News archive on the topic "Andrey Nikiforov"

The Crimean diocese, which is still part of the structure of the canonical UOC, does not take an active position on the issue of the so-called “unification” of churches, so as not to give nationalists a chance. Crimean political experts stated this in comments to PolitNavigator. Thus, political scientist Andrei Nikiforov noted that the active position of the Crimean diocese can only contribute to the consolidation of various kinds of anti-Russian forces. "I think that…

The famous Ukrainian boxer, world champion Alexander Usik, with his statement about the defense of the canonical church, showed a clear civic position and proved that he is a Crimean, and his consciousness was not clouded by the ideas of nationalism. Crimean political experts stated this in comments to PolitNavigator. So, according to the deputy chairman of the Public Chamber of the Republic, Alexander Formanchuk, Usik’s warning to the nationalists that they should not...

For the first time in the history of the city, a woman became the mayor of Simferopol. The post of head of the administration was today taken by the resigned first vice-speaker of the Crimean parliament, Natalya Malenko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Conducting his “right hand” to his new position, Chairman of the State Council Vladimir Konstantinov said that she had been “sacrificed.” “We have made a very important political decision. One might say that they sacrificed the first deputy of the State Council in order...

Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, whose structures included the Crimean monopolist Krymenergo, demands that the enterprise be returned to him and the opportunity to play in the energy market of the republic. DTEK, which included Krymenergo before the peninsula joined the Russian Federation, is preparing a claim to the International Court of Arbitration. The company estimates the damage from the loss of the Crimean market at half a billion dollars, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. However,…

Today, a delegation from Crimea, which included the leadership of the republic, parliamentarians, public figures and businessmen, will visit Syria. As Crimean political scientists told PolitNavigator, this visit will be the most important for the head of the republic, Sergei Aksenov, and will lay the foundation for the further development of relations between the Arab republic and the Russian peninsula. So, according to the deputy chairman of the Public Chamber of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Alexander Formanchuk, Syria...

The Ukrainian government, anticipating its complete fiasco in the next elections, is not even trying to work for the future. Political scientist Andrei Nikiforov said this on air on the 112 Ukraine channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We have elections very soon. I think that the current government, realizing its absolute fiasco during these elections, realizes that they just need to sit it out. They even...

Crimean political scientist Andrei Nikiforov sarcastically commented on today’s hysterical statement in the Verkhovna Rada by the head of the Majlis banned in the Russian Federation, Refat Chubarov, who claimed that the Russian army was to blame for the emission of harmful substances into the atmosphere in Armyansk in the north of the peninsula. “Why guess who is guilty - the investigation has already begun, and we will wait for its results. Regarding Chubarov, the man received higher education...

The confession of militant and volunteer of the so-called “ATO” Sergei Serikov, who said that in 2014 he was transporting explosives to Crimea, for which Oleg Sentsov was subsequently convicted, will not affect the position of those who are promoting this case. Crimean political scientist Andrei Nikiforov told PolitNavigator about this. “This kind of statement is simply a surrender to international public opinion of this terrorist, a roof...

On the border with Crimea there is a country that has elevated terrorism to the state level, so residents of the peninsula need to be vigilant. Political scientist Andrei Nikiforov stated this in a commentary to PolitNavigator. This is how he commented on today’s information from the FSB about the exposure of an extremist group organized by an assistant to a Verkhovna Rada deputy, ex-head of the Mejlis banned in the Russian Federation, Mustafa Dzhemilev, and supported by the SBU. “The enemy does not sleep. All…

Crimean political scientist Andrei Nikiforov, in an interview with PolitNavigator, sarcastically commented on the campaign launched in Kyiv by the Ministry of Information of Ukraine for the “fourth anniversary of the resistance to the occupation of Crimea.” “There was no organized “resistance” 4 years ago, and there is none now. And in general, if this was an “occupation,” then what does liberation look like?” - said the expert. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, …

Although the UPA soldiers managed to avoid the Nuremberg Tribunal, the ideological followers of Bandera in modern Ukraine will have to stand trial. Associate Professor of the Crimean Federal University Andrei Nikiforov stated this today at a press conference in Moscow. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “Such a tribunal is yet to come. It will take place only after our victory. And there is no place for him...

One should not pay much attention to the statements made in Kyiv by Turkish President Erdogan about the Ukrainian status of Crimea. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Andrei Nikiforov, head of the Crimean branch of the Institute of CIS Countries, said this in a comment to PolitNavigator, “This is ordinary Turkish politics. Turks behave in much the same way at the market. What modern...

According to research by the World Economic Forum, Russia ranks second in the world after Hong Kong in terms of the cheapness of communication and Internet services. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was stated today at the board of the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation by the Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov. “At the same time, we must take into account that Hong Kong is equal in area to Moscow, and in population -...

Ukrainian nationalist militants – the so-called “ATO veterans” – staged a picket near the ATB supermarket in Kyiv on the Kharkov highway. In the store's lobby they spilled paint symbolizing blood, and placed a pig's head on the threshold. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte Nationalists demanded that the retail chain close stores in Crimea, LPR and DPR. Picketers...