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This volume explores the churches of Ukraine and their involvement in the recent movement for social justice and dignity within the country. In November of 2013, citizens of Ukraine gathered on Kyiv's central square (Maidan) to protest against a government that had reneged on its promise to sign a trade agreement with Europe. The Euromaidan protest included members of various Christian churches in Ukraine, who stood together and demanded government accountability and closer ties with Europe. In response, state forces massacred over one hundred unarmed civilians. The atrocity precipitated a rapid sequence of events: the president fled the country, a provisional government was put in place, and Russia annexed Crimea and intervened militarily in eastern Ukraine. An examination of Ukrainian churches involvement in this protest and the fall-out that it inspired opens up other questions and discussions about the churches identity and role in the country s culture and its social and political history. Volume contributors examine Ukrainian churches historical development and singularity; their quest for autonomy; their active involvement in identity formation; their interpretations of the war and its causes; and the paths they have charted toward peace and unity."

This volume explores the churches of Ukraine and their involvement in the recent movement for social justice and dignity within the country. In November of 2013, citizens of Ukraine gathered on Kyiv's central square (Maidan) to protest against a government that had reneged on its promise to sign a trade agreement with Europe. The Euromaidan protest included members of various Christian churches in Ukraine, who stood together and demanded government accountability and closer ties with Europe. In response, state forces massacred over one hundred unarmed civilians. The atrocity precipitated a rapid sequence of events: the president fled the country, a provisional government was put in place, and Russia annexed Crimea and intervened militarily in eastern Ukraine. An examination of Ukrainian churches' involvement in this protest and the fall-out that it inspired opens up other questions and discussions about the churches' identity and role in the country's culture and its social and political history. Volume contributors examine Ukrainian churches' historical development and singularity; their quest for autonomy; their active involvement in identity formation; their interpretations of the war and its causes; and the paths they have charted toward peace and unity

The current state of the Russian-American relations causes concerns. The economic sanctions the US introduced after the reunification with Crimea; the deliberate destruction of the Russian-American negotiation structure up to and including G-8 and the RF-US Presidential Commission and finally, megaphone diplomacy instead of the Moscow-Washington dialogue look too much as another bout of the Cold War relegated to the refuge heap of history. There is a more or less concerted opinion in Russia and other countries that another Cold War should be better avoided, it remains to be seen whether the Cold War which ended at the turn of the 1990s can be re-started. Here, Batyuk examines whether the Ukrainian crisis will end in another Cold War. Adapted from the source document.

On the basis of overall analysis of the European dependence on Russia for its energy needs (mainly gas and oil) this paper tries to argue that economic sanction against Russia will have limited success. It will hurt the region badly, but it has more potential to jeopardize the European energy security aspect – a long cherished goal of the European nations. So, the best means to solve the Ukraine crisis is political and diplomatic tools, not the economic ones. ; На основе комплексного анализа зависимости Европейского Союза от российского экспорта энергетических ресурсов (прежде всего, газа и нефти) автор делает вывод о том, что экономические санкции против России не позволят достичь поставленных целей. Санкционная политика нанесет значительный ущерб обеим сторонам; более того, она создает угрозу для европейской энергетической безопасности, обеспечение которой всегда считалось приоритетной задачей Европейского Союза. Таким образом, наиболее эффективный путь к разрешению текущего кризиса – это использование не экономических, а политико-дипломатических средств.

The article analyzes the activity of Weimar Triangle (Germany, France, Poland) during Ukrainian crisis (2013-2014) as an efficient, but still largely underestimated negotiation force of the European Union. The evolution of role of Weimar Triangle in post-bipolar era is indicated, as well as the role of this specific structure during Ukrainian crisis.