Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Corruption Is The New Communism
In many ways, Russian corruption is the new Soviet Communism. Kremlin-sponsored graft is the new Red Menace. And the Soviet Union’s attempts to subvert the West with the power of an idea has given way to Vladimir Putin’s Russia seeking to corrupt it with the lure of easy money …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Maidan activist Kostenko refused parole for denying insane charges
A Russian court has rejected Oleksandr Kostenko’s application for parole citing his denial of legally absurd charges and the fact that he was placed in a punishment cell (on the pretext that he hadn’t greeted a prison official) …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Abkhazia’s President Faces Public Campaign Calling for His Resignation
At the beginning of March 2016, a large coalition of organizations opposed to the president of the breakaway Georgian republic of Abkhazia, Raul Khajimba, started gathering signatures calling for a referendum. The proposed question for the referendum is “Do you consider it necessary to hold early presidential elections in the Republic of...
The In-Betweeners: The Eastern Partnership Countries and the Russia-West Conflict
In the Russia-West conflict, attention is often drawn to Russian President Vladimir Putin, trying to anticipate his next move. As a result, it becomes easy to miss the unlikely winners and drivers of this confrontation. One of the drivers is the domestic politics of the states in-between the European Union and Russia, and one big winner, at least...
President Killary: Would The World Survive Another President Clinton?
Hillary Clinton is proving to be the “teflon candidate.” In her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, she has escaped damage from major scandals, any one of which would destroy a politician. Hillary has accepted massive bribes in the form of speaking fees from financial organizations and corporations. She is under investigation for...
Russian Guard began operations abroad long before its formal establishment.
/New Russian SS ?/- GCSSI. 04/13/2016 April 5, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the creation of a new structure based on the Interior Ministry troops. New paramilitary has been called “The Federal Service National Guard troops” for short – Rusguard. It is noteworthy that under the authority Rusguard declared the possibility of...
Nordic Security: Moving Towards NATO?
This analysis considers how Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has impacted the potential for greater Nordic defense cooperation. By looking at 1) how this collaboration has evolved over time, and 2) the present defense policies of Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway, the text’s author concludes that the creation of an enduring...
How many Crimean Tatars will Russia declare ‘extremists’ ?
Nobody expected real court hearings on Russia’s execution of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, yet the level of legal nihilism demonstrated has still been staggering. Crimean ‘Prosecutor’ Natalya Poklonskaya has just announced that she is suspending the activities of the Mejlis until the court ruling – just in case anybody was in...
IWP will present “Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Hungary”
On April 20 the Institute of World Policy is going to hold a public discussion and present the research paper on the Hungarian-Ukrainian relations within the project “Ukraine’s Foreign Policy Audit”. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Putin’s Government in Donbas
In March, the German tabloid Bild published an article based on a secret document that reveals how breakaway areas of eastern Ukraine have come under direct Kremlin control. The revelations cast the ongoing Minsk 2 peace negotiations in a new light, one that illuminates the frustration being expressed by the Ukrainian government. …read more...
