Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Why Russia and Ukraine Won’t Implement the Minsk Agreement
Ukrainian politics made it hard to decentralize, while Russia won’t allow Ukraine to move West. March 7, 2016 By Joshua Cohen Ukraine already took the first step in implement the Minsk agreement, as last March Kyiv passed the law mandated by Clause 4 of the accord, “On Temporary Order of Local Self-Governance in Particular Districts of...
Moldova to Elect Presidents by Popular Vote, Court Rules
Constitutional Court ruling that the next president must be elected by a national vote seen as unlikely to placate protesters. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Playing with fear and ignorance
Further important insight on the worrying referendum in the Netherlands on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russian spetsnaz officer exposed fighting in Donbas demands YouTube remove the ’confidential’ evidence
Can apparent evidence of Russian war crimes in Donbas be protected as ‘confidential’ material? The InformNapalm project, which probes Russia’s undeclared war against Ukraine, believes not, and has responded accordingly to the demand from YouTube to remove a particular video. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Mustafa Dzhemiliev: Russian repression more insidious & vile than in Soviet times
If Russia declares the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, or representative body of the indigenous people of Crimea ‘extremist’, around 2,300 members of Crimean Tatar self-government structures could be in immediate danger. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
After Ukraine, Kazakhstan Wary of Ethnic Russians Broaching Autonomy
There is no separatist rebellion in northern Kazakhstan, but the ethnic Russians, who make up more than a fifth of the country’s 18 million population, are feeling increasingly insecure and some sympathize with the separatists in Ukraine. VOA: After Ukraine, Kazakhstan Wary of Ethnic Russians Broaching Autonomy …read more Source: The...
UKRAINE TO STAY OUT OF EU AND NATO FOR 20 YEARS, SAYS JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has dashed Ukraine’s hopes of joining the EU and NATO anytime soon, estimating that it will take at least two decades before the former Soviet state is a member of either. Newsweek: UKRAINE TO STAY OUT OF EU AND NATO FOR 20 YEARS, SAYS JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER …read more Source: The...
Pentagon: Despite Minsk II, More Than 400 Ukraine Troops Killed
More than 400 Ukrainian troops have died in fighting since the Minsk II cease-fire agreement was adopted one year ago, with Russia playing a major role in the violence. VOA: Pentagon: Despite Minsk II, More Than 400 Ukraine Troops Killed …read more Source: The American Center for a European...
Yaresko agreed to head government
After a week of prior negotiations, Natalie Jaresko agreed to become head of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The information was provided by sources in the Presidential Administration. The strategic seven that consists of people closest to the President and Prmie Minister continues to persuade Arseniy Yatsenyuk to resign. Natalie Jaresko...
Turkey-Greece-Italy Interconnector: South Stream’s Latest Avatar? (Part One)
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the South Stream gas export project in 2007. All along, Russia lacked the gas volumes and financing that this gigantic project presupposed. Moscow poured all its resources into Nord Stream. It did not seriously intend South Stream as an energy supply project, but rather as a political project, with many...
