Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Germany Says Credibility Of Ukraine Peace Deal At Risk
February 23, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russian Opposition to March in Memory of Slain Nemtsov
Kremlin critics say trail of guilt leads straight to the heart of the Chechen leadership. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Since the issue of early elections has been delayed, parliament won’t be dissolved
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk moved to shore up the ruling coalition and ease the threat of snap elections after this week’s failed bid to oust him. Efforts to attract new members to the alliance appeared to pay off Thursday as the Radical Party said it’s ready to rejoin, having left last year. Yatsenyuk is courting other...
Looking Back at The Future: The Cosmonaut Legacy
Launching the first man into space was the greatest achievement of Soviet communism. But it may also have sown the seeds of its ultimate downfall. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine Eurovision Pick Laments Purge of Crimean Tatars
The song ‘1944′ decries Stalin’s deportation of ethnic Tatars from the peninsula that Russia annexed two years ago. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The problem with Thomas Piketty
Perhaps more accurately, we should say one of the problems with the work of Thomas Piketty. As Brad Delong points out, the central contention is as follows: Hotshot French economist Thomas Piketty, of the Paris School of Economics, looked at the major democracies with North Atlantic coastlines over the past couple of centuries. He saw five...
Will Syria Ceasefire Deal End War, or Lead to Nuclear Exchange?
As co-chairs of the International Syria Support Group, the US and Russia announced yesterday an agreement on the “cessation of hostilities” in Syria that is scheduled to go into effect at midnight on February 27th. According to the agreement, the militaries of the US-led coalition, Russia, and Syria would at that point cease hostile...
Opposition Calls Kadyrov ’Private Army’ Threat To Russia
A leaked excerpt from the report by the Russian opposition on Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov accuses him of amassing a 30,000-strong “private army” that constitutes a threat to national security. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Kremlin-backed militants drive out another vital aid charity as ’western spies’
Marina Cherenkova has been released after nearly a month imprisoned and ‘deported’, with her vital ‘Responsible Citizens NGO effectively accused of being a cover for western security services. There is no news about renowned religious specialist Ihor Kozlovsky taken prisoner a few days earlier …read more Source: Kharkiv...
For Now, Italy’s Relations With Azerbaijan Do Not Upset Russia
The steady build-up of Italy’s long-term economic partnership with Azerbaijan is adding an important geopolitical dimension to Rome’s foreign policy. Sitting on the fence, Russia is monitoring the current trade and infrastructure dynamics between Baku, Rome and the European Union. The Kremlin is always sensitive to Western maneuvering...
