Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 5 May 2015
This report is for the media and 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 SMM observed movement on both sides of the contact line. The SMM observed a significant amount of “DPR”...
Attending a round table “Strategy and Priorities of the Development of the Natural Gas Market in the Context of European Integration Aspirations of Ukraine”
On 23 April 2015, a round table Strategy and Priorities of the Development of the Natural Gas Market in the Context of European Integration Aspirations of Ukraine was held by the Expert Committee on the Issues of the Gas Industry and the Natural Gas Market, the Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of Ukraine, and the National...
We are still on the verge of change
Director of Military Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi delivered a speech at the roundtable Urgent Measures to Improve Defence Capability of Ukraine in the Conditions of the Russian Aggression. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Without execution of the Minsk agreements, a peacekeeping mission in Donbas will not be successful
Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk told the BBC news agency about the necessary conditions of successful peacekeeping operation in eastern Ukraine. The UN peacekeepers have worked everywhere – in Europe, in Asia, in America, and in Africa, where the number of peacekeeping...
Without restructuring external debt, some Ukrainian companies are at risk of a default
Senior Research Fellow of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Sidenko told the Slovo i Dilo website that without restructuring external debt some Ukrainian companies are at risk of a default. After the default of Akhmetov’s company Metinvest, a chain reaction may follow for other financial companies that are already in a pre-default category,...
All talk about Russia’s peacefulness obviously means nothing
Co-director of foreign relations and international security programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk commented on the national security strategy of Russia for the Novoye Vremiya magazine. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Attending an analytical expert round table “Development Prospects for the Wind Energy Sector in Ukraine: Problems and Solutions”
The project of the new Energy Strategy of the country, developed by the Razumkov Centre, suggests to increase the generating capacity for renewable energy sources by 2.5 times, compared to 2012, by 2020. This was stated on 6 April 2015, during the analytical expert round table Development Prospects for the Wind Energy Sector in Ukraine: Problems...
Gazprom-Ukraine Feud Heats Up, Russian Miner Wins Kyrgyz Gold Tender
Plus, Nikolic’s Kosovo plan is a ‘last hope’ for relatives of vanished Serbs, and eastern Ukraine looks increasingly like western Russia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Previously the army was funded on the basis of complete saving
Director of Military Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi commented for the Tyzhden magazine on the funding of Ukrainian armed forces. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Round table Conceptual Approaches to Reforming the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Context of the National Reform Plan
On 16 April 2015, the Razumkov Centre held a round table Conceptual Approaches to Reforming the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Context of the National Reform Plan. The round table was held within the project Law Enforcement System of Ukraine: State, Problems, and Prospects for Reform, supported by the MATRA Programme of the Ministry of...
