A Year After Maidan: Why Did Viktor Yanukovych Flee After Signing the Agreement With the Opposition?
February 25, 2014, Ukraine’s then-president Viktor Yanukovych surprised the world by fleeing his country, just after an agreement had been reached with the country’s opposition. One eventful year later, Eurasia Outlook asked several experts why they think Yanukovych fled when he did. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for...
Chief Observer of the OSCE Mission at the Russian Checkpoints to address the Permanent Council on Thursday
VIENNA, 25 February 2015 – Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk, Paul Picard, will address the OSCE Permanent Council, on Thursday 26 February 2015, at the Hofburg, Vienna. Picard’s address to the Hofburg is part of a regular reporting process and covers the Mission’s...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to hold news briefing in Kyiv tomorrow
KYIV, 25 February 2015 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) will hold its regular news briefing tomorrow in Kyiv. Michael Bociurkiw, the Spokesperson of the SMM, will talk about the recent Mission’s activities and the general security situation throughout Ukraine. Journalists are invited to attend the news briefing...
Statement by Ertugrul Apakan, the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine
PARIS, 24 February 2015. “We welcome the determination of the Ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine, who met in Paris today, that the package of measures agreed in Minsk must be implemented in full, without delay. “More than 10 days ago we wrote to the signatories to make clear what is needed from them if the OSCE Special...
Sanctions Will Not Deter Putin
The West’s policy of imposing sanctions on Russia and sending weapons to Kyiv will not cause the Kremlin to change its course on Ukraine. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 23 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 that fighting continued in areas of Donetsk region including Shyrokyne and,...
Hungary-Russia Nuke Deal Under Scrutiny, Bosnia Heads Toward EU
Plus, jailed activists in Azerbaijan face more charges and time behind bars, and Russia’s crisis hammers the region’s economies. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Demons in Central Europe
Many of the region’s citizens have an aversion to anything Russian. That is to their detriment. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug to visit Utrecht and Berlin
KYIV, 24 February 2015 – The Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Alexander Hug, will visit Utrecht, Netherlands, on 26 February, where he will take part in symposium “After Flight MH17: Reparation & Repercussion.” Hug will participate in a roundtable “Weapons, Sanctions or Diplomacy – Ways to...
OSCE and UN joint efforts on Ukraine highlighted as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and UN Secretary General meet
NEW YORK, 24 February – Co-operation between the OSCE and the UN, the situation in and around Ukraine and the OSCE role in dealing with the crisis were discussed during a meeting between OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The meeting, also attended by OSCE Secretary...
