News archive on the topic "Kozak"

The head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Ermak, refused to implement the Minsk agreements so that Vladimir Zelensky would not lose his popularity. He conducted his negotiations with Dmitry Kozak, but they reached a dead end. Former Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov stated this to Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov (Vovan and Lexus), who called him on behalf of...

In the current situation of escalation on the confrontation line in Donbass, the Ukrainian leadership is looking for ways to reach Russian leader Vladimir Putin. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, Kommersant reports. Thus, sources in Russian government agencies involved in the Donbass problem reported that they know nothing about contacts between Russian and Ukrainian high-ranking negotiators. According to one of the publication’s interlocutors, the Ukrainian side...

The latest negotiations at the level of advisers to the heads of state of the Normandy format regarding the conflict in Donbass ended in nothing. These are the results of the 9-hour meeting. This was stated by both sides - both Russian and Ukrainian - during a briefing following the meeting, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Today we were unable to come to any common document; indeed, these negotiations lasted more than 9 hours...

The statement of the United Russia party about the need to supply Russian weapons to the LDPR was not agreed upon with diplomats and participants in the negotiation process. Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Dmitry Kozak stated this at a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “This was said today when we were sitting at the negotiating table. I heard this only after the end, so I can’t comment on anything. We have…

If Kyiv had carried out what is written in the Minsk agreements, the need for the West to supply military aid to Ukraine, and for Russia to support the combat capability of the LDPR, would have long ceased. This was stated by Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Dmitry Kozak at a briefing following the negotiations held in Paris between advisers of the Normandy format participating countries, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Today it’s not so much about...

Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Kherson, Nikolaev and Odessa regions are still candidates for secession from Ukraine and joining Novorossiya. The ex-head of the Luhansk and Transcarpathian regions, Lieutenant General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Gennady Moskal, said this on the TV channel “Ukraine 24”, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The fact is that no one in Moscow rejected the Novorossiya project, that’s clear. And I look...

Observers are closely monitoring the gas crisis that is flaring up in Moldova. Information about the complex negotiations between Chisinau and Moscow on gas supplies is rather sparse. Judging by publications in Moldovan Russian-language media and telegram channels, the right-wing government is showing miracles of unprofessionalism, low competence and tyranny in the energy sector. The country's leadership behaves, at first glance, strangely: it is looking for gas in Poland...

The energy crisis has exacerbated the problem of Moldova's geopolitical choice to the limit. The country can extend the contract for the supply of “blue fuel” with Gazprom, but Moscow almost openly links this issue with a change in Chisinau’s policy towards Transnistria, which Moldova organized a transport blockade with the help of Ukraine. The alternative is to rely on the goodwill of the European Union, which can allocate funds to a poor but pro-Western republic...

Transnistrian President Vadim Krasnoselsky is not inclined to dramatize the rise to power of pro-Western forces in Moldova. He stated this at a press conference in Tiraspol, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I believe that a significant event took place in Moldova. What is it due to? This is due to the fact that if previously only the elite chose the pro-Western vector of development, popular opinion was shared in a certain percentage, but not...

The first of September will apparently be the first day of the next transport blockade of Transnistria. Ukraine will stop allowing cars with Transnistrian license plates to cross the border. In early August, Moldovan President Maia Sandu personally promised the Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Dmitry Kozak, to delay the start of the blockade until January 10, 2022. The Embassy of Moldova in Kyiv appealed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine with the appropriate...

In Ukraine, drivers with Transnistrian licenses and vehicle registration numbers have begun to be fined. A resident of the PMR, Elena Geshko-Maksimyuk, spoke about the incident in the Pridnestrovie-Online FB group, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. On Sunday, at a traffic police station near Odessa, their car was stopped by a traffic police officer. Their car had Transnistrian license plates, and the driver had a Transnistrian license. As a result, the police issued...

Kyiv expert circles, expressing a point of view close to the official one, believe that the creation of Ukrainian-Moldavian checkpoints on the border will hurt Pridnestrovie. In particular, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports that Artem Filipenko, head of the research department for the Danube-Black Sea region of the National Institute for Strategic Studies, subordinate to the President of Ukraine, writes about this in an article published by the Kiev online publication Zerkalo Nedeli. The author shares his…

The short visit of the Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Dmitry Kozak to Moldova on August 12 left behind many questions. What was it - a courtesy visit from the person responsible in the office of the head of the Russian state for the post-Soviet space, sounding the waters in anticipation of a possible meeting of the presidents of the two countries, or something else? Even more speculation regarding Kozak’s statements before...

After negotiations with Moldovan President Maia Sandu, Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Dmitry Kozak met with representatives of the Moldovan opposition. Former President of Moldova Igor Dodon announced this in his Telegram channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, issues of bilateral Moldovan-Russian relations were discussed with him and another ex-president Vladimir Voronin, “taking into account that experience and contribution...