... Disorder", March 19th, 2016.
Igor Ivanov’s Address to the German Marshall Fund 2016
Brussels Forum
"A World Beyond Disorder", March 19th, 2016.
Ladies and gentlemen,
For more than two years dramatic developments in and around Ukraine remain the focal point of the European politics. Even the bloody conflict in Syria and the migration crisis in Europe could not put Ukraine on a back burner.
It would not be an over exaggeration to say that the Ukrainian crisis and its final resolution ...
... the project, thus completing the legal registration of the joint venture that would build the gas pipeline.
It is worth noting that Berlin repeatedly stated that one of the requirements for the completion of the Nord Stream 2 project was to
preserve Ukraine’s status as a transit country after 2019
. Gazprom had been voicing its desire to stop transporting gas via Ukraine for years. However, after June 2015, against the backdrop of intensive discussions on the parameters of Nord Stream 2, the ...
On February 28 - March 3, 2016 Brussels was the venue of the 4
th
Meeting of Young Experts Group on Ukraine Settlement and Euro-Atlantic Security.
The Group discussed at the meeting the issues of terrorism, the challenges associated with the migration crisis in Europe, the relations between Russia and the EU, Russia and NATO, the crisis in Ukraine and ...
... republics in which the rights and freedoms of an individual of any nationality will be fully guaranteed.” This was Mikhail Gorbachev’s final attempt to stop the disintegration of a major country. Nine months later, following a referendum on Ukraine’s independence on December 1st, the Soviet Union officially ceased to exist. The Ukrainians, of whom more than 70 percent had voted to preserve the Soviet Union in the March referendum, this time voted 90 percent in favour of independence....
... helicopter. If we compare the numbers of the two countries’ warplanes and the intensity of their sorties, we find the accident rates for the two approximately equal overall.
REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Antonov Serial Production Plant
Cessation of ties with Ukraine.
This did indeed have a negative impact on the plans to rearm the air force, but the expert exaggerates the significance of this issue. The production of helicopters in Russia continues at the same rate as before. Supplies of helicopter engines ...
... intensify cooperation within the Visegrad Group, including in the military sphere (for example, through more frequent military exercises), and actively promoting the development of cross-border interregional and European projects, which could also include Ukraine.
In addition, Poland will likely try to foster a closer relationship with Romania, a country that could neutralize a possible
Fronde
among Poland’s partners in the Visegrad Group, and which has strained relations with Moscow. This scenario ...
... could not reach a compromise on specific matters, like non-tariff trade restrictions, phytosanitary standards or customs administration. Another explanation is that the prime cause of disagreements was the expected length of the transition period for Ukraine. Yet another reason for the failure is the inability of the three parties to agree on the legal format of their final arrangement: the European Union and Ukraine were ready to sign only a joint ministerial statement or a political declaration,...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/germany-concerned-about-aggressive-nato-stance-on-ukraine-a-1022193.html#sp.goto.blogcomment=8148
The huge gaps between General Breedlove's allegations and the facts provided by the German intelligence service (Bundesnachrichtendienst), lead one to wonder why he continues to make such allegations....
... to the USSR. Of the 15 former republics of the Soviet Union, four have no diplomatic relations with one another (Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russia and Georgia). Unregulated border disputes are the bane of practically all Central Asian states. Russia and Ukraine have not broken diplomatic relations formally, but relations between the two countries are at their lowest ebb since December 1991.
The new independent states are more integrated into the world economy and politics. Important international players ...
... for Russian Foreign Policy You Need to Know"
After October’s Valdai Discussion in Sochi, Ivan Timofeev
wrote a succinct assessment of the latest trends in Russian foreign policy
. Indeed, after the annexation of Crimea, the conflict in Ukraine, a downward spiral of sanctions, and Russia's latest intervention in Syria, it is no simple task to identify clear patterns of behavior.
One challenge is separating the old from the truly new, and the signal from the noise. That is,
Russia's ...
