A meeting with Ambassador of Brazil
On 3 June 2015, the Razumkov Centre hosted a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federative Republic of Brazil Antonio Fernando Cruz de Mello and Consular of the Embassy of Brazil Lucas Shalella das Neves. At the meeting, the Razumkov Centre was represented by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International...
A meeting with the delegation of the Kennan Institute (U.S.)
On 22 May 2015, the delegation of the Kennan Institute in Washington, headed by Director of the Institute M. Rozhanskyi, visited the Razumkov Centre. The Razumkov Centre was represented by Director General of the Centre A. Rachok, Deputy Director Y. Yakymenko, and Co-directors of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes M. Pashkov...
A meeting with the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy
Leading Expert of Political and Legal Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Viktor Zamiatin attended a meeting of Deputy State Secretary of the MFA of Italy B. Della Vedova with Ukrainian analysts during his visit to Kyiv. The discussion concerned the issues of possible escalation of the situation in Donbas as well as the humanitarian situation and...
Attending a Seminar on Conflicts and Development (Georgia)
On 18-23 May, the expert of the Razumkov Centre Valeriya Klymenko attended the University on Conflicts and Development in Batumi. The Institute of World Policy and the Caucasian House (Tbilisi) organised a Seminar on Conflicts and Development within the project Ukraine: Out of the Crisis Through Dialogue, which is being implemented with the...
Attending the II international scientific symposium STATES AND MARKETS UNDER GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS
On 29 May 2015, experts of the Razumkov Centre attended the II International Scientific Symposium STATES AND MARKETS UNDER GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS. The aim of the Symposium was to draw the attention of national and international scholars, politicians, and managers to the current political and economic rethinking of the patterns of development of...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №18
This issue contains articles and interviews of the Razumkov Centre’s experts, dealing with most topical issues in Ukraine’s current affairs. In particular – domestic politics, security sector, the situation in the Ukrainian economy and energy sector. Read the Razumkov Centre Newsletter №18 …read more Source: Razumkov...
Why the National Bank of Ukraine does not release U.S. dollar exchange rate
In the comment to the website Novoe Vremia, Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn explained why the National Bank of Ukraine is in no hurry to lift all the restrictions on the foreign exchange market that have been set to stabilise the economic situation. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Six Reasons Why Russia Should be Recognized as a Party to the Conflict in Ukraine
The fluctuating intensity of warfare in the Donbas region should be seen neither as a step toward freezing the conflict nor toward achieving a lasting peace. While Russia remains nominally unrecognized as party to the conflict by the West, the Minsk II agreement may well share the ineffectual fate of its predecessor, Minsk I. To avoid this fate,...
The harsh reality of Ukraine’s fiscal arithmetic
• Ukraine is struggling with both external aggression and the dramatically poor shape of its economy. The pace of political and institutional change has so far been too slow to prevent the deepening of the fiscal and balance-of-payments crises, while business confidence continues to be undermined. • Unfortunately, the 2015 International Monetary...
Europe and Russia: A tale of two pipelines
The European Union recently renewed its economic sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, but Russia remains a big energy source, albeit with one big “if” — if Russia can get its energy to market. And that becomes a question of pipeline geopolitics. For Europe and Russia, this means the question of the “Turkish Stream” pipeline project...
