Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Putin Signs a National Security Strategy of Defiance and Pushback
Under existing legislation, Russia’s National Security Strategy (NSS) must be updated every six years. The previous version was approved in May 2009 by then-president Dmitry Medvedev, so a new NSS was due in 2015. The NSS is composed under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF). Last month SCRF Secretary...
Unfriended: How Russia’s Syria quagmire is costing it Middle Eastern allies
At a time when most Russians were taking a long break from politics until after the Orthodox Christmas on January 7, there has been no respite in Russia’s air operations in Syria, nor in the quarrel with Turkey. Rather than focus on the bread-and-butter issues of making ends meet, Russian policymakers seem to be instead preparing their next...
Russia’s Worsening Economy Means Less Aggression Abroad, More Repression At Home In 2016
January 7, 2016 By Maria Snegovaya For Russia in the new year, trends shaped by earlier developments in 2015 will continue to intensify. Russia’s domestic economic situation will steadily worsen, although according to many analysts, at least in 2016, the Kremlin will have enough resources to sustain the status quo. The number of local...
U.S. Power Companies Told to Review Defenses After Ukraine Cyber Attack
January 7, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
80 Russian Drivers ‘Frozen and Forsaken’
One motorist reportedly died of hyperthermia after being trapped on a highway near Orenburg for almost 16 hours after a snowstorm hit. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Government bans broadcasting of films that may threaten the national security
The Ukrainian government has forbidden the State cinema Agency (Goskino) to carry out state registration and issue the rolling certificate to movies, the role of which was played by the actorsincluded in the list of persons recognized as authorities in that country a threat to national security of Ukraine. According to the decree of the […]...
The court seized “Boyko’s towers” stolen by Russia
Pechersk district court of Kyiv seized the floating drilling rigs “Peter Godovanets» and “Ukraine» (so-called “Boyko’s towers»), which belong to the company “Chornomornaftogaz» Russia expropriated earlier. This is stated in the court decision and published in the Unified State Register of Court Decisions. According...
13 people put on Interpol wanted list for serious crimes in ATO zone
Thirteen dangerous criminals who have committed serious criminal offences and crimes against peace and security in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine have been put on Interpol’s international wanted list, the media liaison office of the Ukrainian National Police’s main department in Donetsk region has reported....
Hackers caused a blackout for the first time, researchers say
Hackers caused a power outage in Ukraine during holiday season, researchers say, signalling a potentially troubling new escalation in digital attacks. WP: Hackers caused a blackout for the first time, researchers say …read more Source: The American Center for a European...
Keeping hope alive
Many Russians find it hard to accept that Ukraine is really a state; moreover, Ukrainians are essentially Russians. The territory they inhabit is therefore part of Moscow’s patrimony. At the heart of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is the contested legacy of a long-forgotten superpower: Kievan Rus. The Economist: Keeping hope alive...
