On August 26, 2015, the Russian International Affairs Council held a roundtable on intermediate effects of the 1st Minsk Agreement.
The event was opened by RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and attended by authors of RIAC working paper The Ukraine Challenge for Russia – Assistant Professor of Post-Soviet Space Chair at Russian State University for Humanities Alexander Gushchin, Assistant Professor of Foreign Regions and Foreign Policy Studies at Russian State University for Humanities ...
... Ukraine and endeavours to provide the necessary aid to our close neighbours.
Has the Ukrainian crisis altered the perception of the situation in South Ossetia and Abkhazia... ... adopted even stronger stances. On the whole, the dramatic events that have unfolded in Ukraine are reminiscent of what happened in Georgia in 2008 and earlier in the 1990s... ... operation in the Pankisi Gorge. As you know, political Islam is a problem for both Russia and Georgia. Are the Russian and Georgian special forces planning to work together...
... deep and comprehensive free trade area with Moldova, with these effective preferences expiring on January 1, 2016.
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As for Moldova, it is trying to exploit the situation in order to impose regulative control over Transnistrian enterprises.
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The Ukrainian crisis is making the life of Tiraspol much harder. Since consumer demand in Ukraine and Russia is falling, Transnistrian companies are losing their eastern markets. Moreover, in spring 2015, Kiev strengthened its blockade of Transnistrian exports by restricting Ukrainian supplies and the banning delivery of excised items to the TMR.
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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,... ... confrontation between the two biggest countries in the post-Soviet space, which has raised numerous questions regarding the future of Russian-Ukrainian relations, along with exposing a whole range of serious problems within the entire international security system....
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 ...
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 ... ... not happened. The reality is more of a tightening economic blockade.
The restoration of Kiev’s control of the Ukrainian-Russian border, which was supposed to begin right after the local elections and be completed after the “full political regulation” ...
On April 9, 2015, Riga played host to the Second Meeting of the Young Expert’s Group on Resolving the Ukrainian Crisis and Ensuring Safety in the Euro-Atlantic Region. One of the topics discussed at the meeting was the role of civil society in establishing peace in Ukraine. The second session was dedicated to the issue of security in the Euro-Atlantic region as a whole.
The meeting was attended by young leaders from Ukraine, Europe, Russia and the United States, representatives of NGOs, research institutes, universities and the business community.
RIAC was ...
... different sets of issues – in both short-term and long-term perspectives. Long-term issues concern Euro-Atlantic security, stable trade relations and democracy-building in the region. Short-term issues concern conflict-management in the Eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian territorial integrity and economic stabilization. The Ukrainian crisis and atmosphere of distrust between Russia and the West showed that Europe’s security architecture is dysfunctional and has to be partially revised. Government efforts and official diplomatic channels seem unable to overcome the existing gaps, and therefore the involvement of think ...
... destabilization and of possible outside intervention. Thus, the delicate balance based on Russia’s role as the key external guarantor of the internal security of not only... ... put at risk.
The Ukrainian Scenario for Central Asia: Reflections and Distortions
The Ukrainian crisis has revived regional elites’ dormant fears of internal destabilization... ... acute ethnic and elite conflicts. The official assessments of the destabilization in Ukraine were based on the historical memory of the turbulent 1990s and the political...
The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) is proud to present its new book entitled “The Ukrainian Crisis through the Prism of International Relations”.
The publication includes articles written by the President ... ... century – apparent and constantly growing governance deficit of the whole contemporary IR system. The developments in Ukraine have become a frightening illustration of what our world can be if governance deficit continues to grow”.
RIAC hopes ...
