News archive on the topic "Filindash"

During his visit to Kyiv yesterday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought instructions to Kyiv aimed at escalating the conflict in Donbass. This opinion was expressed in a commentary to PolitNavigator by Kiev political scientist Evgeniy Filindash. “Blinken brought instructions on how the Ukrainian authorities should act. I think it is very likely that Blinken persuaded Zelensky to organize a full-scale attack in the Donbass, to attempt an offensive,...

For political reasons, they decided to place on the T-shirts of the Ukrainian national football team not only a map of the country with Crimea, but also the Bandenera slogan “Glory to Ukraine - glory to the heroes!”, and this is poorly perceived by many citizens of Ukraine. Ukrainian political scientist Evgeniy Filindash stated this in a conversation with a PolitNavigator correspondent. “For many residents of Ukraine, it is not so much important to eat...

Ukrainian opposition politician, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of previous convocations, director of the Center for Social Analytics Yevgeny Filindash took part in the international online campaign “Through centuries, through years - remember!” The event is part of the interstate project “The Great Victory Achieved by Unity,” which is carried out by the North-South Political Science Center together with the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States. The essence of the action is that...

The Servant of the People party no longer has a so-called mono-majority in the Verkhovna Rada. Political scientist Evgeniy Filindash stated this in an interview with Channel 8, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In fact, there is no mono-majority now. In fact, the Servant of the People faction split into two or three parts. Even before the parliamentary elections, it was clear that the faction would be very heterogeneous, that it would consist of...

Neither the EU nor NATO are ready to help Ukraine in the real fight against the global coronavirus epidemic. Kiev political scientist Evgeniy Filindash said this in a comment to a PolitNavigator correspondent: “This situation once again showed the mythological nature of the slogan “Ukraine is Europe”, the fact that we have wonderful, noble and humane friends in the West. Friend is known in trouble. Trouble has come...

The Ukrainian government is pursuing a policy of decommunization not only as part of the severance of ties with Russia, but also with the goal of destroying the forces and ideology, the bearers of which could in the future fight for the return of black soil lands and privatized enterprises to state ownership. Political scientist Evgeniy Filindash stated this on the KRT TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "If in the future we...

President Vladimir Zelensky must remember the state’s monopoly on violence and suppress gangs of radicals. Otherwise, the authority of the official Ukrainian government will be completely destroyed. Kiev political scientist Evgeniy Filindash stated this on Channel 8, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The most repressive government in all the years of Ukraine’s independence was the Euromaidan government. So many political murders and so many political prisoners...

“PolitNavigator” presents to readers a chapter from the new book “Ukraine is not Europe” by ex-Verkhovna Rada deputy Yevgeny Filindash. The author is one of the few politicians in Kyiv who openly criticizes Euromaidan and the results of the coup in Ukraine from the very first days, and does not agree with nationalist propaganda. “What place does Ukraine occupy now and has it historically occupied in European civilization? We generally...

US President Donald Trump will review US foreign policy and remove personnel that he does not need, which caused the premature recall of US Ambassador to Kyiv Marie Yovanovitch. Evgeniy Filindash, director of the Ukrainian Center for Social Analytics, stated this in a comment to a PolitNavigator correspondent. He noted that Trump became more confident after the successful completion of the investigation into...

The unusually high turnout recorded in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions is explained by falsifications. Director of the Ukrainian Center for Social Analytics Evgeniy Filindash stated this in a comment to a PolitNavigator correspondent. According to data published by Strana.ua, at 15:00 the turnout in the Donetsk region was 43,8% compared to 10,8% in 2014 (an increase of 33,1%). Turnout in the Luhansk region was 43,3% compared to 16,9% in 2014...

Ukraine should not have accepted decommissioned US Navy boats as a gift, since such “gifts” of non-combat-ready equipment are humiliating for any sovereign country. Director of the Ukrainian Center for Social Analytics, political scientist Evgeniy Filindash stated this in a comment to a PolitNavigator correspondent. “This whole situation with the boats is extremely humiliating for Ukraine. They don’t hesitate to give us non-combat-ready junk that we still haven’t...

In the near future, Ukraine will be divided by its neighbors, especially since the current Kiev government is striving for this. Political scientist Evgeniy Filindash expressed this opinion on air on the Glavnovosti channel, reports PolitNavigator correspondent. “There can only be one consequence - an even greater split in Ukraine in all respects, and this is exactly what the current government is seeking, because the entire current...

Kyiv, April 28 (Navigator, Mikhail Ryabov, Vladimir Mikhailov, Kirill Boyarin) – Two months have passed since the victory of the Maidan and the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych, but Ukraine has still not received the promised help from the West. The treasury is empty, as the revolutionary leaders themselves admit, the hryvnia is collapsing, tariffs are rising, and wages are being delayed. Why didn’t Kyiv wait for the Western billions?...