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The Price of Peace: The Parameters of a Possible Compromise in Donbass

... conflict in the center of Europe. 1. The Sides in the Conflict Every single one of Ukraine’s proposals regarding an international peacekeeping mission over the past... ... entail a significant revision of the official Russian narrative with regard to the Ukrainian crisis (“the conflict in Donbass is a civil war situation in Ukraine”)... ... only, provided that the observers are fulfilling their obligations as set out in the Minsk Agreements. Any other use of the peacekeepers would effective constitute an on-the-ground...

02.10.2017

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Are the Minsk Agreements Doomed?

... help? Clearly, the fact that Moscow, Washington and the Western European governments are seeking to limit any escalation of the Ukrainian crisis does not mean that Washington would be ready to use all levers to pressure Kiev to abide by the Minsk agreements. It is hard to imagine Washington starting to talk to the Ukrainian authorities in the language of ultimatums considering that, in the past 25 years, seeking to gain more influence on Ukraine, the USA poured in billions of dollars in various aid and civil society support programmes, not mention political capital....

05.08.2016

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)