Cold Reception for Kyiv’s Autonomy Offer, Papal Envoy Welcomed in Belarus
Plus, details of Russian ‘troll factories’ emerge and Hungary adjusts to new restrictions on Sunday shopping. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, to visit Mariupol
Kyiv, 17 March 2015 – Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, will visit Mariupol tomorrow. He will meet the SMM team working in Mariupol and with the Mayor of the city, Yuriy Khotlubei. The Chief Monitor will hold a news conference near the end of his first day in Mariupol. Media...
NATO’s Strategic Adaptation
In reaction to the Ukraine crisis, NATO allies decided at the September 2014 Summit in Wales on the most fundamental military adaptation of the Alliance since the end of the Cold War. The objective is a large scale reinforcement and reorganisation of defence capabilities. Collective defence has thereby been reinstated as the core task of NATO,...
Judicial reform: public opinion poll, judges and experts surveys
Public opinion poll was conducted by Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation in cooperation with Razumkov Center Sociology Service on December 19-24, 2014. 2008 respondents aged 18 and older were polled in all regions of Ukraine, except for AR Crimea. Theoretical sampling error is 2.3%. …read more Source: Centre for Political and...
US Intel Stands Pat on MH-17 Shoot-down
Despite the high stakes involved in the confrontation between nuclear-armed Russia and the United States over Ukraine, the US intelligence community has not updated its assessment on a critical turning point of the crisis – the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 – since five days after the crash last July 17, according to the office of...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 15 March 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”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – directly observed fighting in and around the Donetsk airport and in the areas...
The Changing of the Concept of Rent Determination as a Precondition for Stabilization and Increasing of the Hydrocarbons Production in Ukraine
Leading expert of Energy programmes at the Razumkov Centre Viktor Logatskyi explains how to stabilize and intensify hydrocarbons production in Ukraine. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Putin Weighed Nuclear Option to Protect Crimea; Ukraine’s Leader Calls for New Sanctions
Plus, Armenia’s top diplomat expresses concern about Russian arms sales to Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistani parties form alliance ahead of presidential election. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Expert discussion New Energy Strategy of Ukraine Until 2020: Security, Energy Efficiency, Competition
On 27 February 2015, the Razumkov Centre, jointly with the Representative Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Ukraine and with the support of Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the Issues of the Energy Industry, Nuclear Policy, and Nuclear Security, held an expert discussion New Energy Strategy of Ukraine Until 2020:...
International forum Defence Sector Reform: Political and Legislative Issues
The Razumkov Centre attended the forum Defence Sector Reform: Political and Legislative Issues, held on 18 February 2015 upon the initiative of the Council for National Security Reform. The forum consisted of two sessions. Session №1. Transition from non-alignment – what should be the new model of ensuring security of Ukraine? Session №2. Defence...
