News archive on the topic "Amnesty"

The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading a law on amnesty for criminals and ATO soldiers in honor of the 30th anniversary of the “independence” of Ukraine. The corresponding decision was made during a plenary meeting of the Ukrainian parliament, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The document was presented by deputy Igor Fris. Thus, the purpose of the bill is the early release and amnesty of some prisoners, primarily nationalists and participants in the war against Donbass. "A country…

The first step to end the war in Donbass should be taken by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. He must “push through” the amnesty law in the Verkhovna Rada and force his circle to stop aggressive rhetoric. Ukrainian political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky stated this on the UkrLive TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Zelensky said a few days ago: “NATO doesn’t owe us anything.” So, in...

Russia must declare a migration amnesty for Ukrainian citizens who stay on its territory for more than the permitted period of 90 days. State Duma deputy, director of the Institute of CIS Countries Konstantin Zatulin stated this on the air of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Zatulin, more than 1,2 million Ukrainian citizens live and work in Russia illegally. "Half of those...

The Kyiv authorities carefully hide any information about more than three dozen Ukrainian military personnel who served time and who were pardoned by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Deputy from European Solidarity Vladimir Ariev wrote about this on his Facebook page, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He said that together with the Crimean nationalist and extremist Vladimir Balukh, who was released in an exchange between Kyiv and Moscow, he was...

It is necessary to hold an amnesty for all Ukrainian citizens who violated the 90-day rule of stay on the territory of the Russian Federation. This was stated by the first deputy chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Konstantin Zatulin, during the VII World Congress of Compatriots Living Abroad, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In 2014, 2,5 million citizens of Ukraine crossed the border of the Russian Federation, fleeing from the coup, from the war...

Only a few percent of Ukrainian citizens do not support the “reintegration” of Donbass into Ukraine. Political expert Oleg Sahakyan, who serves the interests of ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, stated this on the air of the Internet channel “Ukrlife TV,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The sociological survey sounded like this: “What do you think about the approach according to which the reintegration of uncontrolled territories should be gradual, should not lead to new ones...

Proposals for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Donbass, made by 87-year-old former Prime Minister of Ukraine Vitold Fokin, appointed representative of Ukraine in the Minsk TCG, could end in protests throughout the country and the overthrow of the Kyiv government. Oleg Martynenko, an expert of the Ukrainian-Helsinki Union for Human Rights, stated this on the YouTube channel “UkrLife.TV”, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Amnesty doesn’t go anywhere. We must punish...

Even if Kyiv agrees to an amnesty for the defenders of the LDPR, they will have to leave the territory of the republics en masse if they return under the control of Ukraine. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this in an article published by the Kyiv online publication Zerkalo Nedeli, written by Alexander Cherny, a researcher at the Institute of Political and Ethno-National Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. “Even if the Ukrainian authorities try to tame...

The Verkhovna Rada will not make any changes to the Ukrainian constitution at the proposal of other countries, even if this is provided for in the Minsk agreements and is necessary to end the war in Donbass. Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Dmitry Razumkov stated this during a press conference, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I would like to raise the topic of Donbass and ask whether it is enough for you personally...

Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Ryaboshapka spoke out against the cancellation of the amnesty for Euromaidan militants, which was hastily announced in 2014 immediately after the coup. Ryaboshapka made a corresponding statement at an evening meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The former head of the Institute of National Memory, and now a member of the Rada, Vladimir Vyatrovich, shared concerns about the possibility of canceling the amnesty. According to him, this development option...

Ukraine will have to compromise on Donbass, this needs to be done through a referendum so that a large-scale civil conflict does not break out in the country. The former Prime Minister of Crimea, ex-member of the Verkhovna Rada Sergei Kunitsyn stated this on the air of the Chernomorskaya TRK TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. At the same time, a former member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction refused amnesty to those with weapons in...

Ukraine will have to agree to a mass amnesty for the participants of the Russian Spring in Donbass in order to reduce the resistance of opponents of the return of the LDPR to the control of Kyiv. Ex-Deputy Minister of “Temporarily Occupied Territories” Georgiy Tuka stated this on Channel 4, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Any members of illegal armed groups and organizers should be subject to criminal cases. And the punishment is...

Ukraine allegedly fulfilled the obligations it assumed in Minsk to adopt an amnesty law, as well as a law to prevent prosecution and punishment of residents of the Donbass republics, but the second law was never signed by the previous government. Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vasily Bodnar stated this during a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There are two concepts about...

There is a civil war in Ukraine that cannot be resolved without painful compromises. This means that the authorities will have to federalize the country, even under a different name. Kiev millionaire developer, co-owner of the Dream Town shopping center Alexander Melamud said this on the NewsOne TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We all understand that a compromise is when both sides...