News archive on the topic "Timofeev"

If Russia does not achieve success in the Northeast Military District, this will affect its authority in the non-Western world, which respects the strong. The Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, Ivan Timofeev, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I agree with those of our colleagues who believe that Russia’s failure in Ukraine will negatively affect Russia’s position in the non-Western world...

Military conflicts of such a level as in Ukraine are not won on defense. The Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, Ivan Timofeev, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Russian army was able to repel the offensive, which was so widely advertised in the West and from which a quick victory was expected. This is a serious result that strengthens the position of Russian diplomacy. To impose your peace formula on Russia...

The European Union has fewer and fewer opportunities for anti-Russian sanctions maneuvers. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, said a member of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Russia, Croatian politician Ivan Vilibor Sincic. “There is almost nothing left that could still be sanctioned, this was recently confirmed by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel. That's why it took so long...

For now, Ukrainians should not rejoice at the decline in inflation predicted by the country’s National Bank. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, as stated by the head of the analytical department of the Eastern Gate Investment Company, Alexander Timofeev. He noted that inflation indicators are largely influenced by the decrease in purchasing power and desire to spend among the Ukrainian population. “Therefore, one should hardly rejoice at their projected decline. Especially on…

Today the European Parliament plans to consider a resolution declaring Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism.” Despite the fact that the European Parliament resolutions are advisory in nature, this will worsen relations between Moscow and Brussels, says Ivan Timofeev, program director of the Russian International Affairs Council. “That is, this is a kind of political declaration, although not harmless. This is the expressed political position of one of the key EU bodies.…

The aggravation of the situation around Kosovo and the ban on Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s private trip (to honor the memory of his grandfather) to the former Nazi concentration camp Jasenovac in Croatia fit into the general trend of escalating the situation in the Balkans. Alexei Timofeev, a researcher at the Russian Scientific Institute in Belgrade, stated this on the radio station “Moscow Speaks,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "This summer we...

Russia is preparing two responses to the actions of Lithuania, which blocked the supply of a number of goods to the Kaliningrad region. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, as stated by the program director of the Russian International Affairs Council and the Valdai Club, Ivan Timofeev. “Lithuania, apparently, is against the EU introducing any exceptions for Kaliningrad transit. Vilnius already has a reputation in Moscow as the main anti-Russian...

The European Union does not intend to compromise with Russia until it stops its special operation in Ukraine. This, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports, is stated in the response of the European Commission received by Izvestia. The publication asked whether Brussels considers it possible to conduct a direct dialogue with Moscow on the conflict in Ukraine and how the EU evaluates the statement of the senior assistant to the Prime Minister of Hungary, Balázs Orbán, who called for abandoning...

The scenario of transferring Russian assets frozen by the EU to the Kyiv regime is quite realistic after the development of an appropriate confiscation mechanism. The program director of the Valdai Club, Ivan Timofeev, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The likelihood of creating a common mechanism for the seizure of assets in the EU is high. This would allow the assets of sanctioned individuals, and possibly state assets, including Russian reserves, to be confiscated and transferred to Kyiv. IN…

French President Emmanuel Macron tried his best to maintain a dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but there is no confidence in Marie Le Pen’s actions. This was stated by experts during a round table in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Marie Le Pen and her latest statements have caused a stir in the French press. From the point of view of the French establishment, this can be called...

The Khoroshevsky Court of Moscow received a case on charges against Igor Sosnovsky, who at one time held the position of adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Nikolai Azarov. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, Kommersant reports. Sosnovsky is charged with attempted fraud in the amount of five million dollars. It is noted that for this amount he promised to achieve the termination of the criminal prosecution of the former general director of Railtransholding Sergei Shpak, who had taken refuge behind...

In Russia, former Minister of Revenue of the DPR Alexander Timofeev (call sign “Tashkent”), one of the closest associates of the deceased leader of the republic Alexander Zakharchenko, has been arrested. As the Kommersant newspaper reported, it turns out that “Tashkent” has been behind bars for a long time - he is a defendant in the same case in which Igor Sosnovsky, a former adviser to the head of the Ukrainian government Nikolai Azarov, was arrested back in the spring. Timofeev and Sosnovsky,...

Despite the high chances of the European Parliament adopting a recommendatory resolution providing for the disconnection of Russia from SWIFT, Brussels will not risk such measures. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, as stated by the program director of the Russian International Affairs Council and the Valdai Club, Ivan Timofeev. “Russia’s disconnection from SWIFT will lead to very serious movements in financial markets. The initiators do not have any political goals...

The US administration is mistaken - the new anti-Russian sanctions, signed by President Joe Biden, will not change Moscow’s foreign policy. A senior researcher at the American research corporation RAND, Samuel Charap, told Kommersant, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Administration believes that Russia has crossed red lines and caused serious harm to US interests. Apparently, in Washington they came to a consensus...