Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
The growing role of Ukraine on the Central European gas market
According to data from Ukrtranshaz, the operator of Ukraine’s underground storage facilities, the country has accumulated 27 bcm of gas in them as of 16 September, which is the largest volume in 10 years. According to the head of Naftogaz, Andriy Kobolev, the volume of the stored gas may reach 28 bcm before the heating season begins. In...
Ukraine, NATO, and Russia
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Nord Stream 2: Leverage Against Russia?
Following the poisoning of the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent from the Novichok group, the possibility of using Nord Stream 2 to put pressure on Russia has been widely discussed. Specifically there are calls to abandon the project, to impose a moratorium, or to block gas deliveries through the pipelines if the...
Navalny, Nordstream 2, Belarus, and the American Elections: The Tangled Web of Smears against Russia
The narrative is banal and so familiar: Russia is once again accused of having “poisoned” an individual trumpeted by the Western media as threatening the Russian government’s interests. The minor political activist Alexei Navalny made the headlines after a suspicious incident at the airport in Tomsk on August 20, 2020 sickened him and...
Navalny, Nordstream 2, Belarus, and the American Elections:
The narrative is banal and so familiar: Russia is once again accused of having “poisoned” an individual trumpeted by the Western media as threatening the Russian government’s interests. The minor political activist Alexei Navalny made the headlines after a suspicious incident at the airport in Tomsk on August 20, 2020 sickened him and...
The Case of Belarus: Russia’s Fear of Popular Revolutions
Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, photo via WikipediaBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,742, September 11, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Belarus is the last remaining state on Russia’s western border not to have experienced a popular revolution since the 1990s, but revolutionary fervor is growing there. Events in Minsk have great...
Germany is well placed to lead a tougher EU response to Russia
By Constanze StelzenmüllerThe poisoning of Alexei Navalny, a prominent critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin, has brought Russian relations with Western countries to a perilous impasse. After doctors in Berlin identified the substance used as a military-grade nerve agent of the novichok group, German chancellor Angela Merkel issued a sharp...
Nord Stream 2: Ein Druckmittel gegen Russland?
Nach der Vergiftung des russischen Oppositionellen Alexei Nawalny mit einem chemischen Kampfstoff aus der Gruppe Nowitschok steht die Ostseepipeline Nord Stream 2 als mögliches Druckmittel gegen Russland im Fokus. Ein Baustopp, ein Moratorium oder die Blockade von Gaslieferungen durch die Röhren werden als Reaktion für den Fall diskutiert, dass...
Ukraine – Then and Now
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Ukraine: relations with Belarus suspended
On August 28, the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, announced that “at present, all contacts with Belarus have been suspended [and] will be unblocked only when we find out that they do not bring political, reputational and moral damage to Ukraine.” One day earlier, Mr Kuleba had also stated that Kyiv would join the EU’s...
