... relations to the bare minimum that must exist between states. It is difficult to name a single country with which Russia does not have some kind of communication, dialogue or cooperation, especially among its neighbours. Despite the obvious difficulties, Ukraine maintains trade and diplomatic relations with Russia, and there are regular flights between Kiev and Moscow. Georgia has allowed the same kind of relations to continue.
As for the situation in Ukraine, Georgia unequivocally supports the territorial ...
... public has focused on the military aspects, although the problem is multidimensional and armed confrontation breaking out in Transnistria is unlikely.
A Moldovan-Ukrainian Coalition Emerges
Experts have been closely watching the TMR since last May when Ukraine terminated the agreement on the transit of Russian troops to Transnistria through its territory,
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an unsurprising step given the fierce tensions between Moscow and Kiev. Ukrainian leaders will not continue to cooperate with the Kremlin in such ...
Working paper 24/2015
The events in Ukraine in 2013-2014 did not reveal any new, deep-rooted contradictions between Kiev and Moscow; they had existed long before, albeit not so acutely.
They have, however, triggered the fiercest confrontation between the two biggest countries in the post-Soviet ...
In June 2015 the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) published a report entitled “Russia’s Hybrid War in Ukraine: Breaking the enemy’s ability to resist”, by András Rácz, a senior research fellow at the institute
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. As the title indicates, the subject of the paper is the phenomenon of “hybrid war”. Following Russia’s accession of Crimea and ...
On July 2, 2015, the Russian International Affairs Council held roundtable "Prospects for Russia-Ukraine Relations" featuring presentation of RIAC's working paper "
Ukrainian Challenge for Russia
".
Opening the event, RIAC Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov stressed the significance of an expert analysis for the Ukraine crisis ...
BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The European Union is trying to maintain the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine for politically motivated reasons, Russian Envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said.
"I think they have the ultimate goal of keeping the Ukrainian transit, which is a purely political stance. It does not have any economic basis," he said,...
On June 30, 2015, RIAC hosted roundtable "The Visegrad Europe and Russia Today" used for presentation of report "
Russia and the Visegrad Group: the Ukrainian Challenge
" authored by a team headed by Lyubov Shishelina, Head of East European Studies at RAS Institute for European Studies.
The event was attended by Slovak Ambassador in Moscow Peter Priputen, Polish Ambassador Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz, Hungarian Ambassador Janos Balla, and Czech Ambassador Vladimir Remek, as well...
RIAC Report #22, 2015
The Eastern Partnership policy that triggered the Ukrainian crisis has provided ample opportunity to reflect on Russia–EU relations, alongside with evaluating cooperation between Russia and the Visegrad Group countries (also called the Visegrad Four or V4).
The Visegrad Four have taken on responsibility for the eastward enlargement of the European Union having become its members.
Authors:
L. N. Shishelina, Dr. of History (Lead Author and Compiler); A. V. Drynochkin, Dr. of...
On June 19, 2015, the Ukrainian Institute for Strategic Studies hosted presentation of collected works "
The Different Faces of Soft Power: The Baltic States and Eastern Neighborhood between Russia and the EU
" issued by Latvian Institute of International Affairs.
The publication offers a series of German, Latvian, Russian and Ukrainian articles on various aspects of the soft power use by Russia and EU countries toward the countries of Eastern Europe, as well as a detailed analysis of the...
Four months after the Minsk II accords, the Ukraine crisis continues to simmer, with occasional violent eruptions. The ceasefire in Donbass has not prevented some 1,000 people from losing their lives since February, adding to the previous fatality count of more than 5,000. Some of the heavy weapons ...
