... the implementation of the Minsk agreements. Unfortunately, the efforts of France and Germany over all these years were not sufficient to persuade Kyiv to implement the Minsk... ... political advisors of the Normandy leaders in Berlin, a couple of weeks ago, where the Ukraine representatives refused even to mention Minsk in the final communiqué. Which... ... discuss Minsk, but this was practically destroyed by the unilateral recognition by Russia of the so-called Donetsk and Lugansk republics.
No, they were not. Because after...
... Public Initiatives — Ideas for Change (Ukraine)
The report “Gaps and Overlaps: Navigating through Contested German-Russian-Ukrainian Narratives” was released. It had been prepared by a tripartite working group, that included representatives from Russia, Germany and Ukraine. The workshop on drafting the text was initiated by three organizations: Institute of Law and Public Policy (Russia), Inmedio Peace Consult gGmbH (Germany), and the Centre of Public Initiatives — Ideas for Change (Ukraine). Russian International ...
... meeting was also attended by the German Federal Foreign Office staff and representatives of the German Embassy in Moscow, including Rüdiger von Fritsch, the Ambassador of Germany.
The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: Russia-Germany and Russia-the EU relations, the possibilities for reducing tensions between Moscow and Washington, and the prospects for resolving the crisis around Ukraine in the context of the presidential elections in the country.
... the Soviet Union and the eastern enlargement of the EU. With US support, Germany was key to the stabilization of Europe in the 1990s; today it needs to build on this visionary and pragmatic tradition. But at least since the start of the conflict in Ukraine in 2014, it has become clear that Germany’s partnership for modernization [
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] with Russia has failed, and the special relationship between Moscow and Berlin is now in doubt.
Yet it is Berlin — not Brussels, Warsaw or Paris — that will drive Europe’s Russia policy in the future, even if in coordination with Brussels and other EU ...
The road to Moscow does not lead through Berlin alone, but also through Brussels
Relations between Germany and Russia are in a state of severe crisis. At latest since the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict, but also even before, the relationship was under stress. The new federal government will have to face the challenge of finding ways to deal with the root causes of the crisis. The intuitive response in this situation would be to take ...
... the foreign companies taking part in the Nord Stream 2 Project have a connection with Russia. E.On operates five power plants in Russia. Royal Dutch Shell owns 27.5 per cent... ... political level, the greatest amount of support for the project is being provided by Germany. The German federal authorities are actually in a difficult position here, as... ... of the requirements for the completion of the Nord Stream 2 project was to
preserve Ukraine’s status as a transit country after 2019
. Gazprom had been voicing its...
... scenarios of EU-Ukrainian relation that were developed by a team of 26 civil societies experts, academics and state workers across Ukraine. The event supported by European Council of Foreign Relation www.ecfr.eu and Friedrich-Ebert Foundation www.fes.de and ... ... the most visible future of EU-Ukraine cooperation. One crucial point of all EU-Ukraine scenarios is policy and acceptance of Russian Federation regarding this cooperation. Russia seems in all scenarios is dominant and prominent actor. The highway-scenario ...