Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Fighting to Survive Budget Contraction, Kremlin Tries to Fix Oil Prices
On March 1, President Vladimir Putin gathered the CEOs of Russia’s oil majors in the Kremlin to discuss a possible freeze of crude production to boost oil prices. Oil is Russia’s main export commodity and the main source of state revenue. Putin commended the “healthy state of the oil industry”—in 2015, Russia increased oil production...
Remembering Boris Nemtsov
Boris Nemtsov’s legacy and his final project—exposing the Kremlin’s role in the war in Ukraine—were remembered at an event in Washington to mark the first anniversary of his assassination. “He was a man of great values,” said Paula J. Dobriansky, a Senior Fellow at Harvard University and an Atlantic Council board director. Nemtsov was...
Russian adventurism and the U.S. long game
Russia today poses a greater foreign policy and security challenge to the United States and its Western allies than at any time since the height of the Cold War. Its annexation of Crimea, war in Ukraine’s Donbas region, and military intervention in Syria have upended Western calculations from Eastern Europe to the Middle East....
EU-US Security Forum – The European security order after Crimea
What’s next for the European security order? …read more Source: European Policy...
Gloom Deepens Over Ukraine Peace Deal Before Paris Meeting
March 3, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
After Ukraine, Kazakhstan Wary Of Ethnic Russians Broaching Autonomy
March 3, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Study Visit of EU Thought Leaders to Ukraine. Photos. Day 2
The Institute of World Policy organized the study visit of the 26 thought leaders from key EU member states on March 1-2, 2016. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Obama Prolongs Sanctions on Russia Over Ukraine Crisis
March 3, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Luhansk journalist Maria Varfolomeyeva freed after 14 months captivity
Kremlin-backed militants have finally released Maria Varfolomeyeva, the Luhansk journalist held hostage since Jan 2015. She was exchanged for a Russian soldier and a civilian, and is now safely on government-controlled territory. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Nadia Savchenko to Make Final Court Address
The Ukrainian helicopter pilot on trial in Russia faces 23-years in prison over her alleged responsibility for the death of two journalists. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
