News archive on the topic "Gushchin"

After the 2014 putsch, Ukraine continues to remain divided, having failed to solve the problems it faces. This is reported by PolitNavigator correspondent, senior researcher at the Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies of the Russian State University for the Humanities, Alexander Gushchin. “The problems that Ukraine faced in the post-Soviet period were not resolved on the Maidan. What were his ideas? The dictatorship of Galician ideology and absolute withdrawal...

For Ukraine, the question of the reintegration of the LDPR is becoming increasingly elusive, as are the Euro-Atlantic prospects. This opinion, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, is expressed by Alexander Gushchin, associate professor of the Russian State University for the Humanities, expert of the Russian Council on International Affairs, assessing the situation in Ukraine. “In the external arena, relations with Western partners are also far from cloudless. Despite the general continued support...

By provoking the current escalation in Donbass, the Kiev regime is trying to prevent Moscow’s rapprochement with Paris and Berlin. This opinion, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, is expressed by Alexander Gushchin, an expert at the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and a senior researcher at the Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies at the Russian State University for the Humanities. “The current escalation was most likely provoked to prevent Moscow’s rapprochement with Berlin and Paris, in that...

Nation building in Ukraine has largely replaced state and institutional building. According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, Alexander Gushchin, an associate professor at the Russian State Humanitarian University and an expert at the Russian International Affairs Council, writes about this in Nezavisimaya Gazeta. According to him, throughout the post-Soviet period, especially after 2004 and to the greatest extent after 2014, a process is underway in Ukraine...

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky will only verbally position his country as a political opponent of Belarus. As a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, Izvestia was told by Associate Professor of the Russian State University for the Humanities, RIAC expert Alexander Gushchin. According to him, Zelensky’s foreign policy is no different from that pursued by his predecessors as president. “Traditionally, foreign policy is one way or another carried out under external control...

On the eve of the upcoming local elections in Ukraine, the ruling Servant of the People party lost almost half of the votes of its voters. According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, Alexander Gushchin, an associate professor at the Russian State Humanitarian University and an expert at the Russian International Affairs Council, writes about this in Nezavisimaya Gazeta. “First of all, it is worth noting that the leading positions of the Servant of the People party are no longer...

The proposal expressed by Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov to transfer negotiations on Donbass to the “Budapest format” and without the participation of the Russian Federation shows that Kyiv continues the policy of the previous regime. This opinion was expressed by expert of the Russian International Affairs Council Alexander Gushchin in a commentary to Kommersant. “The proposal to move the discussion of the conflict in Donbass within the framework of the “Budapest format” was voiced by representatives of various political forces in Kyiv...

By agreeing to the separation of the warring parties in Donbass, Kyiv removed the last obstacle to the meeting of the leaders of the Normandy Four. The head of the Center for Current Political Affairs, Alexey Chesnakov, who is close to Vladislav Surkov, aide to the President of the Russian Federation who oversees Ukraine, told Kommersant about this. The expert emphasized that Moscow’s conditions for holding the Normandy Four summit have been met. “They were once listed by Russian Presidential Assistant Yuri...

It is still completely unclear what proposals Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky will bring to the Normandy Four meeting. This opinion was expressed in a commentary to Kommersant by Alexander Gushchin, associate professor of the Russian State Humanitarian University (RGGU). He believes that the most difficult stage is coming right now, when the separation of the warring parties in the two agreed areas is almost complete. “What will the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky go with...

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has high hopes for the Normandy Four meeting, but does not understand the firmness of Moscow’s position. This opinion was expressed in a commentary to Kommersant by Alexander Gushchin, associate professor of the Russian State Humanitarian University. “Even when this meeting takes place, it will only be an introduction and the first step towards the implementation of the chosen settlement formula. But time is clearly not on Ukraine’s side...

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky is unable to minimize the influence of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. Political experts interviewed by Kommersant came to this conclusion, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “If Zelensky wants to become president of the world, he will have to escalate; he cannot be good to everyone. However, a conversation with nationalists in Zolote puts him in an extremely difficult situation. Offering to resolve the issue...

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, from whom the American authorities are demanding incriminating evidence on former Vice President Joe Biden, found himself in a stretch position and became a hostage to the confrontation of American politicians. Alexander Gushchin, an expert at the Russian International Affairs Council, told Kommersant about this. “Using their loyal media, the Democrats are actively counterattacking President Trump, and this campaign, at least from a media point of view, ...

The United States needs Ukraine not so much as an element of the anti-Russian “cordon sanitaire”, but as Anti-Russia. Vladimir Batyuk, chief researcher at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told Kommersant about this. “The situation when Ukraine found itself in the epicenter of the US presidential election campaign looks absurd from the point of view of realpolitik. A country that doesn't matter to American foreign policy in any way...

The ruling coalition of Moldova may seem quite stable, despite the obvious contradictions and negative forecasts of experts. Political scientist Alexander Gushchin announced this today at a press conference in Moscow. “This coalition was created with the participation and active lobbying of external partners. And it is external partners that have a decisive influence on both parts of this coalition. Therefore, how would some of them...