Президент України називає відносини з Росією за минулі 3,5 роки періодом протистояння і каже про необхідність поновити угоду про стратегічне партнерство між країнами.
Він також заявляє, що максимальна ціна за російський газ має бути на 110 доларів нижчою, ніж нині, і каже, що Україна робитиме все, щоб купувати якомога менше російського газу за діючою ціною. "Ми зайшли в штопор у відносинах, нам зараз треба це розблокувати" , - сказав Віктор Янукович в інтерв'ю українським телеканалам.
On the eve of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, many confusing events are taking place. At first glance, they do not have anything in common, as occur in different parts of Ukraine and the world. But analysts of the Geostrategy Group, who poses the considerable experience in the field of foreign policy planning events, attempted to tie together some of them. That is what came out of it.
Trajectories of the dialogue between "Ukraine - EU" and "Ukraine - Russia" are giving the ground to believe that during the second half of October - early November 2013 the risk of failure of the signing of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine has been sharply increased. According to sources close to the political decision-making in the Berlin office of the Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, she decided not to support the proposal on the signing of the Association Agreement with Ukraine. What scenarios can be realized in this matter?
23 жовтня 2013 року в Європарламенті відбудеться обговорення доповіді на тему реалізації протягом 2012 року спільної зовнішньої та безпекової політики Європейського Союзу, автором якої виступає відомий депутат Європарламенту, член групи Європейської народної партії німець Ельмар БРОК.
Despite the significant efforts made by many international organizations, humanitarian aids and very high yields within the last years, many countries are still experiencing acute shortage of foods. This applies particularly to the African continent and South East Asia. The reason for these trends is rather clear: these two regions provide a major percentage increase in world population and, in the vast majority, have the critically low level ensuring of foods. Could Ukraine make advantages from such situation?
Upcoming Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius, where Ukraine expects to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union, makes a lot of high-ranking Ukrainian diplomats rather nervous. Because people who are close to the Minister Leonid KOZHARA are planning to start large-scale scheme of so-called “staff cleansing” within the Foreign Office of Ukraine.
Against the background of intensification of Russian diplomacy towards Ukraine and other CIS’s countries – Belarus and Moldova, Moscow quietly continues to lose its political and economic position in another important region – in the Central Asia. China is skillfully using this trend gradually robbing the leverage of influence over the political, economical and energy processes in the region. But what does it mean for Ukraine?