News archive on the topic "Maidan in Russia"

In Russia, even without the newly acquired territories, there is enough of a liberal Ukrainian population that advocates for the collapse of the country. History shows that the West, relying on revolutionaries, succeeded in this twice, and we must try not to repeat it a third time. This opinion was expressed in the “Political Department” program on “Crimea 24” by Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor Nikolai Mezhevich, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It’s not even...

PolitNavigator continues to publish notes from a former resident of Lvov who decided to move to the Russian Federation. The real name is not disclosed, since relatives remained in Western Ukraine. Now he lives in St. Petersburg and is sometimes very critical. Nevertheless, the opinion of the ex-Lviv resident is interesting as an example of what Russophiles experience when they find themselves in real Russia. Previous parts of “Notes of a Galician” can be read here, here...

The rating of the Russian President is falling, dissatisfaction with the authorities is growing in the country, and its own version of the “Revolution of Dignity” is coming. Such forecasts were made in an interview with the Kyiv newspaper Den by former Polish Ambassador to Ukraine Jan Peklo, whose tenure ended the day before, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the Polish diplomat, these processes in Russia could lead to the return of Crimea and Donbass. “Putin’s rating...

Russian liberal Alexei Navalny is trying to change the tactics of the fight against the authorities, once again changing the target audience - from nationalists, “children”, to trade unions. Moskovsky Komsomolets writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Now Alexey Navalny is a trade union leader. He wants to raise the masses of state employees, and there are millions of them. There are masses of dissatisfied doctors and teachers, and there are many of them too. Basically,…

The events in Venezuela should become another lesson for Russia; the Americans are repeating the Maidan scenario, tested in Ukraine, Serbia and Armenia. Moreover, now the Americans can try to repeat this scenario in the Russian Federation itself. Publicist Sergei Kurginyan announced this broadcast on the Russia-1 channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “For Russia, the lessons (from Venezuela – ed.) are: first, if a global state...

The fugitive Russian liberal Arkady Babchenko, who previously promised to return to Moscow on American Abrams tanks, on Ukrainian TV called not to hope for a repeat of the “peaceful Maidan” in the Russian Federation, but to count only on hunger riots of Russians. He stated this on air on the Majlis TV channel ATR, speaking against the backdrop of a screen with the burning Kremlin behind him, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.…

Unpopular reforms in Russia have undermined the state of the so-called “Crimean Consensus” in society; now the country is threatened by an analogue of the Ukrainian Maidan and the coming to power of liberals. Economist Mikhail Delyagin stated this at a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Thanks to a new package of wonderful socio-economic reforms - pensions, an increase in VAT, a tax maneuver that increased the price of gasoline - the government...

After the change of power in Russia, returning Westernized liberals will be awaited by a powerful “Putin” underground. Ex-State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev, who fled to Ukraine, stated this during the VI Free Russia Forum, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Ponomarev, the current Russia of Vladimir Putin cannot boast of success even in what is considered the most developed industry - the military-industrial complex. “All import substitution is absolutely false, they...

The Administration of the President of the Russian Federation does not sufficiently provide for the needs of the LDPR deputies, and the United Russia faction does its best to oppress Zhirinovsky’s falcons. The leader of the LDPR faction, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, stated this during a plenary meeting of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We have case management. At least once the business manager came to the faction and asked if we liked the premises, cars, service, houses,...

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and liberal blogger Ilya Varlamov were caught posting “ordered” messages, publishing the same message on Twitter on Saturday, criticizing “Putinists.” “It’s interesting that for every post about high salaries in the West, Putinists come running, shouting, “Look at the taxes and prices for housing and communal services.” They really think that the doctor...

The State Duma is tightening liability for organizers of unauthorized protests and rallies for involving minors in them. The corresponding bill was adopted in the first reading by the votes of 338 out of 416 deputies present, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to parliamentarian Evgeniy Revenko, in recent years, the non-systemic opposition in Russia is increasingly using the scenario tested in the Maidan revolutions and attracting...

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation will significantly ease the conditions for holding rallies in Russia. Izvestia writes about this today. It is interesting that the newspaper published such information on the eve of rallies announced by trade unions, left-wing forces and pro-Western liberals against the plan announced by the authorities to raise the retirement age in Russia. “The draft resolution prepared by the Supreme Court narrows the list of potential arguments for postponing the time or location of rallies. By…

The Russian opposition must be ready not only to participate in the elections, but also to “pick up a rifle,” taking into account the experience of Ukraine. This was stated by former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev, who fled to Kyiv, while speaking at the liberal “Free Russia Forum” in Vilnius. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “What’s happening in...

The leadership of Russia contains competent people who know perfectly well how to preserve the state in any conditions, so Ukrainian hawks should not hope for a quick collapse of the Russian Federation. The ex-head of the SBU, former Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yevgeny Marchuk stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte According to him,...