Finishing the work became possible after the White House waived some sanctions against the operating company, Nord Stream 2 AG, and its CEO in May of this year. On September 10, Gazprom reported that construction on the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipeline had been completed. Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Developments and Ukrainian Gas Transit According to President Zelensky, the plan provides a comprehensive roadmap for the return of Crimea to Ukrainian control. In late September the Ukrainian government approved an action plan for implementing the Strategy for Deoccupation and Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Crimea.
It will monitor human rights issues, security issues, and the environmental and economic situation on the peninsula. After the summit, the main office of the Crimea Platform was established in Kyiv. Participants in the summit signed a joint declaration, which remains open for other countries to join. The Crimea Platform was established by President Zelensky in February 2021 to build a coordinated international effort to pressure Russia to deoccupy the Crimean Peninsula. The inaugural summit of the Crimea Platform was held in Kyiv on August 23 with representatives of forty-six countries, including several heads of state or government, ministers, ambassadors, and leaders of international organizations. International Crimea Platform Summit for Deoccupation of the Peninsula Finally, Russia’s decision to enroll Ukrainian citizens in the non-government-controlled territories as voters in Russian elections enraged Kyiv and prompted a condemnation of the Russian State Duma elections as illegitimate. Reforms in the energy sector took a step back with a populist decision by the cabinet not to raise the prices households paid for gas, a blow to the nascent gas market. The pace of COVID-19 vaccination has somewhat improved, but not enough to prevent a new wave of the pandemic, which started in September 2021. Careers, Fellowships, and Internships Open/Close.Over the past three months, Ukrainian politics centered on celebrations of the thirtieth anniversary of the country’s independence, the inaugural Crimea Platform summit, and gas transit issues, especially those posed by the Nord Stream 2 project.
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