The post-conflict task will be to create an entirely new economy rather than return to the old economic structure of the beginning of the century
Reflecting on Ukraine’s future beyond the current conflict, many politicians and experts speculate ... ... Kortunov:
Restoration, Reformation, Revolution? Blueprints for the World Order after the Russia-Ukraine conflict
First of all, it would be wrong to think of the Marshall Plan... ... main donor for a post-conflict Ukraine. However, today the financial standing of the European Union, including Germany as the main potential sponsor of the new Marshall...
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is the most radical international political change to date, and the ... ... economically, by global fragmentation, sanctions, and regionalization of the global economy; security-wise, by the highly dangerous slide from a “cold” to a “hot”... ... affects China–Europe relations since China does not Russia, contrary to what the European Union demands, putting China in a more difficult situation.
Beijing greatly...
Interview by Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov for "Die Welt"
Ambassador,... ... have to be ready to implement the Minsk Agreements of 2015 to bring peace to Eastern Ukraine.
Have you read them?
A long time ago.
If you refresh your memory, you will... ... life for the Alliance.
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Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union
... Euromaidan in 2014, one of the first steps taken by the new Ukrainian authorities was to implement association with the European Union. This decision defined the future of the Ukrainian economy, and to a large extent its social life, for years to come.
An Economy of Slow Growth and Debts
Even those experts who are clearly against Russia or oppose the multi-vectored policy adopted by Ukraine admit today that the European Union’s association mechanisms are faltering. They often tend to explain this by the hostilities in the East, the loss of part of the country’s territory and the post-Soviet and Soviet mentality of the majority of citizens, who are not prepared ...
... region this quarter of a century has been extremely rich in socio-political changes. Ukraine, however, occupies a special place even against this background as a unique... ... Ukraine ranked second among the Soviet republics in terms of economic potential after Russia. This potential should have objectively been transformed with the country switching to the free-market economy model. Nevertheless, the very transition to that model proved an overall failure... ... 1990 level
. This difference is only partially down to the massive assistance that the European Union has given Poland. Belarus, however controversial its economic model,...
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine's economic development has been neither consistent, nor steady. During the decade ... ... operations in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions coupled with Crimea’s reunification with Russia only exacerbated it.
Crimea and Donbass: The price paid
In purely economic terms... ... Donetsk regions, also known as Donbass, are much more important for Ukraine’s economy. In 2012 the Donetsk region had the highest per capita GDP, €20,700, while...
... Department at the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Europe and Russian International Affairs Council expert
Olga Potemkina
offers ... ... creating new jobs and improving the competitiveness of the EU economy. The heads of state and government will have to approve ... ... be important item on the agenda. As of early December 2014, the European Union had invested €1.1 billion to combat the virus,... ... military actions in the Middle East.
As for foreign policy, the Ukraine crisis will take priority. On December 3, 2014, the Commission ...
... There are indications that, in order to strengthen its position Russia, it might choose to pursue a flexible pricing policy on ... ..., nor the Maghreb, nor Iran can afford. Therefore, even if the European Union were to enact all phases of the three-stage sanctions ... ... The world has reached its historic peak in terms of the market economy’s territorial distribution, but development models ... ... increasingly dependent on market factors and transnational competition.
Ukraine found itself in the thick of the geo-economic confrontation ...
