Ukraine–Russia Relations

U.S. Department of the Treasury has notified Congress of its intention to terminate the sanctions imposed on companies owned by Oleg Deripaska – Russia billionaire and aluminum tycoon from the inner circle of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Deripaska received assistance from official Kyiv in negotiations over dubious scheme to get out from under American sanctions, declared ex-Soviet agent turned American analyst in conversation with GORDON. He also accented that Kremlin impersonated by Deripaska still possesses strategically important objects in Ukraine directly affecting national security.→

The President of the United States Donald Trump could not decline the request by the Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet with Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and Russia’s Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kisliak. Yuri Felshtinsky, a Russian-American historian, author of "Blowing up Russia" and "The Corporation: Russia and the KGB in the Age of President Putin" wrote about this in an exclusive material for GORDON, commenting on accusations against Trump who had allegedly leaked highly classified information to the Russians.→

Michael Flynn, former national security advisor for the president of the USA Donald Trump, has received $530,000 from Russia via Turkish businessman Ekim Alptekin as a middleman. Yuri Felshtinsky, a Russian-American historian, author of "Blowing up Russia" and "The Corporation: Russia and KGB in the Age of President Putin" wrote about this in an exclusive material GORDON. Не claims that Trump’s ex-advisor was on the payroll of the president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.→

A former Soviet intelligence officer and now an American financial analyst Yuri Shvets told "Gordon" that in spite of the official biography, the Russian president has never worked in intelligence office because of "below average abilities", about what nicknames Putin had in the KGB and what two papers signed by US President would be enough to derail the economy of Russia.→

All acts of terrorism taking place in the territory of Ukraine are directed and coordinated from the Kremlin in order to destabilize the situation and spread panic, fear and uncertainty among people, the Ukrainian diplomat, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Advisor to the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Markian Lubkivsky said in an exclusive comment for the GORDON.→

The Russian President Vladimir Putin is at a deadlock and is hectically looking for a way out, considers the Ukrainian diplomat and ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Ogryzko.→

The Russian President Vladimir Putin needs an economic, social and political crisis in Ukraine to destroy it from within, Putin’s former advisor Andrey Illarionov believes.→

The Russian political scientist, publicist and leading researcher of the Institute of System Analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrey Piontkovsky explained in an exclusive interview for GORDON why Kadyrov organized a demonstration on Putin’s birthday, what Putin and Hitler have in common and why the Russian President will share Mubarak or Gaddafi's fate.→

The famous economist, the president of the Center of market reforms Vladimir Lanovoy predicts more than 10% of falling of GDP of Ukraine, long crisis. Still, he is sure that national economy after all will stand. →

‘Russians do not want continuation of the "hot" phase of the conflict in the East of Ukraine, they are afraid of the toughening of economic sanctions,’ believes ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Ogryzko.→

The famous actor Armen Dzhigarkhanyan explained in his interview for GORDON why Lenin monuments should not be toppled, pointed out the difference between the Russian and Ukrainian languages, and said that Putin’s main problem is that nobody tells him the truth.→

The Russian writer Mikhail Veller explained in his exclusive comments to the GORDON internet edition why he supported Zyuganov at the presidential election, how Russian authorities have changed, and shared his attitude to the toppling of the Lenin monument in Kharkiv.→

“Beating of Nestor Shufrych in Odessa is further evidence for the zombified Russians that fascism is thriving in Ukraine”, thinks Ukrainian activist and public deputy candidate Iryna Dovhan.→

Both state and political forces that support it are guilty in “dirt” infighting, thinks Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Miroslav Popovich. Incident in Odessa during which Nestor Shufrich was given a thrashing is a paid action, said in the comment for “GORDON” Doctor of Philosophic Sciences, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Miroslav Popovich.→

“If Ukrainians lived in Moscow they would understand that the Peace March is a tremendous success of the Russian opposition,” thinks the Russian oppositionist Boris Nemtsov.→

Ukrainian psychiatrist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst, Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of Lviv Medical State University, President of the Ukrainian Union of psychotherapists Alexander Filts in an exclusive interview with "GORDON" talked about what Russia needs Ukrainian gene pool, what can we expect from Putin and why it is important to be able to separate the facts from the comments.→