... conversation the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents held in September 2019, albeit with the former’s consent, creates a precedent with far-reaching consequences. The opportunity was immediately seized on both sides of the Atlantic. Zelensky’s opponents in Ukraine happily demanded that the transcripts of his telephone conversations with Putin be made public too. Democrats on Capitol Hill are urging their enemy president to do the same…
One can only fanaticize about how such releases can impact not only ...
... “modernizes” and becomes a “normal country,” it will be “more like the rest of Europe”—is gone. A companion assumption that Russia would become permanently associated with the EU without sharing institutions with it is also history.
The Ukraine crisis has divided Europe and Russia, but it has also pushed Russia to pivot toward itself. This means seeing itself not as Europe’s easternmost march, but as a large and independent geopolitical and strategic unit on a global level. Today’s ...
... proactive approach to the EU a couple of times. For instance, in June 2016 in St. Petersburg Vladimir Putin presented the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, with a list of proposals on how the two sides could cooperate in the post-Ukraine political environment. However, some of the EU member countries were very critical of Juncker’s trip to Russia, and Putin’s proposals got lost in the bureaucratic labyrinths of Brussels.
Later, the Kremlin lost a couple of opportunities to ...
... Union expressed this stance twice, and we do not understand why this position cannot be reaffirmed under current conditions. Our proposals are under review by the American side.
Question
: Minister Lavrov, I would like to ask you what will happen in Ukraine? All this mess… It has really deteriorated relations with Europe and America in the past few years. What do you think about events in Ukraine? What should be done to overcome this horrible situation as regards Ukraine?
Sergey Lavrov:
President ...
... the first European leader to feel a change in the nature of Russian-Ukrainian relations and to try to use this new trend. The change of power in Kiev opened a narrow window of opportunity for cautious movement forward on Donbass. The new president of Ukraine intends to resolve the issue. His initiatives have received cautious support in Moscow. As a result, the sides achieved a modest but tangible result by exchanging large groups of detainees. Importantly, the latter included well-known figures and ...
... an international seminar on finding ways to resolve the conflict in Donbass
On September 15, 2019, Helsinki (Finland) hosted an international seminar on finding ways to resolve the conflict in Donbass. The event was attended by experts from Russia, Ukraine, France, Austria, Finland, the UK, and the USA. The Russian side was represented by Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director of Programs.
On September 6, 2019, RIAC hosted an expert seminar and the presentation of the International Crisis Group report “Rebels without a Cause: Russia’s Proxies in Eastern Ukraine”.
On September 6, 2019, RIAC hosted an expert seminar and the presentation of the International Crisis Group report “
Rebels without a Cause: Russia’s Proxies in Eastern Ukraine
”.
The event was attended by the authors of the report,...
One of the main reasons behind the unawareness of the processes that are unfolding in the neighboring country is the lack of effective communication
Since 2014, Russia–Ukraine relations has persistently been one of the most painful issues on Russia’s international agenda, and one that has not lent itself to more or less impartial expert assessments. It is safe to say that it is this lack of research and real knowledge ...
On August 28–29, 2019, in The Hague University (Netherlands), an expert meeting was held focusing on relations between Russia and Ukraine. The meeting was organized by the University for Peace.
On August 28–29, 2019, in The Hague University (Netherlands), an expert meeting was held focusing on relations between Russia and Ukraine. The meeting was organized by the University ...
... Chirac or François Fillon. After all, Macron is twenty-five years younger than Putin; the former belongs to “Generation X”, while the latter is a baby-boomer. I can imagine that for Macron it is easier to communicate with Volodymyr Zelensky from Ukraine, who belongs to the same age group as Macron. However, the age difference does not necessarily exclude positive chemistry between the two leaders. They have already met a couple of times and it seems that they get along with each other pretty ...
