Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Now they come for the oligarchs.
/NEP (New Economic Policy) ended, it is time of KGB routine …/ – GCSSI. … On the agenda of privatization of assets – “the return of property to the people” – Putin can enter the electoral cycle in 2018. Review of the results of privatization has been a taboo subject for the Russian policy for years, and now it is time to reopen the strategic...
TUC warns holiday entitlements at risk under Brexit as over 50 healthcare workers argue leaving would benefit NHS
TUC warns holiday entitlements at risk under Brexit as over 50 healthcare workers argue leaving would benefit NHSThe Trade Union Congress (TUC) has warned that leaving the EU could lead to a reduction in people’s paid annual leave. TUC General Secretary, Frances O’Grady said, “We know that some of the biggest cheerleaders for Brexit...
Dutch Unease: Why the Netherlands Turned Away From Ukraine
The Dutch didn’t reject the EU’s Association Agreement with Ukraine because they are sympathetic to Russia. They rejected it because they believe that Ukraine, like Russia, is unprepared to join the European community. | Русский …read more Source: Carnegie Moscow...
Nagorno-Karabakh: The danger of getting used to a conflict
From the outset, Germany’s chairmanship of the OSCE, in 2016, promised to be fraught with sizable challenges. One of these challenges came from the recent developments in the South Caucasus, which demonstrated with renewed force that national boundaries in the post-Soviet space, and thus the security situation, are still far from stable....
How to Fill Ukraine’s Security Vacuum
The most feasible way to solve Ukraine’s mounting security challenge is to establish an alliance of nations stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Lithuanian parliament under cyber attack
Lithuania’s parliamentary website came under cyber attack yesterday (11 April) just as a special session of the World Congress of Crimean Tartars was meeting to discuss mass violations of human Rights in Russian-occupied Crimea. …read more Source:...
Groysman bid for Ukraine premiership on the edge
Following evening negotiations between the parties of President Petro Poroshenko and Mr Yatseniuk aimed at forming a new coalition government, MPs announced that Mr Groysman had withdrawn his candidacy. He blamed disagreements on ministerial posts for the rapid turnround. FT: Groysman bid for Ukraine premiership on the edge …read more...
Ukrainian prime minister quits, paving way for cabinet overhaul
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigned after weeks of pressure. His party will stay in the coalition allied with President Petro Poroshenko. Poroshenko’s party nominated parliament Speaker Volodymyr Hroisman to take over as premier. Political uncertainty and a failure to tackle graft have delayed disbursement of the IMF rescue...
In Odesa, Protesters Demand that Poroshenko Restore Honest Prosecutor
Several hundred protesters have camped out in front of the regional prosecutor’s office in Odesa for the past two weeks demanding that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko reinstate reformist Deputy Prosecutor General Davit Sakvarelidze, who also concurrently held the post of regional prosecutor of Odesa. Sakvarelidze’s replacement,...
Russian Opposition Picks Holes In State TV ’Exposé’ Of Navalny
Russian state TV says it has exposed Kremlin foe Aleksei Navalny as a paid agent of the West. Navalny and his allies in the opposition say they have exposed the program as a sloppy hit-job full of fabricated “evidence.” …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
