior.” Romania is not satisfied with the “militarization of the Black Sea region and hybrid-type actions” carried out by Moscow. Bucharest sees risks in the build-up of Russian...
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky can no longer, and does not want, to do anything for peace in Donbass. UIAMP Director Ruslan Bortnik stated this on the KRT TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The window of opportunity for a real end to the conflict may only appear after the American and Russian elections. The window we had in 2019 after the election...
