Lecture 3. The Short Life of The Minsk Agreements: Why Did Diplomacy Not Work? скачать в хорошем качестве

Lecture 3. The Short Life of The Minsk Agreements: Why Did Diplomacy Not Work?

The Minsk agreements were created as a tool to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict in the southeast of Ukraine. However, since day one the agreements became the object of manipulation by Kiev, which had no plans to fulfill them and was preparing for a military revanche. The position of France and Germany, participants of the Normandy format, transformed over time: having given up their roles of mediators, Paris and Berlin moved to openly support Kiev’s policy of sabotaging the Minsk agreements. The lecture by Nikolay Silaev, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Laboratory of International Trends Analysis at MGIMO Institute for International Studies, an expert in the political working group for the Minsk negotiation process, was delivered at MGIMO on May 13, 2022. 👉 Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 5:42 The history of diplomatic settlement of the conflict in southeastern Ukraine 10:37 Strategies of Ukraine and Russia at the negotiations 22:54 Ukraine’s imitation of the implementation of the Minsk agreements 26:37 Kiev making unilateral legal decisions: attempts to get around the Minsk agreements 38:43 Having Russia recognized as a party to the conflict is one of Ukraine’s aims 43:16 Ukraine’s actions concerning “Steinmeier formula” 47:53 One-sided policy of the OSCE regarding negotiations 51:15 Strategy of France and Germany as participants of the Normandy format 56:07 The resulting position of Ukraine and the West: the Minsk agreements should not be implemented