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Ukrainian World Congress joins growing international call for moratorium on Nord Stream 2 pipeline

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BRUSSELS – The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) on May 28 appealed to the federal government and to Democratic parties in Germany urging them to impose an immediate moratorium on Nord Stream 2. The Russian natural gas pipeline, intended to bypass eastern Europe and directly connect in Germany, is scheduled to be completed this summer. It has faced significant European and international condemnation for being a political weapon of the Kremlin intended to use energy supplies to control Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.

Analysis

Four setbacks to Western credibility in Ukraine

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Within the last three weeks, a series of decisions by leading Western powers seems to indicate a downgrading of Ukraine on the scale of Western policy priorities. Taken partly in deference to Russia, these decisions risk demotivating Ukrainian reform efforts (hesitant though these are) and eroding Western credibility in Ukraine.

Analysis

Four setbacks to Western credibility in Ukraine

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Along with United States President Joseph Biden greenlighting Gazprom’s Nord Stream 2 project, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken giving Ukraine’s concerns short shrift preparatory to Mr. Biden’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (see Part One in Eurasia Daily Monitor, May 27), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has unexpectedly toned down its endorsement of Ukraine’s ambition to join the alliance in the future, while Germany and France have given Kyiv reason to conclude that their position is weakening vis-à-vis Russia in the “Normandy” negotiations on the war in Ukraine’s east.

For the record

In letter to Blinken, House Foreign Affairs Committee urges immediate removal of Nord Stream 2 sanctions waivers

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The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs released the following letter on June 1. The letter, addressed to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, was signed by Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and 19 other members of the committee.

For the record

UCC pens letter to Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau urging NATO action on Ukraine

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On June 14, the leaders of NATO Allies will meet in Brussels to discuss the challenges facing the Alliance, including, first and foremost, Russia’s escalation of aggression.

In recent months, Russia has substantially escalated attacks on the front lines in eastern Ukraine and has engaged in significant Russian troop buildup and materiel movement into Russia-occupied Crimea and the eastern and northern Russia-Ukraine border regions.

For the record

Sens. Portman, Shaheen and Murphy issue joint statement in support of Ukraine following meeting with Zelenskyy

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U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and co-chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, and U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) issued the following joint statement on June 2 following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian government officials.

Editorials

U.S. Senators visit Kyiv

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A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators recently travelled to Kyiv, where they met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other government officials. The group – U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), senior member of the Foreign Relations Committee and co-chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, and Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who also sit on the same committee – urged Ukrainian officials to strengthen democratic institutions, clamp down on corruption and reduce the influence of oligarchs. The group also sought to assure Mr. Zelenskyy that Washington would continue to provide help countering Russian aggression.

Turning the pages back...

June 10, 2001

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Twenty years ago, on June 10, 2001, the editorial of that issue of The Ukrainian Weekly announced the release of the second volume of “The Ukrainian Weekly 2000” that covered the 1970s through the 1990s, as a supplement to Volume I (1933-1960s, published in 2000) of the series.