Section: Razumkov Centre (Ukraine)
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №18
This issue contains articles and interviews of the Razumkov Centre’s experts, dealing with most topical issues in Ukraine’s current affairs. In particular – domestic politics, security sector, the situation in the Ukrainian economy and energy sector. Read the Razumkov Centre Newsletter №18 …read more Source: Razumkov...
Why the National Bank of Ukraine does not release U.S. dollar exchange rate
In the comment to the website Novoe Vremia, Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn explained why the National Bank of Ukraine is in no hurry to lift all the restrictions on the foreign exchange market that have been set to stabilise the economic situation. …read more Source: Razumkov...
The Kremlin has not completely given up the Novorosiya project
Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi thinks that Putin’s Novorosiya project is not closed, informs the website Hlavkom. “I would hardly say that the Novorosiya project will be closed. It is for a fact that it failed as a blitzkrieg They counted on quick seizure i.e. the separation of these six oblasts...
Ukraine’s defence industry got a chance to enter Western markets
In the comment to the magazine Focus, Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk explained why the termination of military and technical cooperation with Russia can do good to Ukraine’s defence industry. Putin’s statement only proves his unwillingness to name the real...
What interests Russia in the Arctic
In his column for the “Novoe Vremia” Oleksiy Melnyk, Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre, writes about a possible conflict of national interests over the Arctic. …read more Source: Razumkov...
A total decline of Donbas economy will threaten Ukraine’s security
Economic Research Consultant at the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Sidenko told the BBC news agency about the economic collapse in Donbas and how it threatens Ukraine’s security. There has been a major degradation process, due to which the economy of the region was thrown several decades back. Many of the enterprises that have stopped will not...
Separatists have to understand that a new attack in Donbas will cost them a lot
In his column for the “Novoe Vremia” Oleksiy Melnyk, Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre, assesses the prospects and threats of de-escalation of the conflict in Donbas. The prospects of escalation or de-escalation of the conflict in Donbas should be assessed given the terrorists building...
Due to decentralisation, raion and oblast councils will get executive committies
Legal Research Fellow of the Razumkov Centre Viktor Musiyaka told the UNN news agency about possible alterations of the local government under decentralization. If decentralisation is introduced at the level of raions and oblasts, instead of administrations, there will be councils, within which executive committees will be created. Locally, there...
Detention of the Russian military officers is another proof of participation of the Russian regular troops in the events in Eastern Ukraine
Deputy Director General and Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told the Glavred website about the international significance of detention of the the Russian military officers in Ukraine. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Due to the Russian aggression Ukrainians are becoming more pro-NATO
For the first time in more than a decade of polling Ukrainians on their attitudes toward the Western alliances, an absolute majority – 52% – said they favored steering Ukraine’s foreign policy toward the European Union, said Andriy Bychenko, Director of Sociological Service at the Razumkov Center, the Los Angeles Times writes. The share of...
