On foreign policy measures to force Russia to make peace
This refers to increasing the role of the UN Security Council in this process, which is now limited to Russia’s right of veto against any draft resolution of the SC aimed against it. It is proposed not to initiate any reform of the UN (it is a long and controversial process) but to use existing opportunities stipulated in the UN Charter....
Participation in the Europe–Ukraine Forum in Lodz (Poland)
The delegation of the Razumkov Centre, which included Deputy Director Y. Yakymenko, Co-directors of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes M. Pashkov and O. Melnyk, Director of Energy Programmes V. Omelchenko, and Leading Expert of Political and Legal Programmes V. Zamiatin, took part in the VII Europe-Ukraine Forum, held in Lodz...
Participation in the meeting of the Strategic Discussion Club
On 11 February 2015, in Mykolayiv, a meeting of the Strategic Discussion Club was held within the project of the Institute of World Policy Strategic Discussion Club in the Regions of Ukraine, which is implemented with support of the Government of Norway. The aim of the project is to conduct public discussions of the tools for ensuring security...
Participation in the visit of the Ukrainian delegation to Germany
On 26-30 January 2015, Leading Expert of Political and Legal Programmes of the Razumkov Centre V. Zamiatin participated in the visit of the delegation of Ukrainian politicians (which included people’s deputies from the factions of Blok Petra Poroshenka, Narodnyi Front, and Batkivshchyna of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine) to the Federative...
Pros and cons of the new Minsk agreement
Deputy Director General, Director of Political and Legal Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told the website Forum about the possible consequences of the new Minsk agreement. The documents signed after 16-hour talks in Minsk have both pros and cons. What is good is that there is a set of measures that are unconditional and contain...
Round table Prospects for Ukraine– Russia relations: conceptual approaches and practical steps
On 5 February 2015, the Razumkov Centre jointly with the representative office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Ukraine held the round table Prospects for Ukraine-Russia Relations: Conceptual Approaches and Practical Steps. It was attended by people’s deputies of Ukraine, representatives of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine,...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №12
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 №12 …read more Source: Razumkov Centre...
Peace and security in Europe are a joint responsibility, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić tells United States Helsinki Commission
WASHINGTON D.C., 26 February 2015 – “Serbia’s OSCE Chairmanship coincides with the worst crisis of European security since the end of the Cold War,” OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, told the U.S. Helsinki Commission at a hearing on 26 February in Washington, D.C. “The...
Azerbaijan: OSCE PA’s Santos decries continuing threats to civil society and journalists, renews request for visits
COPENHAGEN, 26 February 2015 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today expressed deep concern about continuing threats to civil society and journalists in Azerbaijan and renewed her request to visit detained rights defenders. “The...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 25 February 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 security considerations – noted fighting in some areas. The Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination...
