Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Revitalizing the Minsk Agreement
There are two possible futures for eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. One could be found under the framework of the Minsk peace process, or the region could become the site of a “frozen conflict,” with low-level skirmishes underscoring the ever-present risk of more serious bloodshed. …read more Source: Project Syndicate (Czech...
Where is Russia hiding Crimean political prisoner Oleg Sentsov?
Russian rights activists have called on colleagues, particularly in the Far East of Russia, to try to locate Crimean filmmaker and political prisoner Oleg Sentsov whose whereabouts have been unknown for over two weeks …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Experts from France and Greece Told How to Keep Ukraine on the EU Agenda
On March 16-17, the Institute of World Policy organized a study visit to Kyiv for two experts from France and Greece. At the meetings with the Ukrainian thoughts leaders they told about the perception of Ukraine and how to conduct an awareness campaign in the EU member states. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Nadia Savchenko Guilty of Murder
Russian court verdict means the Ukrainian pilot could face 23 years in prison – or be swapped for captive Russian soldiers. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
A British policy for countering Russia: A new Jackson-Vanik amendment
During the last two years of Russian crisis – the annexation of Crimea, the invasion of eastern Ukraine and the Syrian campaign – Britain has been invisible. Although Britain is a member of the UN Security Council with a nuclear deterrent, Mr Cameron has chosen to… …read more Source: The Centre for Policy...
Russia’s ‘New’ Tools for Confronting the West: Continuity and Innovation in Moscow’s Exercise of Power
Project: Russia and Eurasia Programme, Promise and Realism in Relations With Russia21 March 2016 Keir GilesAssociate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme The basic conflict of interest between Russia and the West means that the West must either invest heavily and for the long term in deterring Russia or abandon the front-line states together with...
Kremlin Donbas Proxy Openly Rejects Minsk Agreement Elections
A key Kremlin-backed leader has stated that he has no intention of implementing the Minsk Agreement and holding elections according to Ukrainian legislation. Western irritation with Ukraine’s supposed failure to come up with a ‘special’ law to enable such elections is therefore unfounded. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Ukrainian PEN asks Dutch colleagues to support a YES vote
It is Ukrainian civil society that has pushed our governments towards closer cooperation with the EU, towards acceptance and unambiguous implementation of European rules and standards, democratic institutions and practices, liberal stances and policies. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Far-Right homophobic thugs attack LGBT Equality Festival in Lviv
The Equality Festival events planned for this weekend in Lviv have been disrupted and the activists effectively – and with violence – driven out of the city. The police did not detain any of the young far-right thugs in masks who first harassed activists, then surrounded the hotel and attacked a coach with Equality Festival activists. …read...
Ukraine: Fear, Repression in Crimea
Authorities have required Crimean residents either to become Russian citizens or, if they refuse, to be deemed foreigners in Crimea. Two years on, it is evident that residents who chose not to accept Russian citizenship face discrimination in getting jobs and social services. Russian authorities have also prosecuted people in Russia who spoke...
