A Visegrad cacophony over the conflict between Russia and Ukraine
2014-09-10Mateusz GniazdowskiJakub GroszkowskiAndrzej SadeckiThe divergences within the Visegrad Group over the NATO summit in Wales remain in contrast to the practice of the V4’s co-operation in NATO …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
2014-09-10Rafał SadowskiAgata Wierzbowska-MiazgaThe agreement won’t bring an end to the conflict. Its vague and general provisions allow a great deal of flexibility in its interpretation by both parties. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
The NATO Summit: The Long Agenda of One Item
The NATO summit in Wales will be a watershed moment for the Alliance as it finds itself in pole position to respond to the Russian challenge to European security (Free access) …read more Source: Royal United Services...
The laws on Donbas status give good prospects for an extension to the cease-fire
Ukraine’s pro-Russian separatists questioned further peace talks with the government, citing violations of cease-fire terms, while lawmakers in Kiev approved special status for the country’s two easternmost regions, the Bloomberg reports. “The adoption of the laws doesn’t guarantee a peaceful resolution of the conflict but it...
The meeting with Head of Russia–Newly Independent States Centre of the French Institute of International Relations
On 17 September 2014, the Razumkov Centre hosted a meeting with the representative of the French Institute of International Relations, Head of Russia-Newly Independent States Centre Ms Tatiana Kastoueva-Jean. The French Institute of International Relations (IFRI, http://www.ifri.org) is a leading French think tank which specialises in the issues...
The visit of the delegation of the Japanese Institute for International Policy Studies
On 17 September, the Razumkov Centre hosted a meeting with the representatives of the Institute for International Policy Studies (one of the leading think tanks in Japan), Senior Research Fellow Futoshi Matsumoto and Research Fellow Junichi Fukuda. The meeting was attended by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes...
The Razumkov Centre participated in the preparation of the Government Action Plan Recovery of Ukraine
On 3 September 2014, at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Government Action Plan Recovery of Ukraine was presented. The document presented by Prime Minister of Ukraine A. Yatseniuk is the result of the joint work of experts from non-governmental research organisations, public scientific institutions, and representatives of...
The Razumkov Centre participated in the Riga Conference 2014
On 12-13 September, Valeriya Klymenko, Expert of the Razumkov Centre, and James Sherr, Research Fellow of the Razumkov Centre and Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme of Chatham House, attended the Riga Conference 2014 – the ninth annual high-level meeting of local and global security policy-makers and experts in Riga,...
The special status of Donbas apparently was a part of the agreements in Minsk
The bills adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on the special status of some raions in Donbas and amnesty for those participating in the events in the CTO area on 16 September 2014 contradict both the Constitution of Ukraine and other legislation. Moreover, representatives of the so-called LPR and DNR currently have no intentions to comply with them but...
Russian “peacekeeping forces” symbol was found on the vehicles in Donbass
The Guardian has found more evidence of Russian military hardware operating inside Ukraine, spotting an armoured vehicle marked with the symbol of the Russian army’s “peacekeeping forces”. Their vehicle was marked in three places with a blue circle and the yellow Cyrillic letters MC – the Russian abbreviation for “peacekeeping forces”, the...
