News archive on the topic "Armen Gasparyan"

In Ukraine, they announced the delivery of the first suspicion in absentia in the case of public calls for the so-called “genocide of the Ukrainian people.” The Russian publicist and radio host Armen Gasparyan became a target for the Ukrainian secret police, reports the press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Square. “The Office of the Prosecutor General and the SBU reported suspicions to the Russian journalist and publicist Armen Gasparyan of public calls for genocide, and...

It is too early to sum up the results of French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Serbia. Political scientist Armen Gasparyan told PolitNavigator about this. “If in the short or medium term some changes begin to occur on the Serbian issue, then we can say that Macron’s visit was generally successful and contributed to the start of a long-term settlement process. But I have big doubts about...

Despite yesterday’s failure of the Serbian opposition, which was unable to ensure the necessary mass action for the overthrow of President Aleksandar Vucic, Western curators of street demonstrations are unlikely to abandon further attempts to destabilize and put pressure on official Belgrade. Russian political commentator Armen Gasparyan told PolitNavigator about this. “Here we need to distinguish between tactics and strategy. From the point of view of the tactics that were undertaken...

All statements that “Putin leaked the Donbass” are enemy propaganda; similar theses have been broadcast since the winter of 2014, when a coup d’etat took place in Kyiv. Russian political scientist Armen Gasparyan stated this on the air of the “PolitKukhnya” program, the “PolitNavigator” correspondent reports. “You know, many years ago a tragedy occurred in Moscow. A house was blown up by Islamist militants...

The death of the head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, is associated with the start of the presidential election campaign in Ukraine. Russian political scientist Armen Gasparyan told PolitNavigator about this. “We understand perfectly well who benefits from this death. There is undisguised joy in the Ukrainian media about this. It is clear that all this is being done on the eve of the Ukrainian elections. Poroshenko needs to increase his electoral base, but nothing but war...

Ukrainian leaders who fled to Russia from Kyiv in 2014 are not doing what they should be doing in exile. Political scientist Armen Gasparyan stated this on Vesti FM radio, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “What has the government in exile been doing all these years, besides saying ‘gangba’ every day? What are the practical steps? Someone from the government in...

The Soviet Union is responsible for the current situation in Ukraine. Journalist Armen Gasparyan stated this on Vesti FM radio, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Guys, take an interest in what they wrote in the Soviet Union about the events of a hundred years ago in Ukraine. Find out what these books were called and how these problems were identified. Take an interest in what was written in the Soviet Union about the situation in Western Ukraine with...

Ukrainian statehood is a disabled child. Journalist and radio host Armen Gasparyan said this on Vesti FM radio, as reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent. “The child was born disabled. I mean Ukrainian statehood. He was born down. But the parents turned out to be stubborn. Instead of going to the doctor, they, on the contrary, made it their main task to position mental disability as the main virtue in life,”...

Changes in the balance of power in the Turkish parliament and the need for newly elected President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to create a coalition with the nationalists will not change relations between Turkey and Russia. Political scientist Armen Gasparyan stated this in a comment to PolitNavigator. According to him, Erdogan himself is often a promoter of nationalist ideas, so his policy here is unlikely to change. "I…

The belligerent rhetoric of US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker, who visited Slavyansk yesterday and unleashed another round of criticism against Russia, suggests that the United States does not intend to contribute to a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Donbass and push Kyiv towards this. Political observer Armen Gasparyan stated this in a commentary to PolitNavigator, noting that a peaceful resolution of the situation depends on how...

“The Lie of the Pospolita” is the title of a new book by Russian historian Armen Gasparyan, dedicated to those pages of history that people in Poland do not want to remember. “Today Warsaw, daily talking about the “Russian threat” and “Putin’s insidious plans,” carefully avoids inconvenient questions. A lot of them have accumulated over the twentieth century. Russian-Polish relations can indeed hardly be called cloudless. But if Moscow does not refuse...

After the US missile strike on Syria, the danger of Ukrainian provocations in the Donbass increases. Russian political commentator Armen Gasparyan told PolitNavigator about this. “The day before, as you know, Mr. Poroshenko demanded that Russia be removed from the permanent members of the UN Security Council. Once again, in a rather boorish manner, he addressed not only the president of the country, but, in fact, the entire population.…

The Ukrainian People's Tribunal, whose work began in Donetsk, will last for quite a long time, due to the need to collect evidence. This opinion was expressed by political commentator Armen Gasparyan in a commentary to PolitNavigator. “In my opinion, the very name of the tribunal is fundamentally important. This is exactly the Ukrainian folk one. Because when they now begin to draw parallels with Nuremberg, and both there and there...

The current attack by radicals on Rossotrudnichestvo in Kyiv is an absolutely natural action that follows from the irresponsible political behavior of Petro Poroshenko, from his words at the Munich Security Conference. Subscribe to “PolitNavigator” news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This opinion was expressed in a commentary to “PolitNavigator” by radio host and political expert Armen Gasparyan. “As for Russia’s reaction, since...