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Ukraine is now at the crossroads of history, Russia’s former Foreign Minister and now President of the Russian Council on International Affairs Igor Ivanov says in an article published in Wednesday’s issues of the Rossiiskaya Gazeta daily....
The “Heavenly Hundred” who fell during the Euromaidan protests and the soldiers who resisted the Russian invasion of Crimea had the potential to contribute to a unifying national narrative in Ukraine. This opportunity was quickly lost, with fighting and rising casualties in Luhansk and Donetsk cementing regional divisions. The failure of President Poroshenko to quickly resolve the conflict or control the rise of independent pro-Kyiv militias ...
... shares in the signal equipment manufacturer from Russian Railways and joined Rostec in a project to produce turboprop aircraft in Ulyanovsk ( Vedomosti , March 21, 2014). These positive trends and opportunities may end up being lost over events in Ukraine, which have generated the worst bilateral crisis since the Cold War. Canada is one of the most actively anti-Russian countries and was the first to impose sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian politicians. These measures currently affect over ...
Still Running on the Wrong Gauge Tracks To understand Ukraine’s path towards Europe and its ultimate attainment of European political and economic standards, all you have to do is take a train ride across the border. Before you’re able to cross into Poland – regarded as the model for Ukraine’s ...
President Vladimir Putin's request last week that the Federation Council revoke his right to use military force in Ukraine marks the end of the first phase of that county's international crisis. Russia has played a key role in those events, and so it makes sense to sum up the interim results: what was gained, what was lost and whether it was worth the effort. The ...
Why There Are No Western Mercenaries in Ukraine Recently many speculative reports have appeared in the Russian and Western media quoting various Russian and Ukrainian sources about the presence of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine. Due to a lack of understanding of the difference between mercenaries,...
Can Russia and the West Talk? Four months into the Russia-Ukraine crisis, public discourse between Russia and the transatlantic West is not just polarized, it's even toxic. Last month, when Ukraine and Romania barred Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitriy Rogozin’s jet from their airspace, he tweeted that ...
... new Ukrainian President faces a range of serious political, economic and social challenges – challenges on which the country’s future depends. But right now, he has neither the readiness, nor the desire and political will to tackle them. Ukraine is pinning great hopes on Pyotr Poroshenko following his victory in the presidential elections. The Ukrainian media, which is controlled by pro-Maidan oligarchs, wrote that Poroshenko has the necessary experience, authority and capability to lead ...
The interplay between Ukraine and Russia when it comes to gas geopolitics goes far beyond economic negotiations and development. It lies at the heart of what has been fairly inaccurate or uninformed media reporting in the West. This aspect of the conflict has been so poorly ...
... to create consortiums, like the RIAC-ELN-PISM-USAK one, to elaborate and advocate the idea of Greater Europe. Yet in May 2014 we are further from that than even in the decade preceding the fall of the USSR. The past months’ controversies over Ukraine evidently have a lot do with that, if less as a cause than as proof. Russia’s foreign policy baggage In Russia, geopolitics is undoubtedly still the tune of the day. One of the main reasons for Russia’s rocketing international standing ...
| 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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