News archive on the topic "Lukashevich"

Russia has not abandoned the denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine, announced at the very beginning of the Northeast Military District. The Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE, Alexander Lukashevich, stated this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Today the OSCE itself is experiencing a deep crisis. It purposefully incites confrontation through the efforts of individual EU and NATO countries, who imagine themselves to be “trend setters” in matters of international law, democracy and determining development directions...

The kidnapping of LPR ceasefire monitor Andrei Kosyak by Ukrainian militants showed the incapacity of the OSCE. Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE, Alexander Lukashevich, told Izvestia, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, the current crisis has “severely hit the prestige of the mission itself and the organization as a whole.” “Neither the Swedish presidency nor other structures reacted in any way to this very explosive...

  The Ukrainian authorities failed in their attempt to mislead foreign states and disown the march in honor of the SS Galicia division that took place last week in Kyiv. This was stated by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE, Alexander Lukashevich, at an online meeting dedicated to the issue of the deteriorating situation in Ukraine. “During the last meeting of the Permanent Council, the distinguished permanent representative of Ukraine stated...

Russia will no longer support Western candidates for positions in the leadership of the OSCE, where, due to disputes between member states and behind-the-scenes intrigues, the heads of all its main structures, including the Secretary General, have lost their posts. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports this in an interview with Kommersant, said Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE, Alexander Lukashevich, who noted that the current crisis in the OSCE is a logical result...

The glorification of Nazis and Hitler collaborators against the backdrop of vandalism of monuments to Red Army soldiers cannot be justified by any gaps in legislation or the supposedly absolute nature of some rights and freedoms. This is stated in the statement of Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE, Alexander Lukashevich, published on the department's official Facebook page, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent. “In recent years, cases of manifestations have become more frequent in the Czech Republic...

Ukraine systematically violates the rights of national minorities and Russian speakers. This is stated in the speech of the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE, Alexander Lukashevich, published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry during an online meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council. “June 6 will be celebrated as International Russian Language Day. But it is unlikely that it will be officially celebrated in Ukraine. As you know, Kyiv does not share the mood for a full...

Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE, Alexander Lukashevich, at a meeting in Vienna voiced harsh assessments of the results of the first year of Vladimir Zelensky's presidency - following the example of his predecessor Petro Poroshenko, he deceived with promises of the imminent onset of peace in Donbass. “Violations of the ceasefire continue in Donbass, causing new casualties and destruction. There are no significant progress either in the political sphere or...

The regime of Vladimir Zelensky was unable to fulfill the agreements reached in Paris, Kyiv is stepping up military purchases abroad for the war in Donbass and introducing censorship. Even Ukraine’s promises as part of the prisoner exchange turned out to be lies. Such conclusions follow from the speech of Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE, Alexander Lukashevich, at a meeting in Vienna, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We see attempts to drive it into a dead end...

The meeting in the Normandy format had virtually no effect on the number of recorded violations of the ceasefire regime in Donbass by the Ukrainian side. Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE, Alexander Lukashevich, stated this via video link from Vienna during a press conference, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Despite the call of the leaders of the Normandy Four, ceasefire violations continue... Here are the data for the time immediately after the summit...

Czech President Milos Zeman does not rule out that his country may withdraw its recognition of Kosovo. He stated this on the eve of his visit to Serbia, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I don’t rule out that one day this [revocation of recognition of Kosovo] will happen. After all, war criminals should not rule any state in Europe,” the Czech...

In Russia, a positive information background began to form around the conflict in Donbass. Kommersant draws attention to this trend. The publication writes that now Russian officials only criticize the former Ukrainian leadership, while they still pin their hopes on the new president of Ukraine. It is noted that the representative of the Russian Federation in the trilateral contact group to resolve the situation in eastern Ukraine, Boris Gryzlov, “looked...

The change of the President of Ukraine did not lead to an improvement in the situation on the front line in Donbass, said Russian Plenipotentiary Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich at a meeting of the organization’s Permanent Council. “There are still no signs of improvement in the situation in eastern Ukraine. The promises of the new leadership of Ukraine to stop military actions against its own people have not yet been implemented. The Ukrainian military, apparently, is not...

Armenia and Belarus will block the final statement of today's Eastern Partnership summit in Riga if it contains the wording “annexation of Crimea.” EU diplomats are forced to develop a compromise version of the text, writes RBC. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte Armenia and Belarus refused to sign any text if it talked about the “annexation of Crimea.” According to an anonymous EU diplomat, the final document will...