Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
President of Ukraine and U.S. Vice President agreed to coordinate actions
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko had a meeting with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden in Davos. The meeting lasted over 4 hours. According to the President, the parties discussed security issues first of all. “We reached a conclusion that there is no alternative to the Minsk process. We enjoy full support from the United States […]...
Supporting Ukraine
The EU is supporting Ukraine in its reform process, which is vital for a Ukrainian economy weakened by conflict, Russian sanctions and trade restrictions. Member States are also supporting Ukraine. We are also engaged in efforts to boost the business opportunities of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Ukraine through various programs that will...
UK inquiry blames Kremlin for murder of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko
The inquiry says that Litvinenko was “probably” murdered on the personal orders of Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin and Assad support “Hezbollah” terrorism.
Russian aviation coordinate their flights directly with the militants of “Hezbollah”. You have to understand that Russia – the country is quite irrational. I do not believe that Iran’s nuclear program will be phased out. Ksenia Kirillova 01/21/2016 A few days ago in Israel there was a conference organized by the Research Institute of...
The Putinverstehers’ Misconceived Charge of Russophobia: How Western Apology for the Kremlin’s Current Behavior Contradicts Russian National Interests
Russian President Vladimir Putin at his inauguration in 2012, by Kremlin.ru via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. A frequent rebuttal by apologists of Putin’s policies, in debates on Western approaches to Eastern Europe, is the allegation of Russophobia. Interpreters of contemporary Russian affairs, who present themselves as Putinversteher...
Belarus at a crossroads
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Belarus has maintained a largely non-market economic system. This did not prevent rapid growth of its economy over a sustained period up to 2011. However, the period of economic growth in Belarus seems to be over. The factors that underpinned Belarus’s growth, mainly the beneficial external...
Until the government creates free coal market, miners’ strikes will continue
Protest mood remains among the miners in Western Ukraine. The reason is wage arrears. Last week, miners of the Stepova mine, which is owned by the state enterprise Lvivvuhillia, even closed the international road Lviv-Rava-Ruska. Later, the protesters agreed to unblock the road but the problem remains, informs the news agency Deutsche Welle. The...
Trade War With Russia Prompts Ukraine to Look for New Markets, Transit Routes
Moscow is openly unhappy with the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, which came into effect starting on January 1, 2016. Consequently, Russia has slapped an embargo on Ukrainian food and complicated the transit of Ukrainian goods across Russian territory. Ukraine responded with similar...
Putin Aide Surkov Pressures Abkhazia Into Joining Russian Sanctions Against Turkey
On January 12, the government of Abkhazia published a statement that paves the way for the breakaway Georgian region to join Russian sanctions against Turkey. The move further reduces Abkhazia’s political autonomy and pushes it into Moscow’s arms. Bilateral trade between Abkhazia and Turkey in 2014 was estimated to be $200 million,...
Reform and Resistance: Ukraine’s Selective State
The halting pace of reform in Ukraine is trying the patience of even those optimistic about the future of the country in the years since Maidan. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
