News archive on the topic "Lukyanov"

The US Senate has finally approved a bill to finance Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The corresponding decision was made by the votes of 70 senators, 29 were against it, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. It is noteworthy that some senators from the Republican Party voted in support of the bill. “The Senate passed a bill to help Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, now all political responsibility falls on the shoulders of Speaker of the House of Representatives Johnson.…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is trying to play the role of mediator in the Ukrainian conflict, pursuing his own political interests. This opinion, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, was expressed by member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Dmitry Belik, assessing the Turkish leader’s visit to Moscow. “In any case, Erdogan will pursue a policy consistent with Turkey’s national interests. He builds a strategy in such a way that Ankara benefits...

Russia is ready to consider returning to the full implementation of the New START Treaty, but only if Washington fulfills certain conditions. The correspondent of PolitNavigator reported this at the Russian Foreign Ministry. “Washington’s declared desire to preserve the START treaty could only be welcomed if it were backed by a real readiness to radically revise the highly hostile course of deliberately undermining our...

The head of the Japanese government, Kishida Fumio, went to Ukraine on a previously unannounced visit. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, NHK World-Japan reports. Japanese officials say Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is heading to Ukraine on Tuesday for a surprise visit. Government and ruling party officials say Kishida has already left India for Ukraine. The Prime Minister is expected...

The decision of Western countries to begin supplying heavy armored vehicles to Ukraine will lead to global militarization. This was reported by PolitNavigator correspondent, political scientist and international affairs director, scientific director of the Valdai International Discussion Club, Fyodor Lukyanov. “Now there are tanks; before that there were long-range fire systems. In February, at the Ramstein base they will be talking about airplanes. And let tanks not appear in practice...

Ukraine has actually become a testing ground for a number of armed systems that have not previously been used in this type of conflict. This is reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent in an article entitled “How Ukraine became a laboratory of Western weapons and military innovations,” published on the website of the American television channel CNN. It is noted that the war in Ukraine provided the United States and its allies with “a rare opportunity to explore...

The Russian Federation will face internal destabilization and inevitable turmoil. A Russian liberal sociologist and cousin of Boris Nemtsov, Igor Eidman, comes to this conclusion, reports PolitNavigator correspondent. “Russia is losing the war against Ukraine and the hybrid confrontation with the West. In this situation, a new Russian unrest becomes almost inevitable,” Eidman writes in his Telegram channel. In addition, he touched on the topic...

In recent years, Russia has restored the potential of its influence and intends to use it. The editor-in-chief of the magazine “Russia in Global Affairs”, chairman of the presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Fyodor Lukyanov, writes about this, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports in “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”. Analyzing the situation around Ukraine, he comes to the conclusion that the question of guarantees formulated for the West by Russia...

The US and NATO abandoned Moscow's main demands for security guarantees, but agreed to dialogue. This, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, is stated in the response from the American side and NATO, which was published by the Spanish newspaper El Pais. NATO said it was not going away from the open door policy and demanded that Russia withdraw its troops “from Ukraine, Georgia and the Republic...

Moscow had to switch to much tougher confrontational rhetoric in its conversation with the West, which previously simply brushed aside the Russian position. The editor-in-chief of the magazine “Russia in Global Affairs”, chairman of the presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Fyodor Lukyanov, writes about this in Kommersant, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Russia has consciously and purposefully raised the stakes. It’s clear why - otherwise...

Russian proposals to the US for mutual security guarantees have shown that Washington is not ready for a military confrontation with Moscow, despite requests from fearful allies. This opinion, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports, is expressed by the editor-in-chief of the magazine “Russia in Global Affairs”, chairman of the presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy Fyodor Lukyanov. “NATO has undergone an interesting transformation over several decades. In the years...

After the Russian-American consultations on security guarantees ended without results, the parties will move on to the most drastic and decisive actions. Fyodor Lukyanov, editor-in-chief of the magazine Russia in Global Affairs and chairman of the presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, told Kommersant, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He believes that “the diplomatic deadlock in this situation is not surprising.” “It’s not about technical details,...

The Russian-American consultations on security issues starting in Geneva have become a definite achievement of Russian diplomacy. Fyodor Lukyanov, scientific director of the Valdai Club and editor-in-chief of the magazine Russia in Global Affairs, told Izvestia, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The very fact of such negotiations, even if they are fruitless, can be considered a definite achievement of Russian diplomacy, since the Western side indirectly recognized the problems of the European...

The draft documents published by Moscow on security guarantees from the West are actually a set of proposals that will make life on the planet safer. The head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, Grigory Karasin, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The publication of the draft agreements in the field of strategic security is an invitation to dance. In fact, it is a set of sentences that lead...