The EU-Russia Gas Relationship
This brief contemplates the major challenges surrounding the gas trade between the European Union and Russia. The challenges include 1) the questionable reliability of Russian gas deliveries through Ukraine in the winter 2015/2016; 2) Russia’s plans to build new infrastructure for its gas exports to the EU, which will bypass Ukraine; and 3)...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić calls for peace throughout holiday season in eastern Ukraine
BELGRADE, 25 December 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today called on all sides in eastern Ukraine to keep ensuring lasting peace throughout holiday season. On December 22, the sides agreed, in a meeting with Trilateral Contact Group, chaired by the Special Representative of the...
Abolition of the free trade zone will not significantly affect the trade volumes between Ukraine and Russia
In the comment to the website Hlavred, Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn spoke about the consequences which the abolition of the free trade zone with Russia would have for Ukraine’s economy. Everything that could happen already had. In fact, the free trade zone was not working for us – since 2006, we...
NATO considers whether potential members can bring more security to the alliance
Co-director of Foreign relations and international security programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk appeared on Ukraine Today’s Viewpoint discussing perspectives and obstacles of Ukraine’s membership in NATO. – I would ask you how far is Ukraine on the way to its membership in NATO? Up to now, I think Ukraine is still on the...
Civilians in Donbas face challenges in access to justice, says report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
KYIV, 24 December 2015 – A new report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) highlights access to justice challenges faced by people residing in both government and non-government-controlled areas in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The report, Access to Justice and the Conflict in Ukraine, identifies difficulties in attending court...
Best of TOL for 2015
Our favorite stories of the year. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moscow-Ankara Row Dims Luster at Turkic Song Contest
Performers from Russia’s many Turkic-populated regions have their hopes dashed as authorities suspend ties with the contest’s backer. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kyiv, Rebels Agree New Year Truce
Each side accuses the other of repeatedly breaking the shaky Minsk cease-fire, meant to end a war that has caused more than 9,000 deaths. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Destruction of Donbas Economy Supports Local Russia-Backed ‘Insurgency’
Maksym Bugriy, a research fellow of foreing relations and international security programmes at the Razumkov Centre, and Tetiana Tretiak, an independent Ukrainian political and economical analyst, have contributed to the Eurasia Daily Monitor published by the Jamestown Foundation. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Stalin Center Opens in Russian Provincial City
Local Communists say Soviet model the answer to halting Russia’s economic, moral decline. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
