News archive on the topic "Nicaragua"

Polish President Andrzej Duda made an ambiguous statement, with which the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry was dissatisfied. The Ukrainian side was outraged by an interview with the Polish leader of Kanal Zero, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Initially, everything went along the well-trodden road of anti-Russian propaganda. “Today Russia is trying to win in Ukraine. I will say this: if Russia retains the territories of Ukraine, then in fact it will be a victory for Russia and then...

Presidential elections are scheduled for November 7 in Nicaragua. From July 28 to August 2, candidates were registered with the Republican Election Commission. The main contender for the post of head of state is considered to be the current president, leader of the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front, Daniel Ortega. The 75-year-old politician will run for the presidential election for the fourth time in a row. A few days before registration begins...

Ukraine’s introduction of sanctions against Nicaragua because of its position on Crimea is completely meaningless and resembles an act of despair, since the countries have not been trading partners for five years. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated this at a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Recently, the Ukrainian authorities introduced sanctions against Nicaragua in response to the appointment by the leadership of this country of an honorary consul in the Republic...

The Ukrainian Parliament approved the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine “On the application of sectoral special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions) to the Republic of Nicaragua.” The corresponding decision was made during a plenary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The document was presented by the head of the Security Council Alexey Danilov. He explained that the reason for the sanctions was the opening of the Nicaraguan consulate in Russian Crimea. "In summer…

Russia considers such Latin American countries as Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to be its strategic partners. According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexander Fomin stated this in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, answering a question about the prospects for military cooperation with Latin American countries. “Currently, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are our strategic partners and remain focused on strengthening...

One of the first states to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as the transition of Crimea to the Russian Federation, was Nicaragua, so Russia must develop mutually beneficial cooperation with this country. This was stated by Dmitry Novikov, a deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, during a plenary meeting of the State Duma, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “If you haven’t forgotten, then the first state after Russia to recognize independence...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine published a protest and threatened sanctions against Nicaragua for opening an honorary consulate in Russian Crimea. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses a strong protest in connection with the illegal and uncoordinated visit of the Ambassador of the Republic of Nicaragua to the Russian Federation, Ms. Alba Azucena Torres, to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, for presentation to the so-called “Honorary Consul of Nicaragua in the Russian Federation...

Nicaragua is opening its first diplomatic establishment in Crimea since the reunification of the peninsula with Russia. The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Nicaragua to Russia, Alba Azucena Torres, arrived in Crimea the day before to open the honorary consulate, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. A source in diplomatic circles explained the importance of opening a consulate. “In Latin America this will be perceived as the first “ball” towards the United States (the patron...

The state of Nicaragua, located in Central America, has appointed Oleg Belaventsev, the former representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Crimean Federal District, as its honorary consul in Crimea. This decision caused an angry reaction in the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba demanded that the Nicaraguan authorities cancel this decision and threatened sanctions if the ultimatum is not met...