Valdai Club

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Valery Kistanov

Alexandre Kaufmann

Yevgeny Kopatko

Vasily Kuznetsov

Artyom Kureev

Arnaud Kalika

Pavel Kandel

Andrey Kazantsev

Yevgeny Kopatko

Russian Federation

Sociologist and Research&Branding Group cofounder.

Materials

Talks in Paris on Ukraine: Stark Contrast of Evaluations

The first thing to appear in the limelight is the information tangle in the evaluations of the Normandy format's recent meeting in Paris.

What Awaits Donbass in Foreseeable Future?

The key characteristics of the situation in Ukraine as a whole and in Donbass in particular are drastic deindustrialization of the country and the rising unemployment rate. It will eventually exacerbate the economic underdevelopment of the country.

Donetsk People's Republic: Independence or Autonomy as a Part of Ukraine?

On the first anniversary of the referendum on independence of the Donetsk People's Republic, its officials claimed that they were fine with becoming an autonomy as a part of Ukraine. The problem of creating autonomous formations and their functioning can generally be solved under certain conditions. But it depends on who will manage the economic process.