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Surkov and Gryzlov: Russia’s New Negotiators on Ukraine (Part Two)
*To read Part One, please click here. Russia’s new representative in the Minsk Contact Group “on the implementation of the peace plan in the East... MORE
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Surkov and Gryzlov: Russia’s New Negotiators on Ukraine (Part One)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently appointed Vladislav Surkov and Boris Gryzlov to negotiate—in two separate formats—an outcome to Russia’s war in Ukraine’s east (Censor.net.ua,... MORE
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Munich Security Conference Debates Russia’s War in Ukraine (Part Two)
*To read Part One, please click here. During the Munich Security Conference, the Barack Obama administration’s messages about Ukraine were inevitably affected by being paired... MORE
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Munich Security Conference Debates Russia’s War in Ukraine (Part One)
Russia’s seizure of Ukrainian territories, and its continuing military operations in Ukraine’s east, receded from center stage at the Munich Security Conference on February 12–14.... MORE
After Ukraine: Russian Nationalists Return
By Richard ArnoldRussia’s Neo-Nazi racist threat has not been in the news recently, but an attack on January 17 showed that the movement is far... MORE
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Ukraine Cuts Russian Gas Imports to a Minimum
Ukrainian gas consumption fell significantly last year, as GDP declined by more than 10 percent, and the output of the domestic industry in particular, which... MORE
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Bypassing Russia, Ukraine Becomes Another “Silk Road” Terminus
Since an uprising unseated the pro-Russian regime of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in February 2014, relations between Kyiv and Moscow have gone from bad to... MORE
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Moscow Shifting from Direct Aggression to Building a Fifth Column in Ukraine
Given Moscow’s desire to get out from under the sanctions regime and the almost equal desire of some Western governments to declare victory and lift... MORE
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Trade War With Russia Prompts Ukraine to Look for New Markets, Transit Routes
Moscow is openly unhappy with the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, which came into effect starting... MORE
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Russia Bargains and Bluffs for Breakthrough in Ukraine
For months, the various negotiations formats on conflict management in Ukraine appeared deadlocked. But suddenly, in mid-January 2016, signs of a breakthrough in the making... MORE