Russia lost land transport connection with Transnistria
Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk told the Tyzhden’ website about the advantages of Ukraine’s decision on the termination of the agreement on transportation of Russian military personnel and military cargo to Transnistria. Ukraine’s decision on the...
There was political will in the parliament to deprive Kliuiev of immunity
Deputy Director General, Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told the Glavnoe website about the abolition of immunity of people’s deputy, former member of the Party of Regions Serhiy Kliuiev. In the Verkhovna Rada, there were issues with the abolition of immunity of people’s deputy, former...
The transit of Russian troops to Transnistria is a good subject for negotitations with the Kremlin
Ukrainian parliament denounces the existing agreement of 1995 that allowed the transit of Russian military troops to Transninstria through Ukraine’s territory. By ending it, Poroshenko may have blocked around 1,500 Russian soldiers currently stationed in Transnistria, putting pressure on the Kremlin. In response, Moscow said it was ready to...
Ukraine’s law enforcement agencies were littered with separatist sympathizers
As Russia’s war against Ukraine bulldozes into its second year with continued shelling and artillery fire, authorities defending the homeland face another, at-times invisible enemy: informants and collaborators who want the Russian-separatist forces to win, the KyivPost reports. Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security...
Russia: A Year of Sanctions
Are they working? And how to measure their cost to Europe? From Carnegie.ru. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Has the West Lost Its Grip at Last?
A spare but intriguing piece at the Financial Times: Instead, the worry is that the prolonged economic instability that could result from a default would deepen the political hostility towards the rest of Europe among the Greek electorate, opening an opportunity for Russia to boost its sway in the country. Throughout the Ukraine crisis, Moscow...
Prisoners’ Dilemma in Ukraine
Ukraine’s prisoner-of-war problem is becoming more intractable by the day, fueled by criminal tendencies and systemic failures of the Ukrainian state. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session to mark Organization’s founding in Helsinki birthplace
COPENHAGEN, 23 June 2015 – Nearly 300 lawmakers from more than 50 states in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe will return to the OSCE’s Finnish birthplace next month to mark the 40th anniversary of the Organization’s founding and address some of today’s most pressing security issues at the 2015 Annual...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 22 June 2015
This report is for the media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and security considerations*. The situation at and around the Donetsk airport was tense. The SMM observed ceasefire violations in...
Kyiv Accuses Volunteer Fighters of Rape and Torture, Hundreds Arrested at Yerevan Price Protest
Plus, Yanukovych makes half-hearted apology for Maidan killings; activists plan to deliver banned abortion drugs to Poland via UAV. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
