Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine Lists Individuals It Wants EU To Blacklist Over Savchenko Trial
Ukraine has identified nearly 50 people it considers responsible for the “illegal detention and falsified trial” of Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko and has urged the European Union to impose sanctions against them. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia to criminalize Crimean Tatar Mejlis for refusal to collaborate
The Mejlis, or representative assembly of the Crimean Tatar people is likely to be criminalized on the basis of unwarranted warnings about supposed ‘extremism’ or criminal charges brought for opposing Russian occupation of Crimea. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia’s Conflict Against Ukraine and the West: The Religious Dimension
The conflict Russia is waging against Ukraine has, from the very beginning, had many different dimensions. Currently, it is increasingly assuming the narrative and form of an existential conflict between two antagonistic civilizations with competing ideologies, cultures and religions. The February 12 meeting in Havana, between the Roman Pontiff,...
Ten Reasons Why Putin Wins Big In Syria While The U.S. Gets Nothing
Image credit: Sean Gallup, Getty Images NewsAnalysis and Commentaryvia ForbesVladimir Putin’s announcement that he is pulling the main part of his armed forces out of Syria caught the world flat-footed. Putin’s word is not to be highly valued given his claims of no troops in Ukraine. …read more Source: Hoover...
Why the Kremlin Fears Savchenko
When Timothy Snyder, professor of central European history at Yale and vocal supporter of the Euromaidan movement, was asked why he has chosen to become such a strong defender of Ukraine, his response was “I don’t like when there is too much lying.” That is an excellent reason. Judging by Nadiya Savchenko’s gesture to the Russian...
Ukraine Vows Swift End to Political Crisis, Wins EU Offer of Visa-Free Travel
March 17, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
The ‘Least Happy’ People in Europe
It’s not who you might think, says report released ahead of UN World Happiness Day. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Outrage Over Attack On Russian Rights Activist In Grozny
Masked men hurled abuse and projectiles at prominent human rights activist Igor Kalyapin during his trip to Chechnya. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin’s Blitzkrieg completed – the Syrian crisis continues.
RUSSIAN ANALYSIS OF WESTERN PRESS March 17, 2016…”Allowing the export of the North-Caucasian jihad in Syria, Russia has given to this internal conflict world problem format, – So now Russia has acquired new enemies.” And they “will make every effort to Russia has been quite high on the list of their priorities.” Syrian Kurds are developing...
A look inside the Czech Republic’s booming fertility holiday industry
Nick Lehr/The Conversation, CC BYIn 2008, a friend sent me a link to a Czech company called IVF Holiday. Clicking the link, I saw images of quaint European towns. These were accompanied by pictures of smiling white babies – and promises of affordable and safe rounds of in vitro fertilization (IVF). I soon realized I’d stumbled into a new...
