Ukraine should set royalties based on impartial methodology, not political agreements
Ukraine should develop a methodology for determining royalties for the use of oil and gas extraction mineral resources but not set them on the basis of political agreements, in particular by making them depend on the national budget deficit, the director of energy programs at the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Omelchenko has said, reports Interfax...
Putin wants to show that the West needs his help to solve the conflict in Syria
In Ukraine there is great concern that Putin’s Russia is simply waiting, and that the Syria intervention is just part of the strategy, and that if he’s successful there, Europe and NATO won’t object to his seizure of more of Ukraine, which is not a NATO ally, reports McClatchyDC website. “In Syria, he’s wants to show the...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 23 November 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”, including the Addendum. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The SMM recorded multiple ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine works to raise awareness of pupils in Donetsk and Luhansk regions about the threat from mines
203471 Iryna Gudyma Iuliia Poberezhna …read more Source:...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes print media privatization law in Ukraine
VIENNA, 24 November 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the adoption of a law in Ukraine which paves the way for abandoning state and communal ownership of print media outlets. “This long-awaited law is a major step forward in advancing media freedom and pluralism in the country,” Mijatović said,...
Russia’s Supreme Court to Hear Ukrainian Filmmaker’s Appeal
Lawyer for Crimea native Oleg Sentsov, jailed for 20 years on terrorism charges, hopes for reduced sentence. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Helping Ukraine to reform Naftogaz’s gas transmission business
This op-ed was originally published in the Kyiv Post. It will also be published in Vox Ukraine. Naftogaz, the giant publically-owned Ukrainian oil and gas company with 80,000 employees, used to be a synonym for wastage, corruption and opacity. But it looks like it might have turned a corner. Thanks to a new management team, a fourfold increase in...
Blackout Grips Much of Crimea
Russian-controlled region under state of emergency as weekend blasts sever power supplies from Ukraine. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
State of Emergency in Crimea After Power Lines Blown Up
Crimea has declared a state of emergency after its main electricity lines from Ukraine were blown… …read more Source: American Security Council...
Perspectives for NATO-Russia Relations
Institutional relations between NATO and Russia have been suspended since the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the war in eastern Ukraine. Conflicting ideas about Euro-Atlantic security have left the relationship deeply and lastingly damaged. This makes it all the more important to gain clarity about the determining factors and...
