Archive of news on the topic "Elections to the Verkhovna Rada"

It is no coincidence that the militants of the “National Corps” launched activity against Petro Poroshenko - the leader of the group, Andrei Biletsky, is trying to popularize his movement with an eye to the autumn elections to the Verkhovna Rada. Kiev political scientist Vladimir Fesenko said this on air on the PolitekA channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There is a version, quite simplified, that Avakov is behind all this. The fact that there are connections between...

Former representatives of Viktor Yanukovych’s team, engaged in internecine squabbles, cannot only lay claim to leading positions in the elections for the new President of Ukraine; it also seems that the hypothetical plan for an autumn march to the new Verkhovna Rada “in several columns” is also collapsing. This is evidenced by the results of a survey released today in Kyiv by the Ukrainian Institute of Social Research named after Alexander Yaremenko and the Center...

Russia will try to bring into the new Verkhovna Rada following the autumn elections the political forces it needs, those who agree to “peace at any cost” and can stop Ukraine’s European integration. Former head of the SBU Igor Smeshko stated this on air on the ICTV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There will be an attempt, a very serious one, on the part of the Kremlin’s political leadership to bring a critical mass of pro-Russians into parliament...

Moscow should not interfere with Petro Poroshenko’s victory in the presidential elections; the only way out of the current crisis is to let the Ukrainian authorities destroy their statehood themselves. Russian political scientist Vitaly Tretyakov stated this in the studio of the Russia 1 channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Even if the “pro-Russian” candidate wins the presidential elections, which is unrealistic, then the elections to the Verkhovna Rada will be...

A new round of conflict in Ukraine has every chance of playing out not so much in the upcoming presidential elections in the spring, but in the parliamentary elections in the fall of 2019. Ukrainian political scientist Viktor Nebozhenko stated this in the studio of the Ukrlife.TV channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Despite the fact that we have presidential elections in first place, and parliamentary elections in second place, this is not cause-and-effect...

Throughout the five post-Maidan years, the “hokhlosrach” has not subsided in the political RuNet. Endless reflections on the topic “Russia screwed up Ukraine and how to fix it” have already set the teeth on edge. And the names of the “culprits” - from ex-ambassadors Chernomyrdin and Zurabov to the Russian Foreign Ministry and the heads of various offices for working with compatriots, it seems, have already been learned by heart by everyone involved in heated Internet disputes. However...

The new year 2019 will not bring improvements in the military-political situation in Ukraine - on the contrary, there is a risk of the situation worsening. This opinion was expressed during a press conference by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE, Alexander Lukashevich, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent. “The year 2019 does not bode well, in my opinion and in the opinion of many experts. Most likely, 2019 will also be a year of serious missed...

In Ukraine, it is necessary to introduce mandatory passage of a commission of narrow medical specialists for candidates for president and parliament of the country. This would help protect against psychotics coming to power, ex-Prosecutor General of Ukraine Svyatoslav Piskun said on TV channel 112, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I know them all, I’ve been seeing them for 15 years, these people who are running for president. Very…

Petro Poroshenko has concentrated his power resources and has every chance of being re-elected for a second term. There are no real pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine. Former members of the Party of Regions will not be able to claim serious results. The story of including Akhmetov’s wing of the Opposition Bloc in the sanctions list was a mistake. Russia in 2019 should distance itself from participation in Ukrainian campaigns and focus on...

Russia’s goal is to get 2019 loyal deputies into the new Verkhovna Rada in the 150 elections, which will make it possible to disrupt voting for decisions beneficial to the Americans. Verkhovna Rada deputy, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko said this on air on the ZIK TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Of course, [Russian influence on the elections in Ukraine] is possible, it will be carried out through television channels...

Russia has postponed the resolution of the Ukrainian issue until the end of 2019. This is due to the elections in Ukraine and the formation of new government bodies, political scientist Ruslan Bortnik said on the Topinform Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, today the issue of Ukraine is far from first on the Russian agenda. “In Russia today, the domestic political agenda and the foreign policy agenda are dominant...

The Opposition Bloc, controlled by oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, has dropped out of the list of parties that are gaining more than 5% of the votes and are vying for entry into the Verkhovna Rada. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Today, Yulia Tymoshenko’s “Batkivshchyna” has the highest rating – 23,4%, followed by Vladimir Zelensky’s “Servant of the People” with 13%. On the…

The nationalist Svoboda party of Oleg Tyagnibok, which in years past was considered the party of Galicia, is enjoying increasing support in the central regions of Ukraine. Verkhovna Rada deputy Andrei Ilyenko stated this on air on the ZIK TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I see that today our main electoral base is moving to Central Ukraine. We have a lot of support there, I don’t...

Russia has “significant influence” in 60 of the 80 majority districts in the south and east of Ukraine (there are 200 districts in total in the country). This will allow pro-Russian forces to play an important role in the formation of the future Ukrainian parliament in 2019. The former Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and head of the secretariat of President Viktor Yushchenko, founder and…