Section: News & Summaries

      Minister for Foreign Affairs The Hon Julie Bishop MP Address to the AIIA

      Distinguished guests, ambassadors, my colleague the Honourable Bronwyn Bishop, ladies and gentlemen, it is an absolute pleasure to be here today among so many respected names in foreign affairs. The Australian Institute of International Affairs is one of our nation’s premier think tanks and contributes a great deal to the development and...

      EU sanctions against Russia – explanation by Europian Union. Infographics and video
      Oct17

      EU sanctions against Russia – explanation by Europian Union. Infographics and video

      Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine posted a video on sanctions against Russia, which were imposed in connection with the annexation of Crimea and instigation of conflict in Donbas. VIDEO: EU sanctions against Russia explained Posted by European Union in Ukraine on Monday, October 12, 2015 Sanctions – is response to the illegal...

      Eastern Ukraine and Crimea as Frozen Zones where Russia maintains influence in the Post-Cold War Era
      Oct16

      Eastern Ukraine and Crimea as Frozen Zones where Russia maintains influence in the Post-Cold War Era

      Where Russia has intervened in former Soviet republics. By The New York Times The News York Times published the article “Frozen Zones: How Russia Maintains Influence in the Post-Cold War Era” describing situation in Ukraine, Crimea, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh. Since the fall of the Soviet Union,...

      Moody’s raises Russia worries

      The pillar of Russian creditworthiness is looking more rickety by the day to Moody’s Investors Service. ||| Moscow – The pillar of Russian creditworthiness is looking more rickety by the day to Moody’s Investors Service.“What once has been the country’s strongest asset, which was the government’s very strong...

      Vodafone leases brand to MTS in Ukraine

      Vodafone will lease its brand to Mobile TeleSystems PJSC’s business in Ukraine. ||| Moscow – Vodafone Group will lease its brand to Mobile TeleSystems PJSC’s business in Ukraine, helping Russia’s largest wireless carrier eschew association with its home country amid political tensions between the two ex-Soviet...

      Ukraine was elected to serve on UN Security Council for two-year terms
      Oct15

      Ukraine was elected to serve on UN Security Council for two-year terms

      Conference officers hold up empty ballot boxes for inspection prior to the vote to elect five non-permanent members of the Security Council. UN Photo/Cia Pak UN News Centre informs on the official website that on 15 October 2015 in one round of voting the United Nations General Assembly today elected Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay to...

      Russia refutes MH17 crash report

      Russian Ambassador to Malaysia Valery N Yermolov refuted the investigation report of the Dutch Safety Board on flight MH17. ||| Kuala Lumpur – Russian Ambassador to Malaysia Valery N Yermolov refuted here on Thursday the investigation report of the Dutch Safety Board (DSB), which alleged that the crash of flight MH17 was caused by the...

      Much More to be Done Before MH17 Findings Can Support a War Crime Trial

      On Tuesday, the Dutch Safety Board released its report into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in July 2014. All on board – 298 people – were killed. MH17 is said to have been downed by a Russian-made BUK surface-to-air missile, launched from somewhere in a 320-square-kilometre area in eastern Ukraine. A warhead, carried...

      New Movie Reveals Russia’s Attempts to Destroy Ukraine
      Oct15

      New Movie Reveals Russia’s Attempts to Destroy Ukraine

      Ukraine is a nation interrupted, its identity and promise stolen by invaders and predators for centuries.Ukraine’s principle oppressor has been, and remains, Russia where leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin propagate the fiction that Ukraine is “little Russia.” But the two are distinctive and the Ukrainian language is...

      Why Crimea’s Blockade is Necessary
      Oct14

      Why Crimea’s Blockade is Necessary

      Since September 20, Crimean Tatar activists and other protesters—mostly from the Right Sector—have been blockading the flow of goods from mainland Ukraine to Crimea. The Kyiv government has neither formally supported nor criticized the move. The reaction among analysts, observers, and bloggers has been mixed—from enthusiasm to caution and even...