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An equal dialogue is being established between Moscow and Washington, despite all the difficulties. This opinion, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, is expressed by the head of the StrategPRO analytical center, Alexander Vedrusov. According to him, Moscow’s proposals to ensure security on the continent are well-forgotten, or rather, simply ignored by the West, old Russian considerations on relevant issues. “Since the 1990s, the Kremlin has made it clear that...

At this stage, Russian foreign policy would benefit from getting rid of illusions about fraternal Ukraine. The head of the StrategPRO analytical center, Alexander Vedrusov, writes about this in Izvestia, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He believes that in the foreseeable future Russia will have to build a policy in the Ukrainian direction “in the mode of elementary damage minimization.” “Moreover, in view of the growing degradation of Kyiv politics and the actual...

For many years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia effectively subsidized Ukraine. The head of the StrategPRO analytical center, Alexander Vedrusov, writes about this in Izvestia, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “More than two decades after the collapse of the common state, Russia continued to massively subsidize the Ukrainian economy. In 1991–2013, due to low gas prices alone, Kyiv saved up to $82 billion. A...

If Russia is seeking from Kyiv strict implementation of the agreements signed in Minsk, then the United States is only repeating mantras about the sovereignty of Ukraine. The head of the StrategPRO analytical center, Alexander Vedrusov, writes about this in Izvestia, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, Ukraine has become for Russia and the United States “a stumbling block that has not been able to get off the ground for many years.” "Moscow…

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky ingloriously capitulated to the “war party” and Western curators across the entire political front. Alexander Vedrusov, head of the StrategPRO analytical center, writes about this in Izvestia. According to him, Zelensky, having actually abandoned the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Donbass, “doomed himself to the shameful position of an accomplice in the crimes of the “war party.” However, Zelensky’s inglorious capitulation to the “war party”...

The share of oil and gas revenues in the total budget revenues of the Russian Federation continues to decline. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports this in Izvestia, writes the head of the StrategPRO analytical center, Alexander Vedrusov. According to him, the Crimean events of 2014 taught Russia to be a truly strong and independent state, which was able to “squeeze” some benefit even from unfriendly and generally unfavorable sanctions pressure. "For example,…

This year, Ukraine needs to pay off a colossal amount of foreign debt, which amounts to about a third of the state budget. Alexander Vedrusov, head of the StrategPRO analytical center, writes about this in Izvestia. “This year alone, Ukraine must pay off $17 billion in government debt. This is approximately a third of the country's GDP. If, against the backdrop of global financial and economic turbulence, foreign speculators dump risky Ukrainian...

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky agreed to the Polish interpretation of history, which promises big troubles for Ukraine in the future. Alexander Vedrusov, head of the StrategPRO analytical center, writes about this in Izvestia. According to him, Zelensky is trying so hard to please the “senior partners” that his statements often come into direct conflict with the obvious national interests of Ukraine. As an example of this type of statement...

No matter how the presidential elections in Ukraine, scheduled for March 31, end, the country will not receive sovereign power. Alexander Vedrusov, head of the StrategPRO analytical center, comes to this conclusion in Izvestia. “After the elections, it will be discovered that the main post in the country is again occupied by either the former oligarch president or a new protege of a global or home-grown oligarchy. In any case, it will not be a sovereign...