Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Putin’s Grudging Perestroika
There is a widespread view in the West that Russia’s aggressive actions in Ukraine and confrontational policies toward the United States and Europe are an attempt to revitalize aspects of its lost Soviet glory days. But if we look at some of the Kremlin’s domestic policy initiatives, we see a country struggling to become less “Soviet”...
Circassian Activists Divided on What Best Serves Circassian Interests
Authorities in Kabardino-Balkaria have launched a campaign to give the Ubykhs, a Circassian sub-ethnic group, official small indigenous group status. That special status would allow the Ubykhs to claim many benefits from the Russian government, including property rights in Russia’s Krasnodar region, the homeland the Ubykhs lost in the...
Germany’s Merkel To Discuss Ukraine With Putin In Moscow
May 6, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
As Ukraine Erects Defensive Fence On Russian Border, Critics Fear Expensive Failure
May 6, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Attending a round table “Strategy and Priorities of the Development of the Natural Gas Market in the Context of European Integration Aspirations of Ukraine”
On 23 April 2015, a round table Strategy and Priorities of the Development of the Natural Gas Market in the Context of European Integration Aspirations of Ukraine was held by the Expert Committee on the Issues of the Gas Industry and the Natural Gas Market, the Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of Ukraine, and the National...
Without execution of the Minsk agreements, a peacekeeping mission in Donbas will not be successful
Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk told the BBC news agency about the necessary conditions of successful peacekeeping operation in eastern Ukraine. The UN peacekeepers have worked everywhere – in Europe, in Asia, in America, and in Africa, where the number of peacekeeping...
Without restructuring external debt, some Ukrainian companies are at risk of a default
Senior Research Fellow of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Sidenko told the Slovo i Dilo website that without restructuring external debt some Ukrainian companies are at risk of a default. After the default of Akhmetov’s company Metinvest, a chain reaction may follow for other financial companies that are already in a pre-default category,...
All talk about Russia’s peacefulness obviously means nothing
Co-director of foreign relations and international security programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk commented on the national security strategy of Russia for the Novoye Vremiya magazine. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Attending an analytical expert round table “Development Prospects for the Wind Energy Sector in Ukraine: Problems and Solutions”
The project of the new Energy Strategy of the country, developed by the Razumkov Centre, suggests to increase the generating capacity for renewable energy sources by 2.5 times, compared to 2012, by 2020. This was stated on 6 April 2015, during the analytical expert round table Development Prospects for the Wind Energy Sector in Ukraine: Problems...
Gazprom-Ukraine Feud Heats Up, Russian Miner Wins Kyrgyz Gold Tender
Plus, Nikolic’s Kosovo plan is a ‘last hope’ for relatives of vanished Serbs, and eastern Ukraine looks increasingly like western Russia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
