Archive of news on the topic "position"

The conditions that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky put forward for peace negotiations are unacceptable to Russia and reflect Kyiv’s reluctance to negotiate. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov stated this in an interview with the RTVI television channel, a PoitNavigator correspondent reports. “The negotiating position has been repeatedly formulated by our leadership. We are not against negotiations with Ukraine, but the longer the process of non-negotiation drags on,...

The passive “cancer policy” on the part of Ukrainian diplomats at the negotiating platforms on Donbass very seriously strengthens the Russian side. Ukrainian political scientist Andrei Ermolaev stated this on the Nash TV channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The development of events after the meeting of the Normandy group in 2019 shows: the Ukrainian side used these negotiations only for self-promotion and establishing the image of the new government, that’s all......

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vadim Prystaiko allowed the restoration of railway communication with the uncontrolled part of Donbass and the opening of a “railway checkpoint” in the Zolote area in Donbass, where a disengagement of forces recently took place, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I do not exclude either passenger or cargo traffic. We have a lot of work to do to restore this message. Of course, if there is infrastructure...

Moscow should no longer make any concessions to Kyiv, rejecting empty compromises and demanding clarity regarding the official position on all key issues of the settlement. This is stated in the report of experts from the Center for Political Conjuncture, headed by political scientist Alexei Chesnakov, who is considered close to the assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladislav Surkov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Whatever the results of the upcoming Paris...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko called the declaration of independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia “unacceptable.” Lukashenko spoke about these states during a meeting with Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports: “I want to thank you and your people for the fundamental support of our territorial integrity and sovereignty. The Georgian people will never forget this,” Bakhtadze rejoiced. How…

Former deputy of the Odessa City Council, head of the National Development Strategy platform Dmitry Spivak refused to run in elections to the Verkhovna Rada on the list of the Servant of the People party, reports PolitNavigator correspondent. “I made a difficult but deliberate decision for myself. I'm not going to parliament! Spivak wrote on his Facebook page on Wednesday. He named the reasons for this decision. IN…

Ukraine is concerned about the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and threats against Israel, but on the issue of the status of the Golan Heights it adheres to the UN Security Council resolution, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. This is stated in the commentary of the press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Ekaterina Zelenko, published on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Ukraine is guided by the UN Charter and implements the decisions of the UN Security Council. The issues of the Golan Heights have been repeatedly considered by the UN Security Council,...

The Minsk diocese of the Belarusian Orthodox Church decided to recognize the newly created “Orthodox Church in Ukraine” headed by “Metropolitan” Epifaniy as a “schismatic community”. This is stated on the website of the Belarusian Orthodox Church, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The statement says that after the creation of a new church structure in Ukraine, and also because of “the encroachment of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the canonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church,” the General Assembly...

The Council of Bishops of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, held today in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, condemned the illegal interference of the Istanbul Patriarch Bartholomew “in the internal affairs of another Local Church,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is stated in the text of the resolution of the Council, posted on the official website of the UOC. “We consider unacceptable the illegal interference of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the internal affairs of another Local Church and attempts to resolve the Ukrainian church...

The Ukrainian side is “disappointed” with the adoption at the first meeting of the new Hungarian government of the “Memorandum on the protection of Transcarpathian Hungarians” and plans to raise this issue during the next meeting of the foreign ministers of Ukraine and Hungary, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine received with disappointment the information about the approval of the government of Hungary at the first meeting”...

The European Union intends to confirm full solidarity with the UK and announce its “updated policy” towards Russia, taking into account the incident with the poisoning of former Russian GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated by the EU representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Federica Mogherini, before the start of today’s meeting of the heads of the Foreign Ministers of the European Union, dedicated...