Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
SBU accuses Ukrgasbank’s former co-owner, deputy chairman of fraud
One of the former private owners of nationalized Ukrgasbank and a former deputy chairman of the bank’s board hacked the bank’s database to withdraw property from collateral and removed restrictions on its sale, the SBU Security Service of Ukraine said. The state-owned bank had two plots of land worth almost UAH 55 million in Kyiv […]...
Yatsenyuk defies Poroshenko, says his replacement will do no good
Aides to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko spoke on Tuesday (1 March) of replacing the country’s premier in the next two weeks, while the incumbent, Arseniy Yatsenyuk said he didn’t believe a “reboot” of the government would work. EurActiv.com reports from Kyiv. …read more Source:...
Nothing To See Here: Russian TV Suppresses Story Of Alleged Beheading By Nanny
Whatever the motive, the decision to withhold the story from viewers was diametrically opposed to the approach the same channels tend to take when an ethnic Russian is the alleged victim of violence abroad. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukraine’s Government Bans Criticism “To Restore Public Trust”
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has come up with a solution for fighting all the ills like corruption and lack of reform that are seriously damaging the country’s reputation. They have issued a resolution which demands that civil servants, and even the heads of state enterprises refrain from publicly criticizing the authorities and...
Uzbekistan Achieves Railroad Independence
Twenty-five years after gaining its political independence, Uzbekistan has become “railway independent,” with its residents now able to travel between one part of their Central Asian republic to another, by rail, without crossing into another country—in this case, Tajikistan. On April 15, a new 123.1-kilometer line, including a 19.1-kilometer...
Russia’s Application of Military Power in Syria
Moscow’s use of military power in Syria differs from its pursuit of warfare in Georgia in August 2008, or more recently in Ukraine. This appears to be confirmed by a comparison of the force sizes deployed in Georgia and Syria, as well as the use versus avoidance of ground forces in the two conflicts. Commentaries by Russian military...
Russia’s Military: On the Rise?
After the 2008 war with Georgia, Russia started its most radical and comprehensive military reform in several decades. It is aimed at transforming the outdated mass mobilization army into combat-ready armed forces that are able to pursue a broader set of functions — from nuclear and non-nuclear deterrence to conventional warfare in local and...
Ukraine: Fantastically Corrupt
Ukraine is again failing to break away from its corrupt, oligarchic post-communist transition. The high hopes for reducing corruption after the Euromaidan revolution have faded, and the country is looking for new leadership in an unlikely place: Georgia. RealTime post by Simeon Djankov. …read more Source: Peterson Institute for...
IWP Expert Spoke at the “Ukraine – Two Years after Maidan” Conference in Budapest
IWP expert, Ivan Medynskyi, participated in the panel discussion entitled “Ukraine – Two Years after Maidan” at Corvinus University (Budapest, Hungary). …read more Source: Institute of World...
IWP to Organize Study Visit of EU Thought Leaders to Ukraine
The Institute of World Policy will organize the study visit of the 25 thought leaders from key EU member states on March 1-2, 2016. …read more Source: Institute of World...
