Contents tagged with Zelensky
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Head of Crimea refuses to ask Ukrainian President to resume water supply to peninsula
The head of the annexed Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, said that the Crimean authorities will not ask the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, to resume the supply of water to the peninsula.
"Besides Zelensky, no one in Ukraine can make such a decision, everything else is a talk about nothing," said Aksyonov in an interview for Russian 24 TV channel.
He added that the Ukrainian President has an opportunity to "legally take a pen and sign a document" on the supply of water to Crimea. Morally, …
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Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and presidential advisor test positive for COVID-19
Ukrainian Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Oleksii Reznikov and an adviser to the President of Ukraine Ruslan Demchenko tested positive for COVID-19, reports Ukrainian news outlet Nove Vremya.
Yesterday, the Ukrainian officials were in talks with the French presidential foreign policy adviser, Emmanuel Bonne, in Paris. Both of them were diagnosed with coronavirus last night.
Meanwhile, Oleksii Reznikov himself noted in a commentary to Kyiv Vlada that he was …
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Zelensky has new strategy for ending the war in Donbas
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will not follow the tactics of Petro Poroshenko in resolving the conflict in the Donbas, stated on the air of the TV channel "Nash" the MP of the "Servant of the People" faction Maryna Bardina.
According to her, the Ukrainian authorities have a clear position on the Donbas and annexed Crimea.
"What is Zelensky doing now? He came to power and tried to follow the old ways, but the strategy, thought out by the fifth president Poroshenko, did not work for …
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Saakashvili: Georgians will face hunger if relations between Kyiv and Tbilisi deteriorate
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said that the Georgian people face famine if relations between Kyiv and Tbilisi deteriorate because of his appointment to the post of Head of the National Reform Council of Ukraine.
According to Saakashvili, Tbilisi needs Kyiv more than Kyiv needs Tbilisi. He also noted that most of what people buy in Georgian shops, "for example, cereals, buckwheat, meat products, sausage, milk, is imported from Ukraine."
"If Georgia disappears for Ukraine, it …
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President Zelensky expects results from Saakashvili in the coming month
President Volodymyr Zelensky expects from Mikheil Saakashvili, whom he appointed as the head of the National Reform Council, results in deregulation and improvement of customs.
"I expect the results of Saakashvili's work not on the second day after his appointment, but in the coming months they should be. The results are about deregulation in business and customs reform," said Zelensky at a briefing during a working trip to the Carpathian Mountains, as cited by Ukrinform.
According to …
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Saakashvili: Ukraine needs new revolution
The head of Ukraine's National Reform Council, Mikheil Saakashvili, who received the post just over a day ago, believes that the country needs to step up the process of attracting foreign investment.
"As businesses are leaving China, Ukraine can again become an industrial hub of Europe, it can really reach this level for the first time," the politician said on the talk show "Savik Shuster’s Freedom of Speech ."
In order for this to become a reality, according to Saakashvili, the country …
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Saakashvili to get position in Ukraine’s National Reforms Council
Mikheil Saakashvili, former president of Georgia and former head of the Odesa regional administration, confirmed his appointment to the National Reforms Council of Ukraine.
"The head of the executive committee, not the secretary," Saakashvili told Deutsche Welle .
Earlier, the media reported on his appointment to the post of secretary of the council.
Saakashvili's exact date of appointment has not yet been announced.
The National Reforms Council was created in 2014 by decree of the fifth …
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Ukrainian Media: Saakashvili is trying to convince MPs to approve his candidacy for deputy prime minister
Georgia's third president Mikheil Saakashvili expressed confidence that the majority of Ukrainian MPs will support his appointment as deputy prime minister. The politician places special hope on the "Servants of the People" faction, as it was President Volodymyr Zelensky who offered him this position. The ex-president explained the reluctance of the majority of representatives of the presidential political force to vote for him by the effect of surprise and "confusion" of deputies.
"I believe …
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Georgia threatens to recall its ambassador to Ukraine if Saakashvili is appointed deputy prime minister
Georgia will recall the ambassador from Ukraine if Mikheil Saakashvili is appointed to a position in the Ukrainian government, stated Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, as cited by Echo of the Caucasus.
"If such a decision is made, we will at least recall the ambassador from Kyiv for consultations," Gakharia told reporters.
According to him, from Ukraine’s side, as a strategic partner of Georgia, it is "categorically unacceptable" to appoint Saakashvili to a high position, as he is …
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Zelensky asks Saakashvili to lead Ukraine’s negotiations with IMF
Mikheil Saakashvili, the candidate for the post of Deputy Prime Minister for Reforms, said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to make him a negotiator with the International Monetary Fund.
He said this to journalists before the meeting with the "Servant of the People" faction.
"The president instructed me to engage in negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, international financial organizations," Saakashvili told journalists before the meeting with the "Servant of …