Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Parliament Considers Bill that May Derail Ukraine’s Visa-Free Travel Again
While the chattering classes in Kyiv remain riveted by the startling revelations from the Panama Papers and the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Kyiv’s activists are fighting to prevent the Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, from passing a draft asset forfeiture law that could derail Ukraine’s ability to obtain...
Ukraine From Revolution of Dignity to Government of Shame
The resignation of Ukraine’s prime minister will make constitutional reform in the country impossible and will delay reforms in many other areas. …read more Source: Carnegie...
Prime Minister Yatsenyuk Resigns. Why Now? What’s Next?
On April 10, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk submitted his resignation, and on April 12 parliament is expected to approve Speaker of Parliament Volodymyr Groisman as prime minister. It is, of course, good that Ukraine’s two-month long government crisis is being resolved, but it is not evident that the new government will be...
Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine’s Premier, Quits Amid Splits in Post-Revolution Alliance
April 11, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukrainian Premier to Step Aside
Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s replacement will inherit a battered economy, rising violence in the Donbas. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Labour MPs urge party leadership to step up campaign to keep UK in EU
Labour MPs urge party leadership to step up campaign to keep UK in EULabour MPs Ben Bradshaw, Emma Reynolds, Chris Leslie and Adrian Bailey wrote in The Observer, “Convincing the British public to remain in the EU should be the overriding priority for the political leadership this year…That’s why we are calling on the leadership of the...
AGONY OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE.
/ On the photo: Vladimir Putin – in a great American / Western game…?$ / …In short, Russian grandfather Vova sticks his neck back in a loop and carefully pulls the rope so as not slipped. April 10, 2016 Russian “peacekeepers” in the Karabakh: Russia, Putin sticks his neck back in a loop As expected, less than a week, as in the Karabakh conflict...
EU to propose visa-free travel for Ukraine despite Dutch vote
The European Commission will propose this month granting visa-free travel to Ukrainians despite a Dutch referendum vote against an EU-Ukraine agreement partly motivated by hostility to migration, a senior EU source said. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker promised Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March that the EU executive would put...
Yatsenyuk resigns, Groysman expected to take over as PM
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation on Sunday (10 April) in the wake of a months-long political crisis that has paralysed the government and frozen the release of vital Western aid. …read more Source:...
Prosecutor General Office stages evening raid to bring charges against anti-corruption reformer
In what has been aptly described as “the latest disgrace from the Prosecutor General’s leadership”, an attempt was made late on Sunday evening to read out criminal charges against Vitaly Kasko, ex-Deputy Prosecutor General and prominent critic of corruption and sabotage of reform within the prosecutor service. …read more Source:...
