Medvedev Condemns Yushchenko, Hopes for New Ukrainian Leadership
Medvedev Condemns Yushchenko, Hopes for New Ukrainian Leadership | Russia to postpone sending new ambassador
Biden Backs NATO Membership for Ukraine
Biden Backs NATO Membership for Ukraine | Seeks to reassure nation after Russia talks
NATO Not Expected to Offer Ukraine or Georgia Membership Plans
At this week’s meeting, NATO will reportedly offer advice on reforms which Ukraine and Georgia need to pursue to be considered for potential membership, but they are not expected to offer formal roadmaps on the process.
The move, proposed by the British government, aims to keep the two nations at least on track for potential future [...]
Russia Threatens to Pull Out of Arms Treaty Over NATO Expansion
A senior Russian military diplomat is quoted as saying that if NATO grants Membership Action Plans to Georgia and Ukraine, the Russian government will ultimately pull out of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty.
The CFE is a treaty first put in place in the waning days of the Soviet Union, and sets limits on [...]
Crimea Calls for Recognition of South Ossetia, Abkhazia as Enclaves Sign Russia Defense Deal
The Crimean Parliament voted today 79-8 to press the Ukrainian government to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. It seems highly unlikely that the Ukrainian government will act on the call given the collapse of its coalition government and the strongly anti-Russian sentiment of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.
The move would also have serious [...]
Ukraine’s Coalition Also a Casualty of Russia-Georgia War
Ukraine’s Parliament is expected to declare its coalition government dissolved tomorrow, after a split between the factions of President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Unless a new coalition is formed within the next 30 days, which at this point seems unlikely, the nation would face yet another snap election, its third in the [...]
Ukraine Emerges as Latest Political Battleground Between West, Russia
The European Union has issued an official statement, and in it they have declared that they recognize Ukraine as “a European country”. While this comes as hardly a surprise to anyone with access to a globe, the relevant message of this statement was clear: that Ukraine might at some point be offered membership in the [...]
Russian Relations With the West Reach a New Low Amid Talk of a New Cold War
Last Updated 8/28 3:50 PM EST
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said the European Union would consider sanctions against Russia along with other unspecified measures during a meeting to be held on the Georgian crisis Monday, at the behest of as-yet unnamed EU member nations. He also was reported to have expressed fears that Russia had [...]
