Ukraine: Journalists Detained, Denied Entry
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Ukrainian military and security services have detained three journalists with Russian news services, and border police have denied three more entry to Ukraine in recent days. (Moscow) – Ukrainian military and security services have detained three journalists with Russian news services, and border police have...
EU leaders: The key to moving forward in our relationship with Ukraine is in Kyiv, not Brussels
Written Interview by Commission President Barroso and HRVP Ashton for The Razumkov Centre …read more Source: Razumkov...
Anyone But Yulia
Ukraine is wounded as I have never seen it. The last several months have taken a toll on its people, and today, an old imperial master is slowly dismembering a country too shell-shocked and too trapped to fully respond. Abandoned by a West that is both too timid and too lethargic, riven by internal strife, and with an economy teetering on the...
Gazprom wants to buy the Ukrainian gas pipeline system at a reduced price
The media have reported the final estimate of the Ukrainian gas pipeline system (GPS). The price was 26 to 29 billion USD. This amount shall become a starting point in creation of the gas pipeline consortium with Russian Gazprom to manage the GPS. Radio Holos Stolytsi asked Director of Energy Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Omelchenko...
Ukraine: Displaced People Need Urgent Help
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Ukrainian authorities have not provided adequate protection and assistance to tens of thousands of Ukrainians who were forced to flee their homes, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to President Petro Poroshenko. People have fled because of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the ongoing armed conflict...
Compassion to the relatives of MH17 flight passengers and crew
We offer our heartfelt compassion to the relatives of those passengers and crew who will not see their loved ones again. For months we have shed tears over our own dead. We have tears left for the innocent victims of this crime. Ukrainian Institute in London For media assistance, comment and analysis: Andy Hunder, Director of the Ukrainian...
Increasing arms production requires a comprehensive review of the security sector
During the visit to Slovyansk on 8 July 2014, President Petro Poroshenko stated that Ukraine was going to increase the production volumes of its own arms to meet the needs of the military personnel, which, according to him, would result into preparing changes to the state defence order, informs the news agency RBK-Ukrayina. Director of Military...
Briefing Note: Russia Fails to Meet PM’s Conditions – Must Face New Sanctions
See attached latest Ukrainian Institute – Ukraine Briefing Note 5 to Members of Parliament Conditions set for Russia On 5 June 2014 in Brussels on the 70th anniversary of the D-Day Landings, Prime Minister David Cameron laid down three clearly articulated conditions regarding de-escalation in Ukraine that Russia must meet or face further...
Ukrainian journalists taking on the Kremlin’s propaganda machine
READ LATEST BRIEFING HERE: JUNE BRIEFING PAPER ******************** Ukrainian Crisis Media Centre co-founder Nataliya Popovych (Photo: Kyiv Post) Ukrainian journalists are taking on the Kremlin’s propaganda machine. One of their projects, stopfake.org, is a fact-checking website set up to expose the misleading, distorted and sometimes...
Ukrainian Lawyers become eligible to be admitted as Solicitors of England and Wales
Ukraine admitted to the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme (QLTS) list of eligible jurisdictions London, Friday 13th June, 2014 The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the regulatory body for solicitors in England and Wales, today announced that it has recognised Ukraine as meeting the requirements to be a recognised jurisdiction of the...
