The Active Measures Orchestra: An Examination of Russian Influence Operations Abroad
“The approaches used by Moscow include control of the press in foreign countries; outright and partial forgery of documents; use of rumors, insinuation, altered facts, and lies; use of international and local front organizations; clandestine operation of radio stations; exploitation of a nation’s academic, political, economic, and media...
Event: How Non-State Actors Export Kleptocratic Norms to the West
Event: Join KI and distinguished experts tomorrow for the launch of Ilya Zaslavskiy’s report, How Non-State Actors Export Kleptocratic Norms to the West. RSVP to attend or watch live from 10:00 a.m. Podcasts: Alex Cooley discusses luxury real estate’s money laundering role with Masha Udensiva-Brenner. (EurasiaNet.org) John Cassara...
Catalonia awakens questions from Europe’s past
All eyes have are now on the Catalonia, inducing Moscow’s. In the second report of a two part series, CEPA’s Edward Lucas re-examines independence movements from the Baltics to Crimea in order to find lessons learned amidst the self-determination process. …read more Source: Center for European Policy...
Ukraine Reform Monitor: October 2017
President Poroshenko’s power consolidation-and pushback against it-is the hallmark of Ukrainian politics heading toward elections in 2019. Yet reform progress is being made, even if the pace remains slow. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Russia abducts and ’arrests’ two Ukrainian border guards
There seems no let-up in Russian abductions of Ukrainian citizens of late, however the seizure of two border guards on October 3 stands apart, both because this is a brazen abduction of state officials, and because of the fairly obvious motive. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Chilling disappearances and killings in Kremlin-backed ‘Luhansk republic’
The body of one of four taxi drivers to have disappeared in militant-controlled Luhansk over the past year has been discovered, ten months after his family reported his disappearance …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Peacekeeping in Ukraine
Russia’s proposal for UN Peacekeepers in the Donbas region is missing vital details. …read more Source: International Institute for Strategic...
What’s Behind Russia’s ‘Staggering’ AIDS Epidemic?
Chronic drug shortages, ban on methadone therapy pushing rise in new cases, activists say. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Why Are Ukrainian Arms Dumps Going Up in Flames?
The destruction of a large ammunition depot last month underlines the vulnerability of the country’s lightly protected stockpiles of aging materiel. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia abducts activist from Ukraine, charges him with involvement in Ukrainian organization
Oleksandr Shumkov has become the latest Ukrainian to be abducted to Russia and imprisoned. There is a major question mark over how the 28-year-old civic activist came to be in Russia, but it would be difficult to dispute the surreal nature of the charges. The Ukrainian is accused of involvement in a Ukrainian organization that only Russia calls...
