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RUSSIA’S CONTROL OF THE BLACK SEA

Submitted by christian on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 11:55

Author: Igor Delanoë is Deputy Director of the Franco-Russian Observatory in Moscow.

POLITICAL PARTIES TO WATCH IN THE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS

Submitted by christian on Thu, 04/11/2019 - 12:32

Alphabetical Listing

EUROPEAN ALLIANCE OF PEOPLES AND NATIONS

Submitted by christian on Tue, 04/09/2019 - 10:33

Nationalist anti-immigration parties plan to join forces following next month’s European Union parliamentary election, looking to create a new bloc to shake up the EU. The group would be called the European Alliance for People and Nations (EAPN) and would draw its members from Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF), Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD), and European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) to involve at least 10 parties from as many nations.

STALEMATE IN CRIMEA

Submitted by christian on Mon, 04/08/2019 - 13:52

Russia’s actions in Crimea in 2014 prompted international sanctions and Western attempts to isolate the Kremlin. And relations between Russia and the West remain at their lowest level since the end of the Cold War. But the West’s response has had no effect whatsoever on Russia’s position. Despite international protests, Russia is in full control of the peninsula and nearby areas. Infrastructure has been built there, including a road and rail bridge across the Kerch Strait to connect Crimea to Krasnodar Krai in Russia.

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLENARY 20 FEBRUARY 2019

Submitted by christian on Mon, 04/08/2019 - 13:19

RE: Peaceful Settlement to Conflict in Ukraine, Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity of Crimea, Donbas Region

Speakers

TOP EUROPEAN EXPORT COUNTRIES- 2018

Submitted by christian on Mon, 04/01/2019 - 14:11

Source: World's Top Exports (WTEx)

Amount and % of EU Total

DECREASE IN EXPORTS TO RUSSIA DUE TO SANCTIONS (2017)

Submitted by christian on Mon, 04/01/2019 - 13:13

Source: Eurostat

Decrease

FORESIGHT UKRAINE: 4 SCENARIOS FOR UKRAINE

Submitted by christian on Sun, 03/31/2019 - 17:13

Source: Yearbook by l’Observatoire, Analytical Center at the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (First published in 2018)

1. Status Quo” (a Weak Ukraine — Confrontation)

WHAT ACCEPTANCE OF A CUSTOMS UNION WOULD MEAN FOR THE UK

Submitted by christian on Sun, 03/31/2019 - 16:22

The economic arguments against staying in the EU Customs Union are important, but the political and constitutional consequences are even more profound. Staying inside the EU Customs Union after ceasing to be a Member State would necessarily entail a severe and continuing curtailment of the UK’s powers to govern itself as an independent state and would subject it to the continuing effective jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice (ECJ). In particular:

UKRAINE’S RAMPANT CORRUPTION

Submitted by christian on Sun, 03/31/2019 - 15:14

Source: Transparency International

In the last few months, several unsavory developments involving top government officials, continued attacks on activists and civil society and increased distrust between citizens and government, present a worrying picture of rampant corruption in Ukraine.