The Russian Threat: Why Missile Defense Must Be A Priority
According to a new Gallup poll 18 percent of Americans view Russia as the top threat to the United States. This indicates that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggressiveness in Ukraine has begun to scare the American public. While 18 percent [Read More…]The post The Russian Threat: Why Missile Defense Must Be A Priority appeared...
Boris Nemtsov: The Death of the Intermediary
Nemtsov was the rare figure who could move between Russia’s public and private politics. From slon.ru. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine: IMF sent in where others fear to tread
This week the IMF Executive Board will consider a proposal to provide Ukraine with a US$17.5 billion Extended Fund Facility. The IMF Managing Director explains that this program ‘can succeed’. But it has to be said that the chances are low, given current geopolitical circumstances and Kiev’s recent economic performance. IMF...
Europe: Greece is not the biggest problem
No news is good news. The Greek debt crisis and even the euro have momentarily disappeared from the headlines. Europe and the euro will survive and will do even better than that, much as this displeases the Murdoch media, conservative think tanks and pundits all over the world, including in Europe itself. More interesting is the effect of the...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 18:00hrs, 5 March 2015
Please note that this report is provided for the public and the media 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 – assessed the security situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk...
In the near future for Ukraine the risk of nuclear blackmail by Russia is low
Nuclear power currently accounts for about 50 percent of Ukraine’s energy balance, and the country has the eighth-largest nuclear capacity in the world. Until recently, almost all nuclear fuel was supplied by Russia’s TVEL Company, a subsidiary of the state-owned Rosatom Corporation, the Southeast European Times newspaper writes. “In...
Nemtsov Note Hints at Moscow’s Role in Ukraine, Anti-Vaccine Movement Spreads in Region
Plus, Ukrainian pilot Savchenko begins eating again to save her life, and a Croatian general faces a new trial for crimes against Serb civilians. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Officials to Discuss Next Steps in Ukraine Peace Deal
Senior Russian, Ukrainian, German and French officials will meet in Berlin on Friday to discuss … …read more Source: American Security Council...
The Verkhovna Rada Equalized the Conditions for State and Private Gas Production Companies with Negative Result for Them
Leading expert of Energy programmes at the Razumkov Centre Viktor Logatskiy claims that the concept of hydrocarbons royalty determination in Ukraine should be reviewed. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Doomsday in Ukraine? Think Again
In the short term, Ukraine is on the verge of economic and, perhaps, political collapse. Yet in the longer term, the real question is whether the emergence of a coherent Ukrainian national identity creates a solid consensus for reform of the state and a sustained Western trajectory. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
