Section: Razumkov Centre (Ukraine)
The Razumkov Centre attended a roundtable to discuss the projects of the Military doctrine of Ukraine and the development Conception for security and defence sector of Ukraine
The round table was held on 9 July 2015 at the Simulation Centre of the National Defence University of Ukraine. Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi evaluated the documents presented for discussion in his speech. Key conclusions of the evaluation — The documents do not meet the stated objectives, and...
The Self Reliance faction will not yet dare to leave the parliamentary coalition
Deputy Director General – Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told Glavnoe web-site about tensions between members of a parliamentary coalition in the Verkhovna Rada. One of the factions – Self Reliance – has recently started talking about leaving the coalition. The size of this faction is rather...
Unless key terms of the Minsk agreements are met, elections in “the DPR and the LPR” are impossible
Deputy Director – Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko explained Glavnoe web-site why pro-russian separatists need local elections in “the DPR and the LPR” and how it can influenced the conflict in Donbas. The initiative of holding local elections in “the DPR and the LPR” is another imitation by the...
The protest of the Right Sector will not gain broad public support
In the comment to the website Glavnoe, Deputy Director, Director of Political and Legal Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko explained why the protest of the Right Sector, which took place in Kyiv on 21 July 2015, will not gain wide public support. The Right Sector announced a veche, as it was last year during the revolution at the...
The final decision on the case of the MH17 crash should be made by an international tribunal
Official results of the international investigation of the passenger Boeing-777 crash in Donbas are going to be published in autumn. However, the world is already discussing the need to create an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the plane crash, informs the news agency UNIAN. Co-director of Foreign Relations and...
There is no sign that some massive military campaign in Donbas has begun
Pro-Russian rebels mounted one of the heaviest attacks on government troops since a February peace accord, Ukraine said, as the two sides blamed each other for a surge in fighting in the country’s east, the Bloomberg writes. “There’s no sign that some massive military campaign has begun,” Yuriy Yakymenko, an analyst at the Razumkov...
The main criterion for performance of the military–industrial complex should not be profit but meeting the needs of the front
The Ukrainian defence sector have achieved some success but its performance is traditionally overstated. This opinion was expressed by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk, informs the news agency Radio Liberty. “Production growth by 36 times is dramatic but what is behind...
Gas talks between Russia and Ukraine will continue in the format of the “Normandy four”
In the comment to the magazine Focus, Leading Expert of Energy Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Viktor Lohatskyi spoke of the new format of the negotiations with Russia on gas supply to Ukraine. The amount of gas we currently receive is not enough for Ukraine. However, I think that we will be able to diversify and increase supply as soon as the...
The fuss over the supposed Russian military base in Donbas is slightly overestimated
Ukraine’s volunteer Dnipro-1 Battalion released the footage on June 30 showing the separatist Russian base, which appears to have been constructed within the span of two weeks, and which has new roads, trenches, a parade square, and protective dugouts and constructions to hide the tanks and military vehicles shown there. The video was shot...
The government are trying to put the entire price of reforms on ordinary citizens
On Holos Stolytsi Radio, Economic Research Consultant of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Sidenko shared his thoughts on Petro Poroshenko’s statement that in the next few years, Ukraine will be entitled to the EU candidate status, and also spoke about the course of economic reforms. – What do you think about the president’s statement in...
