Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Another underwhelming effort to deter Putin
Even when the Obama administration wants to appear like it cares about reassuring allies in Russia’s neighborhood, it can’t quite pull it off. Yesterday’s announcement that the Carter Pentagon will place military ground equipment in six Eastern European countries is, one supposes, better than not doing anything but not by...
A ship run aground. Deepening problems in the Ukrainian economy
2015-06-16Tadeusz IwańskiThe drop in Ukraine’s GDP by nearly 18% in the first three months of 2015 has confirmed the decline of the country’s economy. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Problems may arise during local elections in Ukraine
Deputy Director General, Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told the Glavnoe website about the possible obstacles during the local elections in Ukraine. The parliament has started the process of adopting a new Law On Local Election. If this process is delayed, local elections can become a problem for...
Russia lost land transport connection with Transnistria
Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk told the Tyzhden’ website about the advantages of Ukraine’s decision on the termination of the agreement on transportation of Russian military personnel and military cargo to Transnistria. Ukraine’s decision on the...
There was political will in the parliament to deprive Kliuiev of immunity
Deputy Director General, Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told the Glavnoe website about the abolition of immunity of people’s deputy, former member of the Party of Regions Serhiy Kliuiev. In the Verkhovna Rada, there were issues with the abolition of immunity of people’s deputy, former...
The transit of Russian troops to Transnistria is a good subject for negotitations with the Kremlin
Ukrainian parliament denounces the existing agreement of 1995 that allowed the transit of Russian military troops to Transninstria through Ukraine’s territory. By ending it, Poroshenko may have blocked around 1,500 Russian soldiers currently stationed in Transnistria, putting pressure on the Kremlin. In response, Moscow said it was ready to...
Russia: A Year of Sanctions
Are they working? And how to measure their cost to Europe? From Carnegie.ru. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s law enforcement agencies were littered with separatist sympathizers
As Russia’s war against Ukraine bulldozes into its second year with continued shelling and artillery fire, authorities defending the homeland face another, at-times invisible enemy: informants and collaborators who want the Russian-separatist forces to win, the KyivPost reports. Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security...
Has the West Lost Its Grip at Last?
A spare but intriguing piece at the Financial Times: Instead, the worry is that the prolonged economic instability that could result from a default would deepen the political hostility towards the rest of Europe among the Greek electorate, opening an opportunity for Russia to boost its sway in the country. Throughout the Ukraine crisis, Moscow...
Finding Its Way to the West? Ukraine and Its Challenges
The Maidan revolution was launched to ensure that Ukraine could make its European choice. Political rhetoric aside, what are Ukraine’s true prospects for success and how much assistance is the West really prepared to offer? In discussing these issues, the panelists will offer their impressions from recent visits to Ukraine and on-going...
