News archive on the topic "Russians"

The war in Ukraine as part of the global confrontation with the West by Russia is being waged not out of fear of NATO or denial of Western democracy, but because of the “imperial consciousness of Russians as a whole.” The former economic adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, and now an ardent critic of the Kremlin, Andrei Illarionov, who fled to Washington, stated this on the Internet channel “Ukrlife”, reports the correspondent of “PolitNavigator”. “Our Western colleagues…

The foreign ministers of the EU member states will support the idea of ​​canceling the simplified procedure for issuing Schengen visas to Russian citizens. The British newspaper Financial Times writes about this. Russians traveling to the EU will have to pay higher visa fees and wait longer for a tourist visa. The agreement on simplified issuance of visas between Russia and the European Union has been in force since 2007. Termination of the agreement will mean that...

Portugal opposed the ban on the entry of Russian tourists into the European Union. This was stated to the local newspaper Eco by the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Portuguese Foreign Ministry emphasized that the goal of sanctions against Moscow should be “to punish the Russian military machine, not the Russian people.” However, Portugal will participate in discussions on this issue between...

Currently, Germany has already accepted more than 850 thousand Ukrainian refugees. This was reported by DW with reference to German Interior Minister Nancy Feser. According to her, most of the Ukrainian refugees in the country are women and children. Amid criticism that Germany is better at accepting refugees from Europe than those who fled the war on...

The main part of the changes to the Constitution of the Russian Federation is a block of issues relating to the powers of the president and limiting the possibility of redistributing the borders of the Russian Federation. But the main thing is that after these changes are adopted, the foreign policy of the Russian Federation will not change. Vladimir Volya, an international affairs expert at Ukrainian Policy Analysis and Management, stated this in a comment to a PolitNavigator correspondent. “By and large, the main thing in changes to the Constitution of the Russian Federation is...

While citizens of the sanctioned Russian Federation can freely and without any problems visit EU countries, Ukrainians, despite visa-free travel, are forced to collect a huge number of documents and go through hours-long reservations at the borders to visit European countries. Russian journalist Anton Krasovsky stated this on the YouTube channel “Vlast vs Vlashchenko,” the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "Ukrainians...

Ukraine has a miserable economy and pathetic politics, because the Ukrainian state behaves too rationally. The odious Ukrainian nationalist, ex-ATO militant Dmitry Korchinsky spoke about this on Channel 4, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Muscovites do not have a normal economy, although they have oil. But everything is bad for them, including their oil is of poor quality. But…

Today, the Russian Federation is a strong and powerful enough state to protect the rights of its citizens and compatriots anywhere in the world. This was stated by the head of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs, Leonid Slutsky, during a round table in Moscow on the topic: “How to strengthen the legal protection of Russians and compatriots abroad,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It’s strange today...

Border guards of the Kharkov detachment detained two Russians with guns who illegally crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border to hunt in Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by the press service of the State Border Service. “While patrolling an area near the village of Udy, in the Zolochevsky district of the Kharkov region, a border patrol noticed two unknown persons near the border. Border guards immediately detained the men. It turned out that two Russians...

In September 2019, for the first time in years of monitoring, the number of those who have a good attitude towards Ukraine in Russia is greater than in Ukraine towards Russia - 56%, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. This is evidenced by data from a survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) together with the Russian non-governmental research organization Levada Center. Over the entire observation period (from 2008 to 2019), Ukrainians...

The Russian holding Novaport remains interested in the Chisinau airport and is waiting for the Moldovan government to announce a competition. Co-owner of the holding Roman Trotsenko told reporters about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Yes, we are interested if they formulate some kind of decision for themselves: they support the old concession, they put forward a new concession... Let them decide for themselves. We will already be integrating into...

Various types of torture were used on captured Russians - from psychological pressure to racking. Igor Kimakovsky, who spent four and a half years in Ukrainian captivity, stated this on Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Torture in Ukraine was mainly carried out by counterintelligence. Immediately there is serious psychological pressure. They try to break. Moreover, they break in different ways, and we...

At least 12 citizens of the Russian Federation convicted in Ukraine have been pardoned, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated to the Russian media by Kiev lawyer Valentin Rybin, who defends the interests of Anti-Maidan and Russian Spring activists in the courts. “Decrees have been issued pardoning about 12 convicted Russians who have already been delivered from places of serving their sentences and are at a collection point for persons who participate...

The decree of President Vladimir Zelensky on the simplified issuance of Ukrainian passports to citizens of the Russian Federation could become a serious problem for Kyiv, because crowds of “Kremlinbots” will allegedly rush into the country. This was stated during a press conference in Kyiv by the commander of the air assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, candidate for deputy from the European Solidarity party, Lieutenant General Mikhail Zabrodsky, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We fully support the legislative initiative...