State of Minsk agreements implementation: an unofficial Ukrainian experts' opinion: [analytical report]
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Date
2015
Authors
Shelest, Hanna
Izhak, Oleksii
Palamarchuk, Maksym
Haran, Oleksii
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Abstract
"Minsk agreements" is a common name for a package of documents adopted in September 2014 and February 2015.
The ceasefire of September 2014 was violated by Russian and separatists’ forces, leading to a significant increase of
the area not controlled by Ukrainian government by February 2015. "Package of measures for the implementation
of Minsk Agreements" ("Minsk-2") was signed on 12 February 2015 after its content was negotiated at "Normandy
format" summit in Minsk between the Presidents of Ukraine, Russia, France, and Chancellor of Germany. The
Agreements were supported by the US, the EU and the UN Security Council. In March 2015, the European Council
has agreed that the duration of the economic sanctions against Russia shall be linked to the complete implementation
of the Minsk agreements.
Analysis of the Minsk agreements implementation demonstrates that despite few steps forward made, the trend is
observed of the systematic violation of the certain clauses as well as serious manipulation of the others by the socalled
"Donetsk People Republic"/ "Luhansk People Republic" ("DPR"/"LPR") separatist combatants and the Russian
Federation.
Lifting international sanctions seems the only incentive for Russia to comply with Minsk agreements. Its current
tactic lies in partial implementation, which would help to apply for easing sanctions and thus decreasing the cost
of her waging war against Ukraine. At the same time, Russia preserves the possibility to once more escalate the
currently low intensity conflict at any convenient moment.
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Minsk agreements, experts' opinion, OSCE monitoring, amnesty, hostages release, humanitarian aid, socio-economic reconstruction, foreign troops, Constitutional reform, Trilateral Contact Group, analytical report
Citation
State of Minsk agreements implementation : an unofficial Ukrainian experts' opinion / Hanna Shelest, Oleksii Izhak, Maksym Palamarchuk, Oleksiy Haran ; ed. Dmytro Shulga - Kyiv : [s. n.], 2015. - 27 p.