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Moldova’s Future: East, West, or Somewhere in the Middle?
Oct20

Moldova’s Future: East, West, or Somewhere in the Middle?

Moldova, located — although often described as “sandwiched” — between Romania and Ukraine, faces a crossroads. It aspires both to be a part of Europe within the EU’s Eastern Partnership, yet feels pressure from Russia and instability due to the Russia-backed separatist area of Transnistria on Moldova’s border with Ukraine. As one of...

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New Russian TV Series Follows ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Hero’ Trotsky
Oct20

New Russian TV Series Follows ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Hero’ Trotsky

Show’s co-director claims the wild-eyed Bolshevik was the true father of the 1917 Revolution. …read more Source: Transitions Online...

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Ukraine Moves to Strip Lawmakers of Immunity
Oct20

Ukraine Moves to Strip Lawmakers of Immunity

Parliament also passes landmark health care reform in move critics say will hurt the poor. …read more Source: Transitions Online...

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Yurii Yakymenko participates in the International Round Table “Before and After Elections – Is the Populism Receding?”
Oct20

Yurii Yakymenko participates in the International Round Table “Before and After Elections – Is the Populism Receding?”

On 4 October 2017 took place the international round table “Before and After Elections – Is the Populism Receding?” organised by the Adenauer Foundation Office in Ukraine and the Embassy of the Republic of Austria in Ukraine. In the work of the round table took part the Deputy Director General – Director of Political and Legal Programmes of the...

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Key Issues and Policy Recommendations by the Second International Conference  “Security Sector Governance:The Role of Democratic Institutions & International Best Practices” (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)
Oct20

Key Issues and Policy Recommendations by the Second International Conference “Security Sector Governance:The Role of Democratic Institutions & International Best Practices” (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)

This publication offers the Key Issues and Policy Recommendations based on the results of the Second International Conference “Security Sector Governance: The Role of Democratic Institutions & International Best Practices”, held 16-17 March 2016, in Kiev. This publication offers the Key Issues and Policy Recommendations based on the results...

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Key Issues and Policy Recommendations by The Eighth International Conference  “Human Rights and Security Sector Governance: Ukraine’s Reform Challenges” (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)
Oct20

Key Issues and Policy Recommendations by The Eighth International Conference “Human Rights and Security Sector Governance: Ukraine’s Reform Challenges” (Razumkov Centre, Ukraine)

This publication offers the Key Issues and Policy Recommendations based on the results of the Eighth International Conference “Human Rights and Security Sector Governance: Ukraine’s Reform Challenges”, Held 21-22 June 2017 in Kiev. Since 2014, Ukraine’s security sector has been undergoing reforms. The implementation of state reforms...

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Ukraine’s Internally Displaced Persons: Understanding Population Displacement in Ukraine
Oct20

Ukraine’s Internally Displaced Persons: Understanding Population Displacement in Ukraine

Invitation Only Research Event 6 Nov 2017 – 10:00 to 12:00Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Melinda Harding, Editor, Ukraine Alert, Atlantic CouncilBen Robinson, Fellow, Institute of StatecraftDr Irina Kuznetsova, University of BirminghamAmbassador John E. Herbst, Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council...

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JIT Publishes New Photograph of Buk 332 from Day of MH17 Downing
Oct20

JIT Publishes New Photograph of Buk 332 from Day of MH17 Downing

Do you have more information about this photograph or the location it was taken? If so, please send information in English, Russian, or Ukrainian to the JIT via their email ([email protected]), VK page, or WhatsApp (+31683559290). You can also comment on this article or tweet to us (@bellingcat) to discuss the geolocation of the photograph....

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Dark clouds over the Ukrainian gas market reform
Oct20

Dark clouds over the Ukrainian gas market reform

In September, three out of five members of the supervisory board of Naftogaz, Ukraine’s largest gas company, announced their resignation. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...

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Hazardous Legacies:  An Open-Source Overview of the Destruction of Deir ez-Zor’s Oil Industry
Oct18

Hazardous Legacies: An Open-Source Overview of the Destruction of Deir ez-Zor’s Oil Industry

Now that the so-called Islamic State (IS) is rapidly losing terrain in eastern Syria, a race is underway to capture the oil-rich Deir ez-Zor governorate. The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and militias loyal to the Syrian government, under cover of the Russian airstrikes, rush towards the fields east of the Euphrates River; but so does a contingent of...

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