Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Offshore companies founded by President Poroshenko were found
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has not mentioned in his declaration of income, expenses and financial obligations for 2014 that he had established a company in the British Virgin Islands, according to an investigation by Ukrainian journalist Anna Babinets as part of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). “On August...
Ukrainian MPs call for investigation into Poroshenko after Panama leaks
Ukrainian lawmakers said on Monday parliament should investigate allegations that President Petro Poroshenko used an offshore firm to avoid tax, following a global leak of documents from a Panama-based law firm over the weekend. Reuters: Ukrainian MPs call for investigation into Poroshenko after Panama leaks …read more Source: The American...
IWP’s Contribution to the “YES-Campaign” in the Netherlands
During the last three months the Institute of World Policy has been taking an active part in the “YES-Campaign” in the Netherlands, aimed at informing Dutch citizens about the importance of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Twenty Ukrainians exposed in Panama Papers leak
As of now, out of the 20 Ukrainians mentioned in the Panama Papers, three persons – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, and Kyiv Post owner Mohammad Zahoor – have been covered by separate materials. Poroshenko set up an offshore holding company “to move his business to the British Virgin Islands (BVI), […]...
Poroshenko calls New York Times editorial part of ‘hybrid war’ against Ukraine
In response to a New York Times editorial criticizing Ukraine’s “unyielding corruption,” President Petro Poroshenko said that spreading such damaging information was part of the hybrid war against Ukraine. Poroshenko’s response made waves in Ukrainian social media, with many people saying that the comments show that the president has...
Putin Caught Up in Panama Papers Leak
Russian president is among dozens of world leaders, top officials, and celebrities mentioned in ‘biggest financial leak in history.’ …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Panama Papers
Russian president is among dozens of world leaders, top officials, and celebrities mentioned in ‘biggest financial leak in history.’ …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Georgian Drift: The Crisis of Georgia’s Way Westwards
This brief 1) assesses Georgia’s deteriorating political, economic and social circumstances, and 2) explores how the country’s political and social malaise has been breeding Euro-skepticism and an overall disenchantment with the West. If these trends aren’t reversed, the brief’s author concludes, the country may lose what...
How war in Nagorno-Karabakh could spread – and become a major problem for Europe
Every now and then, the West is reminded of a quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom it knows nothing (as Neville Chamberlain once said). Nagorno-Karabakh is such a place, a tiny enclave that has caused strife between neighbouring Azerbaijan and Armenia even before they gained independence from the Soviet Union. While recognised as...
Russia’s Arctic Security Policy: Still Quiet in the High North
This paper examines Russia’s policies towards the Arctic and how its proxy war in Ukraine has affected its security relations with its northern neighbors. More specifically, the author grapples with a number of questions that apply here. For example, what are Russia’s security concerns in the Arctic region? How has Moscow’s...
