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Savchenko was questioned by the Security Service of Ukraine after her meeting with separatist leaders
Nadiya Savchenko, a Verkhovna Rada deputy, gave a testimony to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) after her meeting with the leaders of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.
This was stated by the head of the SBU, Vasyl Hrytsak, on channel 112.
"The Security Service invited Nadiya, and she gave a testimony in the framework of criminal proceedings," he said.
At the same time, Hrytsak was critical of the fact that an MP negotiated with the separatists.
"I cannot forbid a …
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Tzipi Livni: Netanyahu’s pro-Kremlin politics harm Israel
Knesset deputy and former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Naetanyahu's policies towards Russia, saying they are harmful for the Israeli state.
"Why was it necessary to cancel the visit of the Prime Minister of Ukraine to Israel and how will this help our country? Netanyahu has a close relationship with Russia and he appealed to President Putin to veto an anti-Israel resolution but he received Putin’s refusal," the press release stated, which …
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Nadiya Savchenko to create her own political party
The independent MP, Nadiya Savchenko, who left the Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party, has announced the creation of her own political party. The new party is RUNA, which stands for Movement, Reforms and Revolution of Ukrainian people. Savchenko will present her party to Ukrainians at the conference entitled “The concept of systemic changes of Ukraine as a unitary decentralized Republic” on 26th of December.
Nadiya Savchenko left her old party due to scandal that started after her meeting with …
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Russian intellectuals call for pardon of Oleh Sentsov
Following a group of members of the Russian International PEN Center, the Russian No-War Congress of the Intelligentsia appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to pardon the Ukrainian film director, Oleh Sentsov, who is currently imprisoned in Russia. An open letter from this organization was posted yesterday on the website nowarcongress.com.
The appeal of the No-War Congress of the Intelligentsia was signed, among others, by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Svetlana Alexievich, Grigory Pasko, Victor …
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Media: Netanyahu cancelled Ukrainian PM's visit to Israel because of Kyiv's support for 'anti-Israeli resolution'
On Saturday night, December 24, a political columnist of the newspaper Haaretz Barak Ravid reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled a scheduled visit by Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman for next week.
According to Ravid, who referenced informed government sources, the visit was canceled in response to the Ukraine’s support of an anti-Israel resolution, which was approved by the UN Security Council on December 23rd.
Similar information was published by …