Section: Razumkov Centre (Ukraine)
Russian military exercises will escalate crisis in eastern Ukraine
The conflict in eastern Ukraine has escalated to its most critical level yet, with Russia giving signs that experts say show it is closer than ever before to invading and waging a full-scale war against its Slavic neighbor, – the Mashable website writes. Oleksiy Melnyk, co-director for foreign relations and international security programs at the...
Without Russian support, the anti-Kyiv insurgency would lose
The war is reaching a crunch point. Pushing forward with artillery and bombing raids, Ukrainian forces are recapturing territory and closing in on rebel forces in the east, – the Economist writes. The mood in Kyiv, as Co-director of the Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk sums it up, is to...
The Verkhovna Rada has to pass amendments to the budget proposed by the Government
The Verkhovna Rada has to pass amendments to the budget. This opinion was expressed by Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn, informs the newspaper Vysokyi Zamok. “The government bill can be criticised but the situation offers no alternative. We have negative economic dynamics,” emphasised the expert....
European leaders are trying to soften their attitude to Russia again
Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk commented to the newspaper Den why it is important to recognise DPR and LPR terrorist organisations, and why Western countries can’t give up on cooperation with Russia completely. The need of the law on partial mobilisation was...
Snap parliamentary elections in Ukraine will probably hold at the end of October
Ukraine’s coalition collapsed after two parties quit during a months-long pro-Russian insurgency in the nation’s east that downed a Malaysian Air jet last week, the Bloomberg reports. “We will probably have snap parliamentary elections at the end of October,” Deputy Director General, Director of Political and Legal...
Unrest in Donbas is caused by the staff of Russian intelligence agencies
Now, in Donbas, there is such a kaleidoscope of armed groups fighting that it is very difficult to identify between the soldiers of “the DPR army” and small gangs involved in robbery. This opinion was expressed by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk, informs the...
The visit of the delegation from the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
On July 14, 2014 the Razumkov Centre was visited by the delegation of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (Geneva, Switzerland), which consisted of Senior Fellow of Brookings Institute Jean-Marie Guehenno and Regional Director David Borman. On behalf of the Razumkov Centre, the meeting was attended by Director General Anatoliy Rachok, Deputy...
The visit of the delegation from the Republic of South Africa
On July 4, 2014 the delegation of the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa, led by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the RSA in Ukraine Mr Christiaan Basson visited the Razumkov Centre. At the meeting, the Razumkov Centre was represented by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes Mykhailo Pashkov...
The visit of the professor of the National Diplomatic Academy of the Republic of Korea
On July 2, 2014 a meeting with the Professor of the National Diplomatic Academy of the Republic of Korea Ko Jae Nam was held at the Razumkov Centre. At the meeting, the Razumkov Centre was represented by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes Mykhailo Pashkov and Leading Expert of Political and Legal Programmes...
STATEMENT OF RAZUMKOV CENTRE regarding legislative acts adopted by the Parliament of Ukraine on January 16, 2014
On January 16, 2014 the Parliament of Ukraine (Verkhovna Rada) adopted a number of legislative acts, including “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On the Judicial System and Status of Judges” and procedural laws on additional security protection of citizens”, “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On...
