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Way to ending the armed confrontation Over the course of the Ukrainian crisis the position of the Russian authorities has played an important, and at times decisive, role. This report will attempt to identify the reference points of Russia’s official view with regard to the development of the crisis. Critical ...
On October 20, 2014, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and Director of RAS Institute for European Studies Alexei Gromyko, a RIAC member, visited Rome to attend an international conference on relations between Russia and the West in the Ukraine context held by the Instituto Affari Internazionali and Center on the United States and Europe of the Brookings Institution with support of the Italian Foreign Ministry. The audience included over fifty experts, journalists and diplomats, as well as representatives...
... realistically discuss any common economic space stretching from Lisbon to Vladivostok? The current situation looks quite depressing indeed. And those who do not want to give up on Greater Europe should review and revise their approaches in view of the Ukrainian crisis. One of the realistic, albeit ambitious, priorities today might be to promote a common European or even a Euro-Atlantic humanitarian space. Though the security, economic and humanitarian dimensions of European politics are interconnected ...
Despite numerous violations, the cease-fire in Ukraine's Donbass region is largely holding. For very different reasons, President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin of Russia have come to lead the parties of peace in their respective capitals. Economic issues clearly top the agenda in both Ukraine and Russia. Yet, the cease-fire remains very brittle. The Donetsk airport and the city of Donetsk itself have seen some heavy fighting, with many civilian casualties. The parties of...
... symbolic and we can live with them without any trouble. Of course, we cannot let the imposition of sanctions stand against Russia, and, in my opinion, by all means have to mount an adequate response. What has Russia managed to achieve in terms of the Ukrainian crisis, and what are the prospects of the latter’s settlement? Russia succeeded in working out a cease-fire and in starting the negotiation process on its terms. The sheer fact that the Lugansk People's Republic and the Donetsk People's ...
... disposal for responding to crisis situations in Europe is quite broad. It’s a lot more impressive than it was in the 1990s, when the Organisation often had to improvise but at the same time played a more prominent role in resolving crises. The Ukrainian crisis has shown that the OSCE has forgotten to make flexible and creative use of the potential that it has. In the context of the crisis it has effectively proved to be the only multilateral European arena which has succeeded, albeit with difficulty,...
... been the main success that the OSCE has managed to achieve to date? In your opinion, what is the main obstacle to resolving the crisis at the moment? I think the OSCE has used virtually every tool in its toolbox to try to prevent, avoid and resolve the Ukrainian crisis. We have an office in the country with a project coordinator in Ukraine who’s been there for some time and who has been in touch with, on a regular basis, with the leaders of the government, with NGOs and with parliamentarians and ...
The reaction across Latin America to events in Ukraine and Crimea was expected, since most countries in the region consider the principle of territorial integrity a kind of “sacred cow.” Over two centuries this principle has become deeply rooted in both the political culture of the ruling elites and collective consciousness. Endless revision of borders in the nineteenth century, a dense network of territorial disputes that criss-cross the region and have entered an active phase periodically...
... play the Russian card and to portray us as a threat. Now this idea is being fuelled, including at the latest NATO summit in Newport, although it was during those same days that Russia’s efforts brought about some chances of getting out of the Ukrainian crisis! We have repeatedly asked our Western colleagues: is it necessary to expand NATO, probably it would be better to bear in mind the OSCE, the equal and indivisible security for all? We were told: you see, the Baltic countries have some ...
... – in favor of America. Under pressure from Washington and the influence of deep-rooted pro-American lobby in the Japanese establishment, the Japanese government toughened its stance against Russia [2] . It should be noted that throughout the “Ukrainian crisis”, the two countries’ leaders had no direct contact, not even by telephone. Prime Minister Shinzō Abe emphasized that he highly valued his good personal relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow appreciated ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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