The Kremlin has not completely given up the Novorosiya project
Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi thinks that Putin’s Novorosiya project is not closed, informs the website Hlavkom. “I would hardly say that the Novorosiya project will be closed. It is for a fact that it failed as a blitzkrieg They counted on quick seizure i.e. the separation of these six oblasts...
Merkel on G7: ‘Summit is more than crisis diplomacy’
The heads of state and government of the seven leading industrial countries will gather in Germany on June 7 and June 8 to discuss the most pressing global challenges. The Group of Seven countries are linked not only by prosperity and economic strength, but also by their shared values: freedom, democracy and human rights. Anyone doubting that...
Taking Stock: Implications of the Riga Summit for the South Caucasus
Prior to its start, the European Union’s May 21–22 Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit in Riga was widely anticipated, given that the previous summit in Vilnius had been overshadowed by the war in Ukraine and newly evident Russian expansionism. Russia’s aggressive policies caused concerns in those various post-Soviet states under...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office calls for restraint following recent escalation in violence in eastern Ukraine
BELGRADE, 4 June 2015 –OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today condemned the latest surge in violence in eastern Ukraine, and called on all parties to return to the negotiating table, pursue a political solution to the conflict through the Trilateral Contact Group and its working groups, as well as to...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 3 June 2015
This report is provided 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 significant caution regarding security considerations *. The SMM observed a sharp increase in the number of ceasefire...
OSCE brings together Aarhus Centres from 14 countries to discuss environmental challenges and opportunities for co-operation
VIENNA, 4 June 2015 – Environmental co-operation, networking and partnerships were the focus of the two-day Aarhus Centres Annual Meeting, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, which concluded in Vienna today. Aarhus Centre Managers and Aarhus Convention National Focal Points from Albania,...
Reports on Russia’s War in Ukraine Are Presented in Washington D.C.
On May 28, the Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. hosted a presentation of two reports on the war in Ukraine. The first report, Putin: War, draws on materials collected by the late Boris Nemtsov and his allies and was presented in English for the first time. The other report, Putin’s War in Ukraine: Hiding in Plain Sight, was prepared by...
UN Cites More Abuses in Crimea, Kazakhstan Vies for Uranium Bank
Plus, an Uzbekistani rights activist alleges abuse and humiliation, and Azerbaijan throws cash at the European Games. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kyiv and the regions
Ukraine has been an over-centralised state since its independence from the Soviet Union, but now the notion of “decentralisation” has taken hold in even tiny villages. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Europe Cannot Afford to Wobble Over Ukraine
European leaders should not be tempted into believing that Russia has been humiliated since the breakup of the Soviet Union. The price of such thinking would be incalculable. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
