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| Carpathian Ruthenia or a new neighbour on the horizon? |
Michal Ondrejèík | 01.08.2010
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In the following lines I shall speak of a republic which strives to compete with Ukrainian power in the Zakarpattia Oblast. The reason for its origin is the fact that since 1991 Ukraine has been ignoring the requests of Carpathian Rusyns, who supported the status of a special self-governing administrative territory in the 1991 referendum by 78.2 percent of votes. This autonomy of Carpathian Rusyns has remained unrealized until present time. Following many attempts to negotiations with Ukrainian representatives, on 1 December, 2008, Rusyn activists decided to declare the restoration of pre-Soviet status of the Republic of Carpathian Ruthenia because according to Rusyn representatives, Czechoslovakia doesn't exist any longer , and the only way to realize this status is the declaration...
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| Quo vadis Pridnestrovie? |
| Michal Ondrejèík | 20.02.2010
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In the following lines Iʼm going to deal with a republic which you wonʼt find in any political map of the world, definitely not on such a map which was printed in Chisinau. Iʼm talking about Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic (hereinafter "PMR” or "Pridnestrovie”), which is called by Moldovan nationalists, who don't know their own history, "Transnistria”, or rather, they name it indefinitely – "eastern provinces”. It was founded by the Russians, Ukrainians, Moldovans and other 34 nationalities which had been living here for a long time. Councillors of all levels coming from "eastern provinces” couldn't bear the oppression on the part of Moldovan nationalists any longer. These assumed power in the process of USSR dissolution...
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| Restart, time out or draw? Obama´s visit to Moscow and its implications for the post-Soviet room |
| Juraj Marušiak | 14.07.2009
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The visit of US President Barack Obama to Moscow evoked mild optimism. If we take into account that during the era of President George Bush Jr. the relations between Russia and the US were at freezing point, then any shift in the tone of US policy must have been more than welcomed since the US approached Russia as well as own allies as the "younger brother”. An important change, which needn't be just symbolic, is the very change of atmosphere. In contrast to President Bush,...
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| The Slovak Government supports intensively Georgian entry into NATO: The Vice Prime Minister of the Georgian Government and State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Giorgi Baramidze. |
| Martin Braxatoris | 20.04.2009
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In the first half of March 2009, the Vice Prime Minister of the Georgian Government and State Minister on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Giorgi Baramidze officially visited the Slovak Republic. We interviewed him on the current position of the Slovak Republic on Georgian integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, the prospects of NATO and EU membership as well as the impact of the August Georgian-Russian conflict on the integration process. Mr Vice Prime Minister, you have had an audience with the Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajèák recently. In this context, the Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a statement in which it backed Georgian EU and NATO integration efforts and welcomed the establishment of the committee NATO – Georgia. How do you assess the activities of the Slovak Republic in connection with Georgian integration....
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| Abkhazia and Russia: the outline of bilateral relations |
| Martin Braxatoris | 06.03.2009
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At the beginning of September 2008, following the recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by the Russian Federation, Moscow forged diplomatic ties with the mentioned breakaway republics. In the second half of October 2008, it was announced that the Russian President appointed ambassadors in Sukhumi and Cchinvali. Russian Ambassador in Sukhumi Semyon Grigoryev presented his Letter of Credence to President Sergei Bagapsh in the middle of December 2008. On behalf of Russia, the Russian Ambassador in Sukhumi is institutionally responsible for the development of bilateral cooperation between the Russian Federation and Abkhazia. According to he is an educated orientalist and he is known in diplomatic circles as a representative of classic Russian orientalist school. He worked in Moscowʼs diplomatic...
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| Gas conflict between Russia and Ukraine and its impact on the energy policy of Poland |
| Juraj Marušiak | 08.02.2009
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Poland has been covering the majority, almost three quarters, of its earth gas consumption by supplies from the gas pipeline Yamal. Only the remaining third of raw material supply flows through Ukrainian gas pipelines. Therefore the cut of gas supplies for Ukraine, which the Russian concern Gazprom carried out in January 2009, didn't have such an impact on Polish economy as on other countries dependent on Russian energy material supplies, for instance, Bulgaria and Slovakia. Problems with earth gas supply, however, haven't been solved by the conclusion of an agreement signed by the prime ministers of Russia and Ukraine Vladimir Putin and Yulia Tymoshenko. Gazpromʼs daughter company RosUkrEnergo (RUE), which fulfilled the task of an intermediary as regards gas supplies for Ukraine, was expelled from Ukrainian market...
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| Repeated dispute over earth gas between Ukraine and the Russian Federation |
| Peter Ševce | 09.01.2009
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Like in recent years, relations between the Russian Federation (RF) and Ukraine ended in stalemate also this time at the turn of years. This yearʼs earth gas dispute has been lasting the longest and is at the same time the most dramatic one. Concurrently, itʼs marked by traditional statements about both sides fulfilling their commitments to consumers and blaming each other. The perfect image of relations is completed by the gas volume flowing into consumer countries because this isn't agreed on contractually. Even supplies have been cut off entirely for the first time in the history of consumer and supplier relations. Both sides simultaneously address the European Union (EU) more often in order to win its favour and make it rebuke the other one. At the beginning, however, the Union was only capable of making statements about mutual economic...
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