KIEV, Jan. 10 – The International Renaissance Foundation does not share the position expressed by Ukrainian businessman Victor Pinchuk in an article for The Wall Street Journal, however it continues to fulfill its partnership commitments in joint projects with his charitable foundation, including the 'Ukrainian Breakfast' in the framework of the World Economic Forum in Davos in January.

"We do not share the views expressed by Victor Pinchuk in his article 'Ukraine Must Make Painful Compromises for Peace with Russia', published in the Wall Street Journal on December 29, 2016. Victor Pinchuk is the founder of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, a charity that IRF has partnered with in several projects, including the support for participation of leading Ukrainian experts in annual conferences of the Yalta European Strategy and participation of new politicians of the parliament's inter-faction Euro-Optimists group in 'Ukrainian Breakfasts' during the World Economic Forum in Davos," reads the statement published on the website of the International Renaissance Foundation on Saturday.