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...
Russian S-300s in Iran are rather a destabilising factor than a hindering one
Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk commented for the Novoe Vremia on the Russian military assistance to Iran. …read more Source: Razumkov...
The forecast of Ukraine’s debt restructuring is warily positive
Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn’s commentary for the Novoe Vremia magazine. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Ukrainian economy may get into a state of prolonged depression
Senior Research Fellow of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Sidenko told the Golos Stolytsi radio about the negative trends in Ukrainian economy. Firstly, it should be noted that real growth should be measured from a pre-crisis level. However, if this is only a slowdown in the rate of decline, it still means being in a state of crisis. Even if there...
We are still on the verge of change
Director of Military Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi delivered a speech at the roundtable Urgent Measures to Improve Defence Capability of Ukraine in the Conditions of the Russian Aggression. …read more Source: Razumkov...
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...
