News archive on the topic "Middle East"

Military conflicts in the Middle East, which threaten to escalate into World War III, and the search for mechanisms to resolve them and reduce tensions will be discussed at the panel session “The situation in the Middle East. View of Russia”, which will take place as part of the VIII Moscow Economic Forum on April 2-3 at the Moscow Digital Business Space. The bureaucratic-legal system demonstrates a lack of capacity to contain the growing crisis, with...

Ukrainian media are actively discussing the news that Russia has begun transferring its troops from Syria to Ukraine. Kiev experts see in this a “cunning plan” of Vladimir Putin, who, according to them, realizing that “he will not be able to take Ukraine by military means, as evidenced by the 82nd day of failure of the Russian army in our territories, chose a political move, “inflating fire" regional...

Ukraine found itself “on the sidelines” of the processes taking place in the world in connection with the aggravation in the Middle East and the crash of the Boeing of Ukraine International Airlines. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin stated this on air on the ATR TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Klimkin, only the Anglo-Saxon world showed “its game” in these events, displacing even the European one from politics...

During the conflict in the Middle East, which flared up after the assassination of prominent Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani by the US military, the Russian Federation received additional opportunities to expand its influence. Grigory Lukyanov, a senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, stated this during a round table in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the expert, now Russian air defense systems have become...

An organized group that specialized in illegally transporting foreigners across the state border and legalizing them under the guise of volunteers was exposed in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported in the press center of the Security Service of Ukraine. Security service operatives established that the head of one of the travel companies, together with his assistant and accountant, had established an illegal mechanism for transporting residents from countries…

In addition to the Nord Stream 2 problem, Europeans are much more concerned about the situation in the Middle East. Political scientist Andrei Ermolaev stated this on the NewsOne channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The issue of Nord Stream 2 has been resolved. We will only talk about guarantees for the implementation of the current project and its timeliness. I once said that the problem of the European Union countries is different – ​​inciting and maintaining...

The United States has lost influence in the Middle East and President Donald Trump's current bellicose rhetoric is associated with an attempt to raise the stakes in the negotiating positions on the Syrian crisis. Political scientist Andrei Ermolaev stated this on TV channel 112, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the expert, all US attempts to regain influence in the Middle East have failed. “What Trump wrote is...

The US will finance military operations abroad in the amount of $89 billion. Member of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy Alexander Losev stated this today on the Vesti FM radio station. “They are cutting the budget for peacekeeping operations, but there is a separate budget for overseas operations. That's almost $90 billion in aid to allies, special forces operations. These are the costs for...

The campaign initiated by Saudi Arabia against Qatar is interference in the internal affairs of the country, writes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Qatar in Moscow Fahad al-Attiyah in an opinion article published on the pages of Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “The countries that have declared a boycott of Qatar reported a list of those accused of terrorism, including 59 people and 12 organizations, including non-governmental ones.…

Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Palestine have temporarily or completely stopped recognizing diplomas from Ukrainian medical universities. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was announced by the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Liliya Grinevich. “Today, some countries have partially or completely stopped recognizing our medical diplomas. These are, in particular, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine and others, from where...

Russian special forces have appeared in the Middle East, in particular in Egypt, writes the Kiev weekly Delovaya Stolitsa. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte The publication, citing some insider sources from Reuters, reports that Russia has deployed a group of special forces of 22 people in Egypt, near the Libyan border. They say that special forces were sent to support the commander-in-chief of the Libyan armed forces...

In 10-15 years, Iran will have nuclear weapons, and in 20-30 years, several other countries in the Middle East will have nuclear weapons. The former head of the Israeli intelligence service Nativ, Yakov Kedmi, stated this on the TV channel TVC. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “The agreement with the United States delayed Iran’s ability to create nuclear weapons, which it has always strived for.…

Peace in the Middle East can only be achieved in cooperation with Russia. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Pierre Lelouch, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly, said this at the 13th annual YES meeting “World, Europe and Ukraine: Storms of Change” in Kiev. “Our number one priority is the Middle East. If…

One of the leitmotifs of Western propaganda regarding the Russian operation in Syria is the persistently repeated thesis about the indiscriminateness of Russian missile and bomb attacks. Allegedly, they primarily affect civilian objects, civilians and infrastructure. Subscribe to the news “PolitNavigator - Kyiv” on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte And in cases where military targets are hit, the Russians, firstly, destroy the “moderate opposition”, and secondly,...