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Russia has a full range of unmanned weapons, which is far from limited to aircraft. Dmitry Stefanovich, a researcher at the Center for International Security at IMEMO RAS, said this at the Valdai Club site, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The drone itself is not too difficult a target for air defense systems. Moreover, there is no doubt that in the event of a full-fledged conflict, no one...
The leadership of Naftogaz and Ukraine understand that gas transit through the Ukrainian gas transportation system has no prospects, but they are trying to make money from its reconstruction. Co-founder of the Energy Strategies Fund Yuri Korolchuk writes about this in his blog on Korrespondent.net, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Firstly, the Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading a bill that allows for the conservation of an unused part of the Ukrainian gas transportation system. What is this…
A full-scale military invasion of Ukraine would create a danger primarily for Russia itself, but would not affect the strategic national interests of the United States. Therefore, after the West rejects its proposals, Russia will create pockets of danger near America. Former Ukrainian diplomat Alexander Chaly announced this on the YouTube channel Ukrlife.TV; a PolitNavigator correspondent will move. “If five Tu-160s fly on a rotational basis next year...
Kazakh Russophile Ermek Taychibekov, sentenced to ten years from a colony, wrote an appeal to the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev. In the text, the prisoner recalled that at one time he warned the Kazakh establishment about the danger of flirting with Kazakh nationalism, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He began his address to the leader of Kazakhstan by expressing satisfaction that Tokayev appointed head...
The hysteria around the full-scale “Russian invasion” of Ukraine affected both citizens and even the country’s economy, but not Ukrainian politicians and deputies. Ukrainian political scientist Kirill Molchanov stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We see negative trends in the economy, the collapse of the national currency for the first time since 2015, the hryvnia sank by 5 percent. We see,…
Until Russia stops its military, political and economic “escalation” against Ukraine, Kyiv will not make any concessions. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba stated this at a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Russia has made a number of statements that it does not want to fight with Ukraine. I emphasize that the best way for Russia to prove the sincerity of these words is...
NATO representatives promised Kyiv that the North Atlantic Alliance would not make concessions to Russia and would continue to expand into Ukraine. This was stated during the conciliation council of the Ukrainian parliament by the head of the Permanent Delegation of Ukraine to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Rada deputy Egor Chernev, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We went as a delegation to Brussels, and heard absolutely clear assurances from the Alliance member countries...
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky disgraces himself in front of Western journalists by “denying aggression against himself.” European Solidarity deputy Artur Gerasimov stated this during the Conciliation Council in the Verkhovna Rada, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The entire civilized world is in shock after Pan Zelensky’s press conference for foreign media. For the first time since Yanukovych, the Ukrainian government spoke in unison with the Kremlin. And this…
Kyiv is organizing a diplomatic “parade of visits” in response to the “danger of Russia’s invasion” of Ukraine, so that the state will not be left for a day without foreign guests, who will effectively become hostages. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba announced this initiative at a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The threats that come from Russia are global in nature, and therefore counteraction must...
The Moldovan authorities have not allowed a car with Transnistrian license plates to pass through customs for more than a month. This slows down the process of issuing neutral license plates to residents of Transnistria, which are impossible to obtain without Transnistrian ones. This was reported by the TSV TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We all created the PRTS mechanism (vehicle registration points - ed.), but now in Chisinau they are trying to use it as...
