Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
New charges against Ukrainian hostage as surreal as those Russia forced to retract
The trial has begun in Russia of Serhiy Lytvynov on robbery charges which Russia’s Investigative Committee came up with after being forced to abandon a war crimes indictment based solely on lurid ‘confessions’ …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukrainian Says No Elections Without Full Security in Donetsk-Luhansk
Negotiations in the Minsk Contact Group on political issues are so configured as to push Ukraine into recognizing the Moscow-controlled Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” (DPR, LPR), first de facto and then de jure, through local elections and a “special status.” For its part, Ukraine shows increasing tenacity in resisting that push....
Annual Conference on the United States
Language English Image: Authors: Laurence NARDONTags: Etats-UnisWednesday 20 January 2016 PROGRAM 10-11:30am : Outlook from both sides on the eve of the presidential primaries Ramesh Ponnuru, Senior Editor for National Review, Bloomberg View Columnist and Visiting Fellow at American Enterprise Institute Joan Walsh, National Affairs Correspondent,...
US ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Spike in East Ukraine Fighting
A senior official said the U.S. is “deeply concerned” about an escalation in the conflict between… …read more Source: American Security Council...
Russia Was Ready For All-out War Over Crimea
Putin would have launched all-out invasion had Ukraine fought to keep the peninsula he later annexed, document shows. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Oscar Contenders from Around the Bloc
Transition’s essential guide to this year’s entries from post-communist countries for Best Foreign Film (and many other categories) ahead of the 88th Academy Awards. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Oligarchs save the Yatseniuk government
An agreement between President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, and leading oligarchic groups. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Paradoxes, doubts and the chances of the Syrian truce.
February 24, 2016 “As the war – it seems that the natural state of chaos that enveloped the region, the final cessation of horrific crimes against humanity is a matter of the distant future” The media are actively commenting on the agreement between Moscow and Washington for a ceasefire in Syria. The same countries that seek peace, feed the...
Hungary announces referendum on EU migrant quotas
Hungary announces referendum on EU migrant quotasHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced yesterday that Hungary will hold a referendum on the EU’s plan to redistribute asylum seekers across the bloc under a system of mandatory quotas. In an interview with Bild, he argued that “we cannot reach decisions over the heads of people that...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №1 (30)
This issue contains articles and interviews of the Razumkov Centre’s experts, dealing with most topical issues in Ukraine’s current affairs. In particular – domestic politics, security sector, the situation in the Ukrainian economy and energy sector. Read the Razumkov Centre Newsletter №1 (30) …read more Source: Razumkov...
