Politics

The reason was one of the issues of the program «60 Minutes», dedicated to the discussion of the situation in Ukraine.

This was stated by the President of the country Volodymyr Zelensky.

A new trial of a Russian opposition leader is being held in a libel case.

He called on Borrel to meet in Moscow not only with the Russian authorities, but also with representatives of the opposition.

His supporters intend to release their leader from prison using foreign policy methods.

LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky believes that the West has "lost" by placing bets on blogger Alexei Navalny.

As the head of the international committee of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev told, the situation with Alexei Navalny is an exclusively internal affair of the Russian Federation, while the United States is trying to intervene in them.

Yulia Mendel, a press secretary for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said that the sanctions against the banned TV channels have nothing to do with an attack on freedom of speech, she claims that their funding from Russia has been confirmed.

According to the Russian expert, the possibility of Western countries imposing sanctions against the Russian Federation because of the case of Alexei Navalny is not yet visible.

According to Jurgen Trittin, it simply does not make sense to impose sanctions against the entire country.

The opposition leader may be found guilty of violating the obligations under the suspended sentence imposed on him in the case of «Yves Rocher».

The Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kuleba also discussed Ukraine's ongoing efforts to combat COVID-19.

According to the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, there are no prospects for this format.

The European Foreign Service reported, that the visit of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to Russia will last from 4 to 6 February.

At the same time, vaccination in Ukraine will begin in February, as planned.