Archive of news on the topic "Accession"

Today there is less fog around the future institutional design of the four new constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Slowly and waddledly, the State Duma finally ratified the agreements on their entry into Russia signed on Friday by Putin and the heads of the new subjects. Now Russia has 89 constituent entities. Although, given the specifics and urgency of the moment, the Duma members could have been more prompt and...

The Federation Council of the Russian Federation ratified the Agreement on a free trade zone between the EAEU and the Republic of Serbia. The document was presented by the first deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, Vladimir Dzhabarov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He recalled that this agreement was signed in Moscow on October 25 last year with the aim of forming the appropriate WTO norms and basic rules of trade between the EAEU member states and...

It is extremely unprofitable for Europe to turn Belarus into a second Ukraine, so protests in this country will not find serious foreign support, and within four months it will become part of Russia. The leader of the LDPR, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, stated this on the radio “Echo of Moscow”, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The European Union is merging the Belarusian opposition. Because I thought that if Belarus turns...

In the current situation in Donbass, recognition and inclusion of the LDPR into the Russian Federation is the only acceptable option for the Kremlin. The president of the Institute of National Strategy, political scientist Mikhail Remizov said this in an interview with Literaturnaya Gazeta, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The expert noted that, one way or another, in the future Donetsk and Lugansk should become Russian. “The dead end in which it turned out...

Moscow - Simferopol, February 20 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - Nationalization, isolation, rising prices, censorship and fear - these are the results of the transition of Crimea to Russia. This is the conclusion drawn in an editorial by the Moscow liberal newspaper Vedomosti. The newspaper laments the transfer of assets of Kolomoisky and Akhmetov to the state, recalls the decline in cargo and passenger traffic, and the fact that income growth has been eaten up by...

Moscow - Simferopol, May 16 (Navigator, Mikhail Stamm) - About a week ago, the Ministry of Culture received an application from the Avatar Film company to create a full-length feature film about the Crimean events, with the working title “Home,” RBC reports. Subscribe to the news “Navigator - Crimea” on Facebook or Vkontakte The creators of the series “Brigada” have already contacted the Ministry of Culture and now intend to submit an application to the Cinema Fund for...

Moscow, May 14 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the possibility of joining the East of Ukraine to the Russian Federation is a hypothetical issue. Subscribe to the Navigator - Kyiv news on Facebook or Vkontakte “We should start not with the hypothetical question of who can join whom, but with how people will feel in this country,” said...

Donetsk - Kyiv, May 14 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) - Rinat Akhmetov said that he wants happiness for the residents of the Donetsk region and believes that “Donbass can only be happy in a united Ukraine.” Subscribe to the Navigator - Kyiv news on Facebook or Vkontakte This is stated in Akhmetov’s statement published on the website of the SCM group of companies. “Today the situation in Donbass is very difficult. In Donbass...

Donetsk, May 11 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – A referendum on the self-determination of the region started in Donbass on Sunday morning. Subscribe to the Navigator - Kyiv news on Facebook or Vkontakte The question included in the bulletin is: “Do you support the act of independence of the state Donetsk Republic?” “The question means one thing – the right to self-determination,” said Roman, Chairman of the DPR Central Election Commission, during a press conference...

Simferopol, April 02 (Navigator, Evgeny Andreev) – Eurocontrol, which provides air navigation in EU countries, has banned airlines from flying to Crimean airports, and also banned transit flights through the air zone of the peninsula, since it is not controlled by Ukrainian air traffic controllers. Subscribe to the news “Navigator - Crimea” on Facebook or Vkontakte. Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes about this with reference to a statement by the European air navigation service. "All navigation...