Moldovans Protest, Threaten Nationwide Strikes
The NGO at head of massive protests over a $1 billion bank fraud threatens ‘civil disobedience.’ …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Blockade of Crimea Is Continuing Peacefully
On September 20, Crimean Tatars launched a nonviolent protest action that they have named the “Citizens’ Blockade of Crimea” to suspend the transfer of goods from mainland Ukraine to the occupied territory of the Crimean peninsula. The peaceful blockade is taking place at Kalanchak, Chongar (headquarters) and Chaplinka—three main crossing...
Partners in Leadership? Germany and the United States 25 Years After Unification
Transatlantic TakeWASHINGTON—President George HW Bush called for Germany to be a Partner in Leadership with the United States in May 1989, six months before the fall of the Berlin Wall. He did this in anticipation of the changes that were building, sensing that with the end of the Cold War, Germany would be the central power in Europe. Chancellor...
Putin unleashed
This article appears in the October 12, 2015 edition of The Weekly Standard (Vol. 21, No. 5).By any objective measure, Russia has made a strategic decision to challenge America for dominance in the Middle East. Despite depressed global oil prices and economic sanctions intended to curb his Ukraine adventurism, Vladimir Putin is pursuing an...
Western ‘Information War’ Moves From Ukraine to Syria, Russia Says
Ukraine enjoys a quiet spell as leaders gather in Paris to consolidate the peace process. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The blockade of Crimea
On 20 September, at the initiative of the Crimean Tatars’ self-government organisation, a blockade of checkpoints allowing passage to Crimea began. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Bankruptcy Law Opens Escape Route for Russian Debtors
Borrowers in painful squeeze as Russian economy shrinks, the ruble weakens, and prices rise. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine, Russia Sign Winter Gas Deal
After months of EU-mediated talks, price for gas from Russia’s Gazprom is set. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №23
This issue contains articles and interviews of the Razumkov Centre’s experts, dealing with most topical issues in Ukraine’s current affairs. In particular — domestic politics, security sector, the situation in the Ukrainian economy and energy sector. Read the Razumkov Centre Newsletter №23 …read more Source: Razumkov...
Russian Military Activity: September 2015
Download the PDF Russia mobilized and transported forces and equipment to Syria under the guise of military exercises. Tags Ukraine Project UkrainePromote …read more Source: Institute for the Study of...
