Recognising that Germany needs to rethink its relations with Russia as a result of the crisis in Ukraine, the Merkel government plans to invest millions of euros in a new institute devoted to the study of post-Soviet states.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
EurActiv: In response to Ukraine crisis, Berlin to launch new think tank
Ukrainian servicemen of the Donbass volunteer battalion take part in clean-up operations in a village in the Lysychansk district of the Lugansk Oblast, controlled by pro-Russian separatists on Jan. 28, 2015.
