Shining Light on Russia’s Underground Economy
New study accords with previous estimates, saying off-the-books income remains stubbornly high. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
French court orders journalist to retract the truth about grossly misleading Moreira film on Ukraine
Paul Moreira, the author of a French film that falsely calls a tragic fire in Odesa a ‘massacre’ and presents an equally distorted picture of Euromaidan and Russia’s annexation of Crimea, has won a defamation suit against freelance Ukrainian journalist, Anna Chesanovska-Jaillard …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
‘RussiaGate’ Alone Isn’t Going to Put Progressives Back in Power
(Photo: motttive / Shutterstock) Donald Trump’s approval ratings remain dismal, yet the Democrats are 0 for 4 in congressional elections in 2017. Not only do a majority of Americans believe that the president has tried to obstruct investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 elections but, by a 2 to 1 margin, Americans believe...
Ralf Fücks: “For me, the Foundation opened a window upon the world”
Sergey Lagodinsky: In 1996 you became president of the Foundation, following, as we just discovered, a very active and eventful political career.Did it take you long to decide? And why did you decide to work for the Foundation? If my memory serves me right, it was Lukas Beckmann who called me and asked whether I’d like to have the job. This...
Five Found Guilty of Nemtsov Slaying
Trial judge and the Kremlin admit the person who organized the opposition leader’s murder remains at large. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
10 Things You Should Not Do in Belarus
In Europe’s “last dictatorship,” you should definitely be careful what you photograph and joke about. From European Radio for Belarus (ERB). …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine Quarterly Digest: #1 (January – March, 2017)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS PULSE INTERNAL PULSE #PROGRESS DONBAS PULSE …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Ukraine Rocked by Ransomware Attack
Officials also suggest Russia was behind yesterday’s death of a military intelligence officer in Kyiv. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The new antiquity versus the new Middle Ages
Politics The “new Middle Ages” has been a common term for referring to Russia’s present and near future since the publication of Day of the Oprichnik in 2006. The publication of Telluria in 2013 and the 2014 release of “Hard to be a God”, a dystopian film directed by Aleksei German, brought this medieval analogy to wider attention. A plot...
Cyber Attack Hits Oil Giant and Banks in Russia and Ukraine
June 27, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
