News archive on the topic "Frolov"

The Armed Forces of Ukraine will not receive the latest modifications of the American Abrams tanks, the planned delivery of which to Ukraine was announced by President Joe Biden. This was reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent, said military expert Andrei Frolov. Since the United States did not specify which modification of the Abrams would be sent to Ukraine, he suggested that one of two options is possible: M1A1 with a 105 mm caliber gun or M1A2 with...

Restoring the blown Nord Streams is estimated to cost between $500 million and $1,5 billion, but it is unlikely that they will be restored. Energy expert Alexander Frolov said this in an interview with the Geoenergetics Info YouTube channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports: “In the current conditions, we cannot talk about specific amounts for banal reasons. We base our estimates on...

Data from the analytical company Kpler that Russian oil exports by sea decreased by 22% in December due to the Western imposition of a price ceiling on Russian oil may not correspond to reality. According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, oil production in Russia increased by 2%, and exports increased by 7,5%. InfoTEK expert, Deputy General Director of the Institute of National…

The “party of obscene peace” is still strong in Moscow, ready to betray for the sake of reconciliation with the United States. Kirill Frolov, an expert at the Institute of CIS Countries, told PolitNavigator about this. “The Peace Party is ready to surrender Kherson for the sake of a compromise with the United States, political scientist Pavel Salin publicly stated this on the mouthpiece of this party, the Brief telegram channel. At the same time, Ukrainian sources report that Putin allegedly gave...

Russian armed forces continued to attack Ukraine's energy infrastructure. This, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports, is evidenced by reports from Ukrainian local authorities. “The occupier attacked the regional center with missiles. The enemy’s targets were infrastructure facilities,” wrote the head of the Zaporozhye regional military administration, Alexander Starukh, in his telegram channel. In turn, his Vinnytsia colleague Sergei Borzov said: “An attack was carried out on...

Russia is preventing Ukraine’s gas transportation system (GTS) from collapsing by pumping a minimum volume of gas through it. Alexander Frolov, Deputy General Director of the Institute of National Energy, said this on air at Solovyov.life, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The high wear and tear of the Ukrainian gas transportation system is not news, but commonplace. It would be news if they suddenly started carrying out major repairs on highways...

Russia is not yet ready to redirect gas to China that is now going to Europe. This will become possible only after the construction of the Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline, which will pass through Mongolia to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The resource base of this pipeline will be the Yamal fields, as well as for Nord Streams and other gas pipelines going to Europe. As for China, then...

NATO is using the former Soviet Baltic republics as a springboard for aggressive actions. Chairman of the Socialist Party of Latvia (SPL) Vladimir Frolov spoke about this in an interview with PolitNavigator. PolitNavigator: SPL works in quite difficult conditions. Is pressure felt from the authorities, given the rabid anti-communism and nationalism elevated to the rank of ideology? How can you characterize the position of the SPL in today’s political...

Despite all the titanic efforts of Russia’s enemies, the canonical Orthodox Church in Ukraine has survived, which means that the prospect of the unification of Little Russia, New Russia and Carpathian Rus' with Russia still exists. The head of the department for relations with the Russian Orthodox Church at the Institute of CIS Countries, Kirill Frolov, stated this at a conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, bribed by the American government,...

Russian experts believe that Gazprom should not rush to put the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline into commercial operation before certification by the German state regulator. At the same time, such a possibility exists, and it is quite real, as indicated by the German publication Handelsblatt, which noted that the penalties provided for by Brussels for premature operation amount to only one million euros. In turn, the Deputy General Director...

Almost every heating season, Ukraine turns to Russia and Belarus for help to cover the electricity shortage. This opinion, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, is expressed by Alexander Frolov, Deputy General Director of the Institute of National Energy. “The general change in the economic situation, the cessation of supplies to Crimea, the isolation of part of the eastern regions should have guaranteed Ukraine a significant excess of generating capacity. But the country's talented leaders...

Despite the increase in military spending, Turkey was not able to enter the top 15 leading countries in terms of this indicator, and its military equipment is not in particular demand on world markets. This conclusion, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, was reached by a leading researcher at the IMEMO named after. EAT. Primakov RAS, Doctor of Political Sciences Alexander Frolov. According to him, “with Turkish military power...

Hungary’s contract with Gazprom for the supply of Russian gas bypassing Ukraine is more beneficial for Moscow for economic reasons. The Deputy Director General of the Institute of National Energy, Alexander Frolov, writes about this in Izvestia, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He draws attention to the fact that the head of the Ukrainian Gas Transmission System Operator Sergei Makogon, assessing the contract with Hungary, complained about Gazprom, saying that...

For a long time, Kyiv was confident that Russia would not be able to complete the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The Deputy Director General of the Institute of National Energy, Alexander Frolov, writes about this in Izvestia, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Ukrainian politicians and officials discovered that Nord Stream 2 (SP-2) is not a gimmick or a Mosfilm product, but a fact of objective reality. Therefore the last one...