Section: Razumkov Centre (Ukraine)
Russia will not dare to attack Donbas now because of the threat of the strengthening sanctions
Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi considers the intensification of attacks to be psychological pressure on Ukraine in the trilateral contact group, informs the news agency Radio Liberty. The expert stated that Russia was more likely to start intense hostilities “closer to autumn, when a larger-scale...
Political instability adversely affects the hryvnia exchange rate
Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn encourages not to draw direct parallels between the depreciation of the hryvnia and the words of the head of the National Bank of Ukraine that currently there are no sufficient grounds for the revaluation of the national currency, informs the website Segodnia. “I am not sure...
Partial imperative mandate can be used to dissolve the Parliament
While the coalition continues the negotiation, voting for the amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine is on the way. Meanwhile, the coalition seriously lacks votes, which can be filled through the restoration of the majority for the new Cabinet of Ministers. The bill on partial imperative mandate should solve the problem. The Verkhovna Rada...
Russia is turning Crimea into a military base
In the comment to the website Novoe Vremia, Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi spoke about how Russia was turning Crimea into a military base to confront NATO, and explained why Ukraine would not be able to return the peninsula in the nearest future. In Crimea, Russia is using the principle of forward...
Income growth in Ukraine will be happening very slowly
According to official data, wages in Ukraine are increasing but it feels like they are falling, especially if one converts them into U.S. dollars. However, is it fair to compare social standards in U.S. dollars, asks the newspaper KP in Ukraine. Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn believes that if we compare...
Devaluation of the ruble will not affect the hryvnia exchange rate
In his comment to the news agency TSN, Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn described the main causes of the economic crisis in Russia and its possible impact on the economic situation in Ukraine. When the hryvnia was collapsing last year, it was also hard to stop it. For Russia, the situation is more...
Launch of the 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index
On 28 January 2016, the Razumkov Centre held the roundtable “Why think tanks matter to policy makers and the public” as part of the global launch of the 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index, published by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. The Ukrainian edition of the 2015 Global Go to Think Tank Index...
Russia may use a trick of offering its peacekeeping mission in Donbas
In the comment to the website Novoe Vremia, Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk explained what threats could arise when the UN Security Council would be addressing the issue of the deployment of peacekeepers in Donbas to resolve the conflict. Since 23 January, the UN...
Until the government creates free coal market, miners’ strikes will continue
Protest mood remains among the miners in Western Ukraine. The reason is wage arrears. Last week, miners of the Stepova mine, which is owned by the state enterprise Lvivvuhillia, even closed the international road Lviv-Rava-Ruska. Later, the protesters agreed to unblock the road but the problem remains, informs the news agency Deutsche Welle. The...
Putin admitted that the Minsk Agreements fully met Russian interests
Putin’s statement on the refusal to return control over the state border in the occupied Donbas to Kyiv indicates that the Minsk Agreements are in strict accordance with Russia’s strategy on the resolution of this conflict – this is not a Ukrainian plan. This opinion was expressed by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International...
