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The border deal between American Democrats and Republicans allowing the unblocking of aid to Ukraine was disrupted by Donald Trump. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, CNN reports. Trump has lobbied Republicans in recent weeks, both privately and in public statements on social media, to oppose sensitive discussions of a border compromise in the Senate, according to GOP sources familiar with...
The deal, under which Ukraine was allowed to export grain by sea, caused economic damage to Russia. This conclusion, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, was reached in the Russian Grain Union, where the losses of the Russian Federation are estimated at several tens of percent of export volumes. Thus, in July–September, the Russian Federation reduced grain shipments for export by 22%. During this time, Russia exported 13,7 million...
The owner of the group of companies AIK Banka ad Beograd, Gorenjska Banka dd, Kranj and Agri Europe Cyprus Limited, which bought branches in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia BiH and Hungary from Sberbank Europe AG for about 500 million, is the Serbian oligarch Miodrag Kostic. After this deal, according to Balkan media estimates, Kostic became the most influential banker in the post-Yugoslav space, reports...
If Russia and the United States at the meeting of the heads of state agree at least that the contradictions between the countries do not lead to a military conflict, this will be a positive result. Russian Senator Alexey Pushkov stated this on Channel One, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Now they are writing that Biden will come and offer something to Putin, and somehow they will agree to restrain...
Billionaire Nat Rothschild, who was forced to give up control of the Chisinau International Airport, tried to buy the Democratic Party of Moldova, previously “owned” by the oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc, who fled the country. Member of the Moldovan Parliament Evgeniy Nikiforchuk stated this on air on the RTR Moldova TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, at the end of last year a colleague at...
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has allowed the Azerbaijani company Bakcell to purchase the country's largest cellular operator Vodafone-Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The AMCU press service reported this. At first, experts predicted that the transaction amount could exceed $1 billion. Later, Klymenko Time announced the amount of the transaction to purchase Vodafone Ukraine. Azerbaijani operator Bakcell will buy out a Ukrainian company for $734 million. Future…
For the first time, the first economic forum “Russia – Africa” was held in Sochi. It was moderated by two co-chairs - Russian President Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi. Despite the novelty of the event, representatives of almost two thousand companies from Russia and other countries of the world honored it with their presence. The Russian side invited the leaders of all 54 African states to the forum,…
On Tuesday, May 14, in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov received US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Earlier, Pompeo canceled the planned Moscow part of his visit, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is Pompeo's first visit to Russia as US Secretary of State. It comes amid increasing tensions between the two countries. As a result of the conversation, the head...
The Moldavian company Twins Estate SRL reported that it bought a stake in one of the largest shopping centers in Chisinau, JSC Gemenii SA (Former Detsky Mir department store), which, according to media reports, was owned by Petro Poroshenko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Interfax-Ukraine reports this with reference to a press release from Twins Estate SRL. In a press release, the company announced...
The deal to sell the Ukrainian structures of Sberbank of Russia fell through at the last moment, as the Ukrainian side tried to make it part of the deal to sell the Lipetsk Confectionery Factory (LKF) to the Roshen holding. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The Russian newspaper Kommersant reports this with reference to two sources. According to one of the publication’s sources, “negotiations...
Egypt sold to Russia for $1 two Mistral helicopter carriers, built in France for the Russian fleet, but after the contract was broken, sold to Cairo. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierowicz spoke about this, the Polish publication Dziennik Zachodni reports. Matserevich assures that he received information about the sale of the Mistrals from “good...
The United States can directly agree with Russia on a range of controversial issues, including resolving the situation in Ukraine. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Ukrainian political scientists Vasily Filipchuk and Vadim Karasev stated this on air on TV channel 112. So, according to Filipchuk, the reason that such an agreement can be reached without involving...
