Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Playing Putin bingo
To modify Churchill, ‘Putin is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma’. Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy’s updated and expanded edition of Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin is an essential guidebook for navigating the enigma that is Russia’s leader. It is based on original research and interviews, along with a deep...
A Window to Europe for Crimean Tatars
The European Parliament’s resolution on the human rights situation in Crimea was important also as the first time a major international democratic body has explicitly acknowledged Crimean Tatars as ‘indigenous people of Crimea’. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Key reformer quits over ’total corruption’ & ’lawlessness’ in Prosecutor General’s Office
Vitaly Kasko, who has resigned as Deputy Prosecutor General, had earlier warned that while the Prosecutor General spends so much time in the President’s Administration, you can forget about real reform …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Crimean Tatar Mejlis criminalized for opposing Russian occupation of Crimea
Russia has formally begun the procedure of banning the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People citing as formal grounds the law on countering ‘extremism’, while claiming, in Soviet style, that this is because of requests from Crimean Tatar organizations. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Who Should Pay for the Restoration of the Donbas?
It appears a real possibility that the Donbas will be reunified with the rest of Ukraine this year: its occupation simply costs the Kremlin too much. Its Novorossiya project has failed, and the Donbas on its own has no appeal to the Russian people. And Russia cannot get rid of the current suffocating financial sanctions without sacrificing the...
Ukraine-Russia Truck Dispute at Impasse
Moscow could extend its ban on Ukrainian trucks to other forms of transport, PM Medvedev warns. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia-Ukraine Road Blockades Hit Trade
February 15, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukrainian Top Prosecutor Quits in Disgust Over Corruption
For the second time this month, a high official has resigned, blaming high officials for stifling reform. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Human Rights in Ukraine in 2015: Key Trends
This overview of the human rights situation is the first section of the Ukrainian human rights organizations’ Report ‘Human Rights in Ukraine – 2015′ which is published each year by the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Will Economics Threaten Putin’s Position?
The slide in the value of the Rouble reveals weaknesses in the Russian economy. However, it is unclear whether such difficulties will loosen President’s Putin’s grip on power. In recent weeks, President Vladmir Putin has made two big speeches in December: one annual address to the Federal Assembly on 4 December and one annual press...
