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Vladimir Putin deliberately did not mention Ukraine and Donbass even once during his address to the Federal Assembly yesterday. Kiev political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky told PolitNavigator about this. “An election campaign is currently underway in Ukraine, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has already spoken out in the sense that he does not want his name or his position to be used in the process...
The presidential elections in Ukraine are likely to further cement the agenda of the nationalist regime, because a candidate who defends the rights of Russians in Ukraine, an alliance with Russia and federalization does not claim victory. Kiev political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky stated this on TV Center, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It’s very bad if Poroshenko and Tymoshenko meet in the second round. Not because…
The incident surrounding a police officer shouting “Get down, Bandera!” during the harsh detention of C14 militants for attempting to storm the regional police station in Kyiv - evidence that ordinary Ukrainian law enforcement officers hate the nationalist ideology of the current ruling regime. Kiev political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky told PolitNavigator about this. “The fact that ordinary law enforcement officers have their own attitude towards these guys is a positive signal. Society, by...
Without US support, a large-scale Maidan in Ukraine cannot be assembled, and the Americans do not need destabilization in Kyiv with unpredictable consequences now. Most likely, the presidential elections will be accompanied by local clashes between teams of candidates and mutual accusations of fraud. Ukrainian political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky stated this during a live broadcast from Kyiv on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.…
Ukraine will face chaos, collapse and horror if it does not return to the multi-vector policy and does not start “sucking from two mothers,” as was the case under Kuchma. Kiev political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky stated this in an interview with the Vesti newspaper, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, Ukraine will lose if it develops relations only with the West or only with Russia. "Naturally,…
Ukrainian society is so divided that the victory of a candidate who would promise to take into account the interests of the Russian South-East and the anti-Russian West of Ukraine is impossible in the upcoming elections. Political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Is it possible to hear a presidential candidate who will take into account the interests of the West and the East in his program? I would like to hear this, but......
Since the Ukrainian state is the creator of a new schismatic church structure, it will support its aggression against the canonical Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. Political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky stated this on the Latvian Radio Baltcom, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I do not exclude aggression against believers and the priesthood of the Moscow Patriarchate, who do not want to move to the new church. When will the claims of the new church begin...
The latest Russian sanctions against a number of Ukrainian politicians and businessmen are addressed primarily to oligarch Rinat Akhmetov. Political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky stated this on the Internet channel “Topinform”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. “A very simple logic is that: “Guys, the games are over, sitting on two chairs with one butt will no longer work.” Political games are when they say...
The entry into the second round of a presidential candidate who will be supported by the South-East of Ukraine will then make it possible to change the situation in parliament. Political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky stated this on the Internet channel “Topinform”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. “Imagine the situation: a representative from the South-East actually makes it to the second round. According to recent studies, Boyko has second place. This is a reason for consolidation, for the South-East to realize that...
To avoid economic collapse, Ukraine urgently needs to change the policies that the country has followed for the last four years. Ukrainian political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky stated this on the Internet channel “Topinform”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. “Poroshenko is more comfortable with the United States than any of the other candidates. They know his worth very well, they know that they can force him to make decisions that they...
Russia's expanded sanctions list against Ukraine, released yesterday, threatens billions in losses for the former Soviet republic and the loss of jobs for tens of thousands of Ukrainian citizens. This forecast was shared by Kyiv political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky. He noted that the Ukrainian economist Alexander Okhrimenko, who often appears on Russian TV, has already hastened to declare that the sanctions will not cause serious damage to Kyiv. However…
The inclusion of many members of the “Opposition Bloc” in Russia’s expanded sanctions list, announced yesterday, is indeed due to the fact that they deliberately followed the lead of the oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, who collaborates with Petro Poroshenko, and refused to support the project of a single candidate from the South-East. Kiev political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky writes about this on his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I also don’t like it when...
Residents of Ukraine do not want to admit their guilt for supporting Maidan and allowing nationalists to come to power, who brought the country to disaster. Mikhail Pogrebinsky, director of the Kyiv Center for Political Research and Conflictology, stated this during a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The fracture hasn’t happened yet. People assess their situation as very difficult, but...
Russia was forced to react harshly to the Ukrainian provocation near the Kerch Strait - this allows us to hope that the words of the Secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine Alexander Turchinov about the possibility of a new campaign of the Ukrainian Navy to the Sea of Azov from Odessa will turn out to be a bluff. Kiev political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky stated this during a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is how the expert who came from Ukraine reacted...
