News archive on the topic "Kolesnikova"

An unknown person threw a Molotov cocktail at the government building of the Murmansk region last night. This was reported by the SeverPost news agency, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent. “Since night, a heightened security regime has been introduced, and the city is being intensified on patrol. A security guard who was trying to put out the fire was injured and received medical assistance. Law enforcement agencies are looking into this incident,” said the governor of the Murmansk region, Andrei Chibis. On to the search...

The BBC managed to interview one of the leaders of Belomaidan, Maria Kolesnikova, who is serving an 11-year sentence on charges of plotting to seize power and creating an extremist group. The first part of the interview is reminiscent of another material - answers to questions from the New York Times of criminal blogger Alexei Navalny, who is serving a sentence for fraud in a Russian colony. Kolesnikov, just like the Russian oppositionist,...

In PACE, White Maidan activist Maria Kolesnikova, who called for the seizure of executive committees, was awarded the Vaclav Havel Prize “For Achievements in the Field of Human Rights.” The award ceremony took place during the plenary meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Other candidates included Reporters Without Borders and Burundian human rights activist Germaine Rukuki. After the presentation of the candidates, PACE President Hendrik Dems…

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is moving the way of the leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. The leader of European Solidarity, ex-President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko stated this at a meeting of the Conciliation Council of the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Let me start with words of solidarity with the Crimean and Belarusian prisoners. In Crimea, these are those who returned from the “Crimean Platform” and were abandoned for...

The Belarusian government views last year's anti-government protests as an attempt at armed overthrow. This opinion, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, was expressed by Belarusian observer Artem Shraibman, who sympathized with the Maidan protesters and fled to Ukraine, assessing yesterday’s verdict on the leaders of the Belarusian protests. “The government shows that it views the events of 2020 not just as a political protest, but as an attempt to armedly overthrow the government. And the leaders of the rebellion are being tried...

The Minsk District Court today sentenced Maria Kolesnikova, one of the leaders of Belomaidan, to 11 years in prison. Lawyer Maxim Znak was also involved in her case; he was given 10 years in prison. Kolesnikova and Znak are accused of conspiracy to seize power and create an extremist group. The judicial investigation lasted almost a month, the process was closed. However, back in March...

The headquarters of former Belarusian presidential candidate Svetalana Tikhanovskaya, who fled to Lithuania, was preparing a forceful seizure of power in the country. The Investigative Committee of Belarus posted on its social networks a video recording of a meeting of Tikhanovskaya’s headquarters, made on the eve of the elections, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Those gathered discuss plans to seize local executive committees, understanding that Lukashenko will be declared the winner of the elections. “Our goal is to capture the executive committees. Option…

The meeting of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko with oppositionists imprisoned in the KGB pre-trial detention center was positively received in Belarusian society. The lawyer of oppositionists Viktor Babariko and Maria Kolesnikova, Alexander Pylchenko, stated this on the air of the liberal Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The meeting caused a positive reaction in society. Our people are quite peaceful. He adheres to the theory that...

By leaving behind bars the failed presidential candidate of Belarus Viktor Babariko or the representative of the coordinating council of the Belarusian opposition Maria Kolesnikova, Alexander Lukashenko himself creates from them real leaders and “martyrs” who, if free, would have discredited themselves long ago. Russian film director Karen Shakhnazarov stated this on the Rossiya 1 TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "I have a feeling...

Even before the elections, the security service of the joint headquarters of former presidential candidate of Belarus Svetlana Tikhanovskaya invited to the country a militant who participated in attacks on the Berkut special forces on the Ukrainian Maidan in 2014, Ruslan Chikalev. This was done personally by the head of the headquarters of the failed presidential candidate Viktor Babariko, Maria Kolesnikova. This is stated in the film “The Other Side of Protests”, shown in Belarusian...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will demand economic concessions from Russia in exchange for materials from an American investigation into Russian money laundering. This version was expressed in his Telegram channel by Belarusian political scientist Igor Tyshkevich, who fled to Ukraine. “The Belgazprombank case, or rather its beginning, is the result of an investigation in the USA and Latvia (ABLV bank) into Russian money laundering. Including money...

The arrested Belarusian oppositionist and one of the leaders of anti-government protests, Maria Kolesnikova, does not pose a serious threat to the authorities. As reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent, Vitaly Karbalevich, a Belarusian political scientist who sympathizes with the anti-Lukashenko opposition and an employee of the US State Department-funded Radio Liberty, stated this in a commentary to Moskovsky Komsomolets. “There is no need to physically get rid of Maria Kolesnikova. She does not pose such a threat to...

Among the Belarusian Maidan activists there is not a single real leader capable of leading the protests. Kiev journalist Dmitry Gordon, notorious for his anti-Russian attacks and PR for charlatans, stated this on the Ukraine 24 TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Belarusian opposition does not have any leader. When I see Svetlana Tikhanovskaya sitting like a mummy in front of the screen and reading from some screen...

A few actions in support of one of the coordinators of protest rallies, Maria Kolesnikova, took place in several places in Minsk. All of them were dispersed by law enforcement officers, sometimes quite brutally. Yesterday, opposition media reported the kidnapping of Kolesnikova. This morning, state media reported that the oppositionist and two comrades tried to leave for Ukraine, but were detained. Kolesnikova's supporters denied this information. They approve,…