Archive of news on the topic "Russian Presidential elections"

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe refused to hold a debate regarding the “poisoning” of Skripal and the Russian presidential elections in Crimea. Verkhovna Rada deputy from the BPP, head of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE, Vladimir Ariev, announced this on his Facebook page. “The PACE Bureau, with the voices of the left and socialists, refused to hold an urgent debate at the request of Great Britain, Ukraine and others for...

Even if the presidential elections in the Russian Federation had been held without Crimea, Vladimir Putin would still have won a landslide victory. This was stated in an interview with the Kyiv online publication “Apostrophe” by the President of the International Institute of Peace, ex-member of the European Parliament from the Social Democratic Party of Austria Hannes Svoboda, answering the question whether the holding of presidential elections in the Russian Federation in Crimea means the illegitimacy of the elections as a whole.…

The Ukrainian authorities, taking into account the position of the West, did not risk recognizing the presidential elections held in Russia as illegitimate. Political scientist Alexey Yakubin said this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The authorities, in general, secretly recognized the results of the elections in the Russian Federation, with the exception of Crimea, despite the rhetoric that we heard a week ago - that, well, we...

The Ukrainian parliament must vote for a resolution condemning the Russian presidential elections in Crimea. The head of the Radical Party, Oleg Lyashko, announced this today in the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Today is already Thursday, and the Ukrainian parliament has still not condemned the Russian presidential elections in occupied Crimea. We believe that this humiliates the Ukrainian state and parliament. Now…

On March 18, supporters of the Majlis, banned in Russia, tried to put pressure on voters and organize provocations in Crimea. The head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, told Izvestia about this. “The elections were held calmly and orderly. Law enforcement agencies reliably ensured the security of the election process. There were no gross violations and no complaints were received from voters. As you know, there were reports of mining, which turned out to be...

Having come to power, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin blocked the process of self-disintegration of the country and restored Russians' faith in the future. This opinion was expressed in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta by a French political scientist, author of the book “Monsieur Putin. A view from France” Frederic Pons. He said that he fully shares the point of view of the philosopher Alexander Zinoviev, who admitted that Putin’s arrival “saved Russia at that very critical...

On a warm, fine day on March 18, crowds of Crimeans came out to elect the president of Russia. Considering that the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol participated in such an event for the first time, the 2018 elections attracted attention all over the world. But more than others, they fussed and cackled in Ukraine. Knowing full well that in Crimea there will be a high turnout and an overwhelming...

In assessing the presidential elections in the Russian Federation last Sunday, senior Ukrainian officials outdid themselves in demonstrating inadequacy. They were especially outraged by the fact that the elections were held on the territory of Crimea, which, after a coup d'etat, seceded from Ukraine and, following a referendum, joined Russia, with something that people in Kyiv will not agree to. So, President Peter...

The result that Vladimir Putin received in the presidential elections in Crimea shows that the inhabitants of the peninsula are committed to Russia. Bundestag deputy Ulrich Eime, who visited Crimea as an observer at the elections held last Sunday, stated this in an interview with Izvestia, noting that such an invitation was a good opportunity for him to get acquainted with everything personally, and not from media reports. "I was pleasantly surprised…

The difference between Ukrainian and Russian mentality is that Russians, during a time of unprecedented pressure on their country, rallied around their leader. In Ukraine, in a similar situation, competitions begin among those who will be the first to plunge a knife into the back. Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexander Golub writes about this in his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Ardent Russophobia and unprecedented pressure...

Ukraine will recognize the presidential elections in Russia and elected leader Vladimir Putin in a month or two. Political scientist Ruslan Bortnik said this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the expert, the dancing of nationalists in front of Russian diplomatic institutions is a distraction from growing trade with the Russian Federation and the need to recognize the elected president. “What is happening today in Ukraine...

The West tried to disrupt voting in the presidential elections in Russia in all foreign polling stations, but the campaign failed everywhere except Ukraine. Russian political scientist Alexey Mukhin stated this today on the Vesti FM radio station. “The organization of such processes is carried out by more serious guys, usually associated with the special services. In Ukraine, everything worked out great for them, but there is no legal system there...

Western media will criticize those observers who did not come through the OSCE. The head of the International Observer Mission, Alexey Kochetkov, announced this today at a press conference in Moscow. “For some reason, there is an opinion in the West that only structures affiliated with the US State Department can observe. Our mission included people who have a certain weight in their countries: scientists, politicians, social activists...

During the presidential elections in the Russian Federation held yesterday, there were hacker attacks on the Central Election Commission. Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on International Affairs Alexey Chepa spoke about this at a press conference in Moscow, who confirmed the fact of a hacker attack on websites that displayed the progress of the elections on Sunday. “Indeed, there were attempts by hackers to attack the Central Election Commission. According to my information...