Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Sudden Massive Snap Exercise and Mobilization of Russian Forces in Black Sea and Caspian Region Appears Aimed at Turkey
On Monday, February 8, Russia’s defense minister, Army-General Sergei Shoigu, announced that the military forces of the Southern and Central Military districts, the Aerospace Forces (Vozdushno Kosmicheskikh Sil—VKS) the airborne troops (Vozdushno Desantnye Voyska—VDV), the military transport air force (Voenno Transportnaya Aviatsiya—VTA),...
A Real ‘Political Revolution’ Would End the War in Iraq
Photo: Michael Vladon / Flickr These days, Bernie Sanders doesn’t say much about the Middle East. But if you’ve heard him say nothing else on the subject, he’s probably reminded you that he — unlike a certain former secretary of state — had the foresight to vote against the Iraq War when it came before Congress back in 2002. In...
TO NEW BERLIN WALLS …?
RUSSIAN ANALYSIS OF WESTERN PRESS __________________________________ “If the Syrian failure is a symbol for the West, it Aleppo”. / Syrian campaign as a continuation of Putin’s war in Georgia and Ukraine, or prolonged impotence of the West? / – GCSSI. … Today there is a risk of new walls, not in Berlin, but in Tbilisi, Kiev and Damascus....
IMF Boss Issues Stern Warning to Ukraine
Kyiv’s Western partners are stepping up pressure on Kyiv to implement austerity measures, robust action against corruption. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine risks losing IMF support
Ukraine’s key creditor is concerned about Ukraine’s slow progress in improving governance and fighting corruption, and reducing the influence of vested interests in policymaking. Ukraine must enact promised reforms and root out corruption or risk losing the support of the International Monetary Fund, Reuters reported referring to IMF...
Russia and Iran are fighting together – but are they as close as it seems?
After years of isolation, Iran is slowly coming back in from the cold after the deal to curb its nuclear programme. And as it starts to reassert itself more openly in the world order, it’s rekindling a stormy affair with an old flame: Russia. The two countries have discussed opening a joint bank, co-operation in space research, and...
An Update on Ukraine with Nataliya Gumenyuk
What is happening with Ukraine’s reforms? What is the impact of current Western involvement? What is the military situation in Eastern Ukraine? And what role does the media play in all of this? Nataliya Gumenyuk, journalist and commentator, will give an update on the current situation in Ukraine at a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary...
Russian Fury Over North Korean Missile Claim
The Kremlin demands an apology from South Korea for accusation it may have provided North Korea with rocket technology. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Minsk agreement: one year of shadow boxing
The conflict is likely to remain in its present, not fully frozen state, with all the negative consequences that entails for the Donbass, the rest of Ukraine, and Russia. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Political instability adversely affects the hryvnia exchange rate
Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn encourages not to draw direct parallels between the depreciation of the hryvnia and the words of the head of the National Bank of Ukraine that currently there are no sufficient grounds for the revaluation of the national currency, informs the website Segodnia. “I am not sure...
