Pension reform will be effective only after the remuneration reform
Director of Social Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Liudmyla Shanghina noted, “Implementation of the pension reform without the reform of salaries didn’t make any sense. Pension is derived from the salary, and it is an axiom! If high-quality work in Ukraine is worth nothing, then contributions to the Pension Fund will be zero”....
Rearmament of the Russian Black Sea Fleet serves political rather than military purposes
The Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Viktor Chirkov stated that Russia carried out a programme of building new patrol ships and submarines for the Black Sea Fleet based in Ukraine. However, this is rather a bluff, and, in general, the main task of this fleet is not so much to protect Russian interests in the Black Sea as political influence on the...
Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy
On July 8, 2014 Deputy Director, Director of Political and Legal Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko attended the meeting of the political experts of Ukraine with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy F. Mogherini during her visit to Kyiv. The subject of the discussion was the possibility to create favourable conditions for the...
Toward a Unified Theory of Russian Empire
Reports from Ukraine’s security services — allowing for the usual fog of war — that known fighting elements from Moldova’s breakaway Transdniester region have been active in Eastern Ukraine are a sign of several, related, ominous developments in the recent efforts by Russian President Vladimir Putin to resurrect a Russian...
Ukraine: End Politically Motivated Abuses
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The escalating crisis in Ukraine is putting journalists and political activists at increasing risk of political-motivated violence, such as unlawful detention, abduction and assaults. Steps to address the political crisis should include undertakings to end abuses against perceived opponents, the immediate release...
Georgia’s Mixed Signals and the Eastern Partnership’s Future
The events of the last five months have brought home the dangers of a blase attitude for Europe. It is something of an open question as to whether that lesson has been learned. Georgia may be putting the question to the test. As everyone has once again learned, Georgia lost control of its two longtime breakaway provinces, South Ossetia and...
Media contacts on situation in Ukraine
Media representatives looking for English language comment in London, Kyiv or other major cities of the world, please feel free to contact Andy Hunder at the Ukrainian Institute in London [email protected] [email protected] Tel. +447963215265 …read more Source: Ukrainian Institute,...
Azerbaijan, Natural Gas, and the Reluctance of Europe: Two Cure the Third
Politico carried a piece on the Southern Gas Corridor pipeline from Azerbaijan into Europe (and bypassing Ukraine and Russia) this week, as a new diplomatic reality dawns in Eastern Europe. The story hits on the importance of Azerbaijan as natural gas supplier to Europe, especially in light of the evolving geopolitics of the former Soviet Union...
Христос Воскрес! Воістину Воскрес! Christ is risen! Truly, He is risen!
The Ukrainian Institute in London wishes you a blessed Easter, celebrated as the ‘feast of feasts’. May the Lord bless you and your families, and all of Ukraine during these most challenging times. The below Easter homily is read during Easter Sunday Liturgy in thousands of churches across Ukraine. Happy Easter to you all! The Easter...
Tymoshenko Grandstands As Ukraine Hangs By A Thread
Crimea, annexed by Russia. Donetsk and other eastern cities falling to pro-Russian mobs, undoubtedly at least funded by Moscow. Russian troops massing on Ukraine’s borders. The West — Washington and Brussels — paralyzed, with the grand military of the alliance weakened by budget cuts and poor leadership. If Ukraine does not...
