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Perhaps the most pro-Western and one of the most influential representatives of the Belarusian establishment died in Minsk. Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei was just a few months short of his 65th birthday, the retirement age for Belarusian officials. Makei is a political long-liver. The length of his presence in high government positions is second only to Lukashenko himself. From 2000 to 2008, Makey was...
Moldovan authorities expect new power outages in the country if Russian missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure continue. Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova Andrei Spynu told Newsmaker about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “As soon as the frequency drops in the Ukrainian network, it drops in ours,” Spynu said. However, power engineers on both banks of the Dniester are confident that if Chisinau...
Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin said he was positive about the information that the FBI had put him on the wanted list and offered him $250 for information leading to his arrest. The only thing that confuses him is the fact that for three years the feds have not paid this money to anyone. In his opinion, many ordinary people could...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution recommending that Serbia impose sanctions against Russia and recognize the independence of the so-called “Republic of Kosovo.” Such demands are contrary to the national interests of Serbia. This was stated by Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The official clarified that although the EP’s decisions are advisory in nature, “they do not comply with international law and UN Security Council Resolution 1244.”…
The worse Ukrainian society begins to live, the more it strengthens its confidence that things in the country are going in the right direction. The director of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Evgeniy Golovakha, said this, as the PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in an interview with the Kraina magazine: “For Ukrainians to understand that the [North Atlantic Alliance] Alliance does not threaten and protects, unfortunately, such a thing was needed...
After the end of the war, the disastrous socio-economic situation in Ukraine will not improve. The director of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Evgeniy Golovakha, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in an interview with Kraina magazine, answering the question of what long-term negative social consequences await the country after the war. “Post-traumatic syndrome is usually the first thing people pay attention to. People live with a sense of horror from violence. This…
The West is trying not to enter into additional escalation with Russia, which will worsen the already difficult situation in Ukraine. The correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports this in the Kiev magazine “Novoe Vremya”, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin writes. “We are grateful for the next package of military assistance, but it’s time to talk about qualitatively new weapons and now. Because this logic is...
Russia is conducting a hybrid special operation in Ukraine, and not an all-out war on the model of the Great Patriotic War. Political scientist Alexander Kazakov, adviser to the deceased head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko, stated this on his video blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Kazakov, this explains the fact that, simultaneously with the fighting, trade continues, various economic agreements are reached, and pipelines are operating. "Modern...
90% of the population of Ukraine are ready to live in Stone Age conditions, but not to reconcile with Russia. Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, stated this on air on the 1+1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Podolyak convinces that it is better for Ukrainians to freeze and sit without electricity, but not agree with Russia’s demands. “Today we see absolutely consolidated public opinion, 88-90%...
Ukraine has refused to purchase Russian nuclear fuel and is transferring all its nuclear power plants to American fuel. The head of Energoatom, Pyotr Kotin, stated this on the 1+1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. At the same time, Kotin emphasized that Ukraine will produce half of the rod at home. “From the first days of the war, we refused to purchase Russian fuel. Now we have reserves of nuclear fuel for...
