Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine reportedly will attempt to restart production of a Soviet-era Antonov transport aircraft. [more]

The Ukrainian parliament April 10 approved Ukraine’s entry into the World Trade Organization. [more]

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said April 7 that there will be a referendum on Ukraine's NATO membership bid in two years, giving himself time to overcome the political and social divides between Ukraine's pro-Russian and pro-Western sides. [more]

At its summit in Bucharest, NATO decided not to move Ukraine and Georgia into the Membership Action Plan –- a small victory for Russia. [more]

Though the April 2-4 summit in Bucharest, Romania, is still under way, enough decisions have been made to establish the summit’s agenda regarding enlargement. [more]

Russia has taken advantage of the U.S. preoccupation with the struggle against global jihadism to attempt to re-establish its sphere of influence in the former Soviet Union. [more]

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is attempting to ease tensions within Ukraine and between Kiev and Moscow by holding a national referendum on whether Ukraine should seek NATO membership. [more]

U.S. President George W. Bush stopped in Kiev for meetings with the Ukrainian leadership ahead of a much-anticipated NATO summit. [more]

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his brother Piotr Yushchenko allegedly are planning to split Ukraine's Orthodox Church officially from the Moscow patriarch's authority -- a move that could create large splits within Ukraine and between Ukraine and Russia. [more]

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said March 27 that no NATO bases would be deployed in his country if it were to become a NATO member. Will Ukraine appease the West or the Russians? Or will it be an arena for the next Cold War? [more]

The United States and Canada have championed the NATO membership bids of Georgia and Ukraine — publicly pushing an issue that is highly sensitive in Russia. In this members-only podcast, Director of Global Analysis Peter Zeihan explains why the West is choosing this strategy, and how Russia might respond. [more]

The United States and Canada have championed the NATO membership bids of Georgia and Ukraine — publicly pushing an issue that is highly sensitive in Russia. Stratfor’s director of global analysis, Peter Zeihan, tells Marla Dial why the West is choosing this strategy. [more]

NATO member states have begun to take sides over whether to initiate the membership process for Ukraine and Georgia. [more]

Ukraine and Russia reached a new natural gas deal March 13. [more]

Ukraine essentially ended its bid for membership in NATO on Thursday. [more]

As NATO's foreign ministers met March 6 to discuss enlargement, Ukraine -- one of the countries on NATO's list -- issued a statement backtracking on its plans to pursue membership. [more]

Foreign ministers from the 26 NATO member countries met in Brussels, Belgium, on March 6 to discuss the alliance's enlargement plans. [more]

Russia is using its natural gas dispute with Ukraine as a tool to punish Europe over Kosovo and to shatter Ukraine's pro-Western governing coalition. [more]

Dmitri Medvedev started out with a bang on his first day on the job as Russian president-elect. [more]

Russia cut natural gas supplies to Ukraine by 25 percent March 3 as part of a dispute over Kiev's debt to Gazprom. [more]