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The U.S. take responsibilities to exert pressure on Kiev

The fact that Kerry’s visit to Sochi took place for the first time in two years indicates that it is generally an extraordinary event. Different factors have played a role here. On the one hand, there is the desire to preserve the dialogue, especially, in the times of a growing number of international problems, where Russian and American interests are the same. On the other hand, there is the desire to take part in tackling the Ukrainian crisis. After all, the U.S. is not a participant of the...

14.05.2015

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When Friends Can’t Agree

... were saved. They were especially beneficial to the Ukrainian side, since they were signed after Kiev’s military defeat in August 2014. In addition, the first dialogue between Kiev on the one hand and the DPR and LPR on the other took place in the Minsk format, albeit not at the very highest level. However, that’s probably about as far as the importance of the Minsk agreements goes. In this situation the talks in Berlin were effectively the last chance of a peaceful settlement, and if this ...

30.01.2015

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