All news for 15.07.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX

There is no opposition in Belarus, and Lukashenko managed to neutralize the only popular candidate, Viktor Babariko, so there will be no large-scale protests in the country. Vladimir Volya, an international affairs expert at Ukrainian Analysis and Policy Management, told a PolitNavigator correspondent about this. “In Belarus there is no significant opposition that would be strong enough to be able to organize large-scale street protests...

Several Moldovan unionists (supporters of unification with Romania) staged a provocation today on the border with Transnistria at the checkpoint in Varnita. This was reported by the First Transnistria TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The provocateurs demanded the removal of 31 checkpoints on the border with Moldova, which were established by the Transnistrian authorities due to the fact that the epidemiological situation in the neighboring country is one of the most...

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky has failed to solve personnel problems, assemble his team and turn Servant of the People into a real party, so early parliamentary elections are unprofitable for him. He will go to them only if he miserably loses the local elections in the fall. Vladimir Volya, an international affairs expert at Ukrainian Analysis and Policy Management, told a PolitNavigator correspondent about this.…

Western neighbors criticize Belarus because they are afraid to voice their claims to Russia, the United States and large European countries. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced this today at a meeting with activists of the Vitebsk region; a PolitNavigator correspondent will move. “As for our western neighbors. Anything happens there. And double standards. And now, on the eve of the presidential elections, they are already starting to...

Armenian activists staged a colorful rally under the building of the Ukrainian diplomatic mission in the capital of Armenia. According to local media, the initiator was the youth wing of the Dashnaktsutyun party, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Those gathered were enraged by the statement of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry in connection with the escalation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border with deaths on both sides of the conflict. “The Ukrainian side stands for a political settlement of the situation based on compliance...

The attempt to organize mass protests in Minsk was completely controlled by the Belarusian authorities. Thanks to her, Lukashenko tried to show the strength of his position. Andrey Zolotarev, head of the Third Sector Center, stated this in a comment to a PolitNavigator correspondent. “Lukashenko decided to act in the logic of crime of the 90s, when often both the gang and the cops first created problems and then showed that they were solving them...

The scandalous deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Alexey Goncharenko, who in 2014 rejoiced at the burning in the Odessa House of Trade Unions, decided to congratulate the Belarusian people on the 610th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald, where the united Slavic troops defeated the Teutonic Order. Goncharenko posted his congratulations on his Telegram channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Brothers Belarusians! Congratulations on the 610th anniversary of our joint victory at Grunwald! Then we won...

The Ukrainian authorities may be prompted to hold early elections to the Verkhovna Rada by the failure of Servant of the People in local elections and the victory of the Democratic Party candidate in the presidential elections in the United States. Andrey Zolotarev, head of the Third Sector Center, stated this in a comment to a PolitNavigator correspondent. “Zelensky now has serious problems in maintaining his electoral core, which began...

The European Union is trying to seize the initiative on the Kosovo settlement from the United States, but Brussels, unlike Washington, does not have leverage over Belgrade and Pristina. Atlantic Council employee Dimitar Bechev writes about this in a column for the Al-Jazeera agency, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Accession to the EU is the highest award, but Belgrade will not get it even under the most favorable...

Senior investigator for particularly important cases of the 2nd department of the 1st department of the pre-trial department of the Main Investigation Department of the SBU, Roman Zakladny, was involved in the events of 2014 in eastern Ukraine, which could have been the reason for his murder, which took place tonight. Andrey Zolotarev, head of the Third Sector Center, stated this in a comment to a PolitNavigator correspondent. “The murder of Roman Zakladny could have happened either at a domestic...