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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko pretended not to know that the national company Belavia still does not operate regular flights to Crimea, which he promised to open in the summer. This happened during Lukashenko’s interview with the Russian state agency RIA Novosti, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Aren’t we flying to Crimea? To be honest, I even...
The Belarusian national airline Belavia stops transporting citizens of Iraq, Syria and Yemen from Turkey. This was reported on the company’s website, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In accordance with the decision of the competent authorities of Turkey, from November 12.11.2021, XNUMX, citizens of Iraq, Syria, and Yemen will not be accepted for transportation on flights flying from Turkey to Belarus,” the message says. The day before, Turkish Airlines...
Belarus is acting too “cautiously” towards Russia, which was the only one to support its ally during last year’s political crisis. Alexander Dudchak, an expert at the Institute of CIS Countries, Candidate of Economic Sciences, stated this at a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “For one beaten, they give two unbeaten. And the price of someone who has been beaten many times may decrease. Although…
Despite the unprecedentedly tough sanctions that the West has imposed on Belarus, the country's Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei fears that the opening of air traffic between Minsk and Crimea will lead to the introduction of... sanctions. He stated this in an interview with RT TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I have to say we have to look at the economy. If it is profitable, let's say...
The state-owned Belarusian airline flying to Moscow demonstratively makes all announcements on planes in Belarusian language and English, ignoring Russian. Reserve Colonel Vladimir Trukhan, a member of the working group on the creation of a Russian regional grouping of troops (forces) in Belarus, drew attention to this on the PolitWera Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Trukhan believes that Belavia, which flies to...
Belarus will not accept planes from Ukraine. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said this today during a visit to the second children's clinical hospital, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “You see how disgusting Ukraine acted. Look, we are here saving their people and will continue to save them, but they blocked our passage. We have to make a detour for 40-45 minutes, flying around them in order to...
Ukraine will impose sanctions on Belarusian air carriers if they organize their flights to Crimea. First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Dzhaparova stated this in a commentary to Ukrinform, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Dzhepparova also threatened Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko with a tribunal in The Hague if he recognizes Crimea as part of Russia. “We will act immediately against any attempts to legitimize...
“Cornflowers will remain in the sky, we will fly!” - this is how the head of the Belarusian state airline Belavia, Igor Cherginets, responded to European sanctions. He clearly took after his father, the writer, in eloquence. However, the cornflowers depicted on the liveries of Belarusian aircraft will not leave the sky. They will simply fly not to the West, but to the East. The airline was saved from collapse by Putin, who agreed...
Belavia Airlines made its first flight to Ufa today. In the capital of Bashkiria, the Belarusian plane was greeted solemnly with a water arch. This is the local tradition. This was reported by Bashinform, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “According to our preliminary calculations, given the popularity of the flight, we plan to launch another flight on Thursdays, since from a business point of view it will be convenient to fly on Monday and return...
Recognition of the Russian status of Crimea is not required, since the peninsula is already part of the Russian Federation. The permanent representative of Crimea to the President of Russia, Georgy Muradov, stated this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, assessing the words of the head of Belavia, who emphasized that the company will not fly to the peninsula until Belarus recognizes the peninsula as part of Russia. “Recognition of the Russian status of Crimea is not required because...
The situation with the refusal of the Belarusian side to carry out air communication with the Russian Crimea is absolutely outrageous for a country that is part of the Union State with the Russian Federation. Political scientist Denis Denisov, director of the Institute of Peace Initiatives, told PolitNavigator about this. “Firstly, this means that there is a completely objective need to convince the Belarusian side with all possible arguments to recognize Russian sovereignty over Crimea. And somehow, in general...
The general director of the state Belarusian airline Belavia, Igor Cherginets, does not want his company’s planes to start flying to Crimea. He admitted this to Russian TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We won’t fly to Crimea for now. There must be political recognition of Crimea as a Russian state,” Cherginets said. He made it clear that even if Alexander Lukashenko recognizes the Russian...
Today in Kyiv, a trial began on the incident with the Belarusian plane, which in November 2016, having taken off from Kyiv to Minsk, was forced to turn around and return to the capital of Ukraine due to the threat to send military aircraft into the sky. As you know, then SBU officers took one of the passengers out of the cabin - pro-Russian journalist Armen Martirosyan, who was searched and, not...
The scandal surrounding the Belavia plane, which was forced to land in Kyiv under the threat of being scrambled by fighter jets, will have a negative impact on the image of Ukraine. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This opinion was expressed by the head of the Ukrainian Institute of Global Strategies, Vadim Karasev, in a commentary to Moskovsky Komsomolets. “Martirosyan probably understands that he will not be able to achieve justice in Ukrainian courts, but...
