KIEV, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine has scrapped 49 bilateral agreements with Russia over the past several years, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said here on Friday. While speaking at a press conference, Klimkin said that Kiev has withdrawn from two interstate agreements, 25 intergovernm...
On Monday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree to enforce a decision of the National Security and Defense Council on terminating the friendship treaty with Russia signed in 1997. While commenting on the move, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Moscow regrets Ukraine's decision. The ...
The Ukraine crisis and NATO-Russia relations The article explains the connection of the Ukrainian conflict towards the present state of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) relations with Russia. Topics covered include the rising political tensions between Western nations and ... A Monaghan - 《...
After 2014, Ukraine's ties with Russia started souring as it veered toward the US-led West, becoming a bridgehead for the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization to more directly target Russia. After political upheavals and some regime changes, the disputes between the Ukraine-West combine and...
Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-NY, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said wouldn't outright say the U.S. should supply Ukraine with fighter jets, noting that it was imperative the country receive the supplies it needs to beat Russia. ...
An urgent U.N. session will be held on Thursday to consider whether Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine,according to Reuters. It will involve three independent experts looking into alleged violations of international law in Crimea and eastern Ukraine since 2014, and in the rest of Ukraine...
Briefly put, NATO expansion eastwards since the collapse of the Soviet Union is seen by Russia as provocative, constricting, and aggressive. Ukraine itself is very much an imperfect democracy, rating “high” on government corruption indices. U.S. meddling in Ukraine, especially in 2014, is most...
(1997– ; originally published in Ukrainian, 10 vol., 1898–1937), is a monumental work by the preeminent Ukrainian historian. Hrushevsky’s life and work are examined inThomas M. Prymak,Mykhailo Hrushevsky: The Politics of National Culture(1987); andSerhii Plokhy,Unmaking Imperial Russia...
MOSCOW, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Russia on Tuesday accused Ukraine of violating a treaty between the two countries that has been in place for more than two decades. Ukraine decided to withdraw from the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership, which was signed in 1997. ...
"Our plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories. We are not going to impose anything on anyone by force," Putin said in a televised speech to the nation, noting that Russia's move is in response to "fundamental threats" of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization which has ...