News archive on the topic "Political repressions in Ukraine"

A Ukrainian court convicted an adviser to the mayor of one of the local councils of the Khmelnitsky region for so-called “collaborationism.” This was reported by the press service of the Khmelnitsky Regional Prosecutor's Office. “In April of this year, during a discussion within the walls of the executive committee of events taking place in the country, a man publicly denied the fact of armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. By the verdict of the Starokonstantinovsky District Court he was convicted...

In Dnepropetrovsk, a local resident displayed a flag with prohibited communist symbols in a supermarket. The police informed him of suspicion “for propaganda of the communist regime.” This was reported by the National Police Department in the Dnipropetrovsk region. “On July 5, at about 13:40 p.m., local residents reported to the police about a man who was walking around with a red flag and shouting slogans in a shopping establishment in the Cathedral district of the city.”...

Higher authorities require Ukrainian law enforcement officers to report on the capture of “spies and saboteurs.” Former political prisoner Spartak Golovachev, who had to spend more than two years in a Kharkov prison, stated this on air on the Klymenko Time channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, there are dozens of political prisoners in Kharkov prisons, as arrests do not stop. “Not so often and...

The Ukrainian government is successfully testing the methods of Stalinist repression on citizens, creating the image of an enemy and, under this pretext, dealing with those they dislike. Political scientist Andrei Ermolaev stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the expert, Ukrainians are ready to accept this state of affairs as long as it does not affect them personally. “In the 30s, when Stalin’s repressions began...

If Ukraine implements the Minsk agreements, releases political prisoners, establishes equality between the Russian and Ukrainian languages, and carries out denazification, then Russia will help Kyiv cope with the economic crisis. Subscribe to the “PolitNavigator” news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Political scientist Sergei Markov said this on air of the “Right to Voice” program on the TVC channel, proposing a six-point plan to help Ukraine. “The first one is “Minsk...

The main reason for the existence of the Poroshenko regime was political repression, the purpose of which was to instill fear in the population, writes Alexey Samoilov, a former prisoner of the SBU and ex-vice-rector of the International Slavic University in Kharkov, in Izvestia. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “By launching the mechanism of mass repression and intimidation, the Kiev regime pursued quite understandable goals: to suppress the will of the people of Ukraine protesting against Russophobic policies, against...

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International sent a letter to the Chief Military Prosecutor of Ukraine Anatoly Matios, calling on him to “conduct an investigation into the situation with the possible use of facilities of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) as unofficial places of detention,” reports Kommersant, which has received it even before the official publication turned out to be the text of the document. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte A letter written by…

Kiev journalist Miroslava Berdnik was arrested in Zaporozhye, reports “Russian Spring” Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte Sources of “Russian Spring” in the law enforcement agencies of Zaporozhye confidently confirm information about the arrest of the famous Kiev anti-fascist, publicist and writer by the Security Service of Ukraine Miroslavy Berdnik. The arrest took place around 8:30 a.m. Kyiv time. Her latest book, “Pawns in Someone Else’s Game,” was listed a month ago...

Ukrainian special services continue to persecute politicians and public figures disliked by the authorities. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kiev" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This was reported by Komsomol activist and head of the Russian community of Volyn Alexander Kononovich during a protest picket at the EU representative office in Ukraine, who shared details of the search of his apartment by SBU officers on the eve of the protest near the US Embassy in Kyiv .…

Brussels must stop ignoring the facts of persecution of journalists, their arrests and murders under the regime of Petro Poroshenko and Arseniy Yatsenyuk. This was stated today by the participants of the picket at the EU representative office in Kyiv. They unfurled posters in Russian and English, calling on European officials who care about democracy and freedom of speech to pay attention to the still unpunished murderers of Oles...

The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine completed a pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings on suspicion of ex-people's deputies from the Party of Regions Alexander Efremov and Alexander Stoyan and ex-people's deputy from the Communist Party of Ukraine Sergei Gordienko of falsifying the voting results under the so-called “dictatorial” laws on January 16 and transferred the indictment to the Pechersk district Kyiv court. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki...

The former editor-in-chief and director of the until recently only national opposition newspaper Vesti, Igor Guzhva, has been put on the wanted list on suspicion of allegedly deliberate tax evasion in the amount of about 18 million hryvnia. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Popular blogger and media expert Anatoly reported this on his social network page...

The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine exceeded its powers by prohibiting the Communist Party from participating in the elections. Subscribe to the PolitNavigator-Crimea news on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte This opinion was expressed by the head of the Ukrainian Politics Foundation, Kost Bondarenko, in a comment to the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper. “The minister exceeded his powers, since only the court is authorized to make such decisions,” says the Ukrainian expert. – Here the Verkhovna Rada actually performed this function. Being...

In Ukraine, they are starting to put Finnish human rights activists and journalists on hit lists. This was reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta, which said that the personal data of two Finnish citizens – human rights activist Johan Beckman and journalist Janus Putkonen – appeared on the notorious Ukrainian website “Peacemaker”. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte The publication reminds that after similar information appeared on this resource...