The Ukrainian coalition agreement
2014-11-26Tadeusz A. OlszańskiThe agreement is quite a voluminous document and sets an ambitious reform agenda covering almost all areas of state governance. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
When economy fails, military tension grows
From the interview of Director of Economic Programmes Vasyl Yurchyshyn for the website From-UA. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Economy of Crimea will suffer from Russian restrictions on the export of products from the peninsula
In the comment to the website Finance.ua, Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn assessed how Russian restrictions on the export from Crimea will effect economy of the peninsula. The shift of trade flows to Odessa is a positive natural process, and the ban on the export of products will primarily hit Crimea...
Resolving the conflict in Donbas depends both on security forces and politicians
In the comment to the website Gordonua, Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi explained how to resolve the conflict in Donbas. The events in Donbas are caused by the fact that the Ukrainian government has lost the initiative, and is forced to respond to the situation rather than act one step ahead. Since...
The 2014 Election Features and Consequences
The May 25, 2014 election was a unique event in the contemporary history of Ukraine. It was the first election when the previous president shamefully fled the country under the pressure of massive continued protests of people. It was the first election when warfare between the terrorists supported by Russia and the Ukrainian military continued in...
Discount on gas for Ukraine under the Brussels deal can be cancelled by Russia
With a payment dispute that disrupted supplies of Russian gas to Ukraine now settled, officials and energy experts said a deal reached two weeks ago in Brussels includes both benefits and potential drawbacks for Ukraine, the Southeast European Times writes. “Discount on gas for Ukraine can be cancelled, plus the requirement to pay debts at a time...
Putin’s actions have significantly increased Ukrainians support of joining NATO
For the first time, a majority of Ukrainians support the idea of joining NATO and the president Poroshenko this week spoke of putting the idea to a popular vote, but experts say it still remains a distant dream, the newspaper Gulf Times reports. “Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions are the main cause of the mood change in Ukraine...
Russia could use high unemployment in Kharkiv to further destabilize the region
Kharkiv was occupied by Russia-backed gunmen in April, but a local uprising deposed them before they could secure control of the city of 1.4 million. Now, the unraveling of joint Ukraine-Russia defense production threatens to deepen the split between Ukrainians loyal to Western-oriented Kiev and those who back continued political alignment with...
The Razumkov Centre is helping the parliament’s political parties to preapare a draft coalition agreement
Upon request of the pro-European political parties that were elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the special parliamentary election, the Razumkov Centre was actively involved in the process of preparing the future Coalition Agreement. The Centre’s experts joined the working groups that had been preparing draft sections of the Coalition...
Meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federative Republic of Brazil Antonio Fernando Cruz de Mello
On May 21, 2014, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federative Republic of Brazil Antonio Fernando Cruz de Mello visited the Razumkov Centre. Brazil was also represented by Consular, Third Secretary of the Embassy of Brazil in Ukraine Lucas Shalella das Neves The Razumkov Centre was represented by Director General A. Rachok and...
