Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russian Blogger on Trial for Denying God Exists
Viktor Krasnov is being tried under a religious protection law adopted after Pussy Riot’s ‘punk prayer’ in Russia’s main cathedral. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Energy Reform Comes to Ukraine, and It Isn’t Cheap
Country needs cleaner, more efficient power sources, but the public will foot much of the bill. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Appointment of a new prime minister will mean loss of time for reforms
None of Ukraine’s international creditors insisted on Yatseniuk as a candidate for prime minister of Ukraine right away, and no one is holding on to him now. For international partners, it is important that reforms are taking place, and that the country does not get into political turbulence. Although what is currently happening in Ukraine...
Ukraine: With Minsk stalled, Russian sanctions must continue
The West should stick to its sanction policy towards Russia, following numerous ceasefire violations by Moscow-supported separatists in eastern Ukraine, according to several high-profile officials who spoke in Kyiv yesterday (2 March). …read more Source:...
NATO Commander: Russia uses Syrian refugees as ’weapon’ against West
NATO’s top general accused Russia and Syria of fomenting a mass exodus of refugees as a “weapon” against the West. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Meeting to honour Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko banned in Russian-occupied Crimea
The de facto authorities under Russian occupation have refused to allow the traditional gathering in Simferopol on March 9. Gatherings to lay flowers and read Taras Shevchenko’s works required courage under the Soviet regime and could result in arrests. For Crimea under Russian occupation those times have returned. …read more Source:...
Savchenko: You haven’t broken me & you won’t. I am no object for bargaining
Nadiya Savchenko has threatened to refuse even water if sentence is not passed soon. The prosecutor is demanding 23 years for the former military pilot captured by Kremlin-backed militants in eastern Ukraine and abducted to Russia, AND a fine for ‘illegally crossing the border’. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Eurasian Union’s Expansion Falters Amid Russia’s Economic Woes
In a recent interview with the media, Kyrgyzstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Pankratov, whose portfolio includes overseeing the country’s membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), reported that the Kyrgyz Republic’s accession (as of August 12, 2015) to this Russian-led trading bloc has so far produced mixed results....
Aspen Institute Kyiv: Preparing Young Leaders in Ukraine
Filed in Blog Topics: Aspen Institute Kyiv Aspen Institute Executive Vice President Elliot Gerson meets with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kyiv, Ukraine. Gerson was in Ukraine to celebrate the work of Aspen Institute Kyiv, which launched last November. Aspen Institute Kyiv is dedicated to promoting values-based leadership in Ukraine and...
Thinking The Unthinkable: Can Japan Bring Russia Back to the G7?
For Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 2016 is a special year. As the chairman of the G7 summit, he aims to showcase Japan’s global leadership. The prime minister’s diplomatic zest is well-known and largely fueled by his “Abe Doctrine.” This doctrine promotes an ambitious, multi-vector foreign policy that has made him the most...
