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Analyses | | Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga, Tadeusz Iwański

Russia counteracts Ukraines moves towards the European Union

Both the actions and statements made by the Russian government indicate that Russia will not accept Ukraine signing the Association Agreement with the EU, and is determined to prevent this from happening. On the other hand, the attitude of…
Analyses | | Katarzyna Chawryło, Tadeusz Iwański

Russian-Ukrainian tensions with the anniversary of the Christianisation of Kyivan Rus in the background

On 27-28 July, President Vladimir Putin took part in celebrations commemorating the 1025th anniversary of the conversion to Christianity of Kyivan Rus. The political exploitation of the celebrationis characteristic of the Kremlin’s current…
Analyses | | Tadeusz Iwański

Ukraine and Belarus finalise the border delimitation process

The presidents of Belarus and Ukraine, Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Viktor Yanukovych, met on 18 June in Kyiv and signed a protocol on the exchange of documents ratifying the Ukrainian-Belarusian agreement on the state border of 1997. The two…
OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz Iwański, Piotr Żochowski

Under the veneer of decentralisation Ukraines modernisation efforts stall due to lack of local government reform

President Viktor Yanukovych and his Party of Regions have been repeating the pledge to decentralise power in Ukraine and to give local government a greater decision-making role ever since the party appeared on the Ukrainian political scene…
Analyses | | Tadeusz Iwański

Dmytro Firtash takes over one of Ukraines main TV stations

On 1 February, the Ukrainian businessman and politician Valeriy Khoroshkovsky sold 100% of his shares in Inter Media Group Limited, which held 61% of shares in Inter, one of Ukraine’s most popular TV channels, as well as seven other…