Section: Politics
Hitler’s Germany vs Putin’s Russia: the comparison of two Nazi countries. VIDEO
The video draws parallels between the social life in Germany of 1930’s and Russia in 2010’s and shows the striking similarity between the Hitler’s Nazi Germany right before the Second World War and the present-day Putin’s Russia. See also: Hitler and Putin. The Rise of Evil. Infographic It compares the social life in Germany of 1930’s and Russia...
Russia will try to influence the European elections – the U.S. Vice President
The Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, predicted the Russian Federation to become the greatest threat to the international liberal order. He also added that Moscow would try to influence the course of elections in Europe, as it did in the United States during the 2016 presidential election. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in...
Security Service banned Mayor of Polish Przemysl from entering Ukraine
The Press Secretary of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Olena Hitlianska reports that Mayor of Poland’s Przemysl Robert Choma is persona non grata in Ukraine for the next 5 years. “He was declared persona non grata in 2016 for five years for activity undermining Ukraine’s national safety and in the interests of ensuring...
Ukrainian President and a lot of parliament members to ignore the Davos Ukrainian Lunch organized by pro-Russian oligarch Pinchuk
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and a number of other officials who take part in the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, will not join the Ukrainian Lunch organized by pro-Russian billionaire, media mogul and founder of Yalta European Strategy Victor Pinchuk after the publication of Pinchuk’s commentary on December 29,...
Yanukovych asked Russia to deploy troops in Ukraine in 2014 – UN official document
On January 17, 2017, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko wrote on his official Facebook page that he has received recognized by the United Nations (UN) official documents, a copy of a request of then-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych to Russia to deploy its soldiers in Ukraine. “The Chief Military...
In the Hague Tribunal Ukraine accuses Russia in terrorism and ethnic persecution
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s press service informs that on January 16, 2017, Ukrainian diplomats conveyed a lawsuit in the international court of justice (the Hague Tribunal) against Russia . The Russian Federation is accused of violating two conventions: the UN Convention on combating financing of terrorism and the Convention on the...
Russia plans to leave G8 group of industrialized democracies after suspension for the illegal Crimea annexation
The Russian Federation has announced its intention to permanently walk away from the G8 inter-governmental political forum of the world′s major highly industrialized economies which brings together the world’s richest countries to discuss global issues from economic growth to terrorism, according to The Independent. Russia was added to the...
UK sees the Budapest Memorandum as not legally binding document because Russia turned it into a worthless piece of paper – Ukrainian Ambassador in London
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Kingdom Natalia Galibarenko, spoke if London is going to implement the Budapest Memorandum in her interview with LB.ua Ukrainian Ambassador in London assured that during her contacts with British partners she informed them of the fact that the Ukrainian society was frustrated...
Big Japanese companies began economic activities in Ukraine – Japanese Ambassador
On January 11, 2017, Japanese Ambassador to Kyiv Shigeki Sumi held a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. A decree on celebrating the Year of Japan in Ukraine was signed and the President of Ukraine expressed his gratitude to Japan in support the independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, according to the presidential press...
All sides has to respect Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity – EU Council President Donald Tusk
European Council President Donald Tusk and Prime Minister of New Zealand Bill English held a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Leaders of the European Union and New Zealand have discussed a role New Zealand has played in the UN Security Council over the last two years, among others conflict in Syria and Ukraine, economic sanctions...