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The elections that took place on November 11 in the Donbass republics are needed to ensure their return to Kyiv’s control on Russian terms. The magazine “Ukrainian Week” writes about this, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. “As you know, Moscow does not give up attempts to insert ORDiLO back into Ukraine on its own terms - as autonomy - and regularly insists on direct negotiations...
The elections held in the DPR and LPR do not matter for Kyiv, and Ukraine will return Donbass under its control when it becomes European. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin writes about this on his microblog on Twitter, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Kremlin has already congratulated its puppets on the fake elections. Well, what can I say, we came up with it ourselves, ourselves...
The elections that took place last Sunday in the Donbass republics are fundamentally different from a similar process in 2014. This opinion was expressed by journalist and political scientist Andrei Babitsky in a commentary to Izvestia. “Today, completely different tasks are on the agenda. Four years ago, Donetsk was in a state of fierce confrontation with Ukrainian troops. And an appropriate leader was needed, capable of solving military problems...
The Russian Federation must bear responsibility for the “terrible event” – the elections that took place today in the Donbass republics. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this on Channel 5 following events in Paris dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We certainly took advantage of this important international event to respond to yet another terrible...
Elections in Donbass are needed to legitimize power in the warring republics. 65% of the Ukrainian population does not support a forceful solution to the conflict in Donbass. Kyiv is creating a public opinion that “there is no one to talk to in Donbass.” On both sides of the front, escalation of the conflict is considered the most likely development of events. Donetsk sociologist Evgeniy Kopatko told PolitNavigator columnist Valentin Filippov about this.…
By noon, the turnout of citizens of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics at polling stations was more than 40 percent. The chairmen of the Central Election Commissions of the DPR and LPR announced this during press conferences, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Voter turnout at the elections in the Donetsk People’s Republic as of 12:00 was 40,3 percent,” noted DPR Central Election Commission Chairman Olga Pozdnyakova. “Voter turnout for...
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Alexander Turchynov threatened all organizers and participants of elections in the Donbass republics with “imminent” criminal liability. This was reported on the official website of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, “these criminal actions, condemned by all leading countries of the world, are a gross violation and complete discredit of the Minsk agreements, as well as an attempt by the Russian aggressor to strengthen its control...
After the elections in the LPR and DPR, the West must impose new sanctions on Russia. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said this during a speech at the international conference “Lessons of the hybrid decade: what you need to know to successfully move forward,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “No compromise on issues of Russian aggression, especially on issues of sanctions, until the territorial rights are fully restored...
During her visit to Kyiv, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that if elections are held in the Donbass republics, new sanctions may be imposed against the Russian Federation. Deputy Minister for “temporarily occupied territories” Yuriy Grymchak spoke about this on air on the 112 Ukraine TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The OSCE Mission is not ready to recognize Russia as an aggressor country...
The elections scheduled in the Donbass republics for November 11 will be held as announced, despite the protests of Kyiv and its Western partners. Alexey Chesnakov, head of the Center for Political Conjuncture, who is close to Russian Presidential Assistant Vladislav Surkov, stated this in an interview with Interfax, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. As we approach the date of elections in the DPR and LPR, the rhetoric of Western countries...
Ukraine neglected to implement the political part of the Minsk agreements, the response to which was the holding of elections in the Donbass republics. “Izvestia” writes about this in the material devoted to the upcoming elections in the DPR and LPR, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Minsk agreements envisage holding a vote on Ukrainian law and after constitutional reform in Kyiv. There is no mention of republics in the agreements, they only mention...
In Ukraine, they dream of bringing UN peacekeepers to the border with Russia in Donbass by any means, and not holding the elections provided for by the Minsk agreements for as long as possible. This was stated, in particular, by Verkhovna Rada deputy from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc Alexander Briginets, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the politician, Ukraine should not rush to hold elections in the region. “There are risks, of course...
The decision of the Ukrainian Central Election Commission to allow citizens of the LDPR to vote in territory controlled by Ukraine is an act of discrimination. Former People's Deputy of Ukraine Vladimir Oleynik stated this on the Rossiya-1 TV channel. “Maybe Lviv and Ternopil voters will come to Donbass to vote? No, everyone must vote where they live. Therefore, provide observers. During the presence of Soviet troops in Germany there...
The upcoming elections in the DPR and LPR are not a violation of the obligations assumed by the Donbass republics in Minsk. This opinion was expressed in a comment to Kommersant by the director of the Center for Political Conjuncture, Alexey Chesnakov, who is considered close to the Kremlin, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Elections in Donbass in the current conditions do not contradict the Minsk agreements. Quite the contrary, they preserve the conditions for effective implementation...
