Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
How Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin sabotaged the reform process
Under former President Viktor Yanukovych, the prosecutor’s office was seriously compromised. As a result, public faith in law enforcement remains critically low. Post-Maidan expectations of real reform received a setback when President Petro Poroshenko appointed Shokin, who is widely viewed as part of the old guard. That concern has proven...
Rosneft sells its network of filling stations in Ukraine
“Rosneft” has decided to sell its network of filling stations in Ukraine the Swiss Glusco Energy S. A. this publication reports OilNews with reference to a source in the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. According to him, a Swiss company filed with the antitrust authority a request for purchase of a network on 4 January. Other […] …read...
Ukraine Expects To Restore Control Of Rebel East This Year
January 14, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukrainian Railways will sue Russia for the loss of its property in the Crimea
PJSC “Ukrainian Railways” is preparing a lawsuit against Russia demanding to compensate losses incurred as a result of the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Vladimir Omelian. According Omelian “UZ” prepare proposals for procedures for action over the next 1-2 months. Ministry of...
Courts freezes Yanukovych and Azarov’s pensions in Oschadbank
Pechersky District Court of Kyiv arrested pensions on current accounts in PJSC “State Savings Bank of Ukraine” (“Oschadbank”) belonging to former President Viktor Yanukovich and former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. This is stated in the decision of the Court of 21 December 2015. Prosecutor General of Ukraine carries out pre-trial investigation...
Moratorium for paying of debts to Sberbank will be cancelled
Moratorium on repayment of debts of the State Agency Road Administration of Ukraine (“Ukravtodor”) and State Design Office “Yuzhnoye” before Sberbank of Russia, that was introduced by the Ukrainian government in December 2015 will be withdrawn. Chairman of Sberbank German Gref informed about this on Tuesday, January 12. As Gref said, 30-31...
Crimean parliament asks to designate Ukraine’s actions as genocide
The Legislative Assembly of the Crimean Republic has passed an address to the United Nations to recognize the ongoing “energy blockade” of the peninsula on the part of Ukraine as violation of basic Human Rights and genocide. Lawmakers asked the Russian Foreign Ministry to assist them in forwarding this document to the General Assembly and […]...
Why Brookings Institution and Establishment Love Wars
Washington’s public relations operations for the military contracting firms that surround the US Capitol aren’t by for-profit PR firms, so much as they’re by “non-profit” foundations and think tanks, which present that “non-profit” cover for their sales-promotion campaigns on behalf of the real...
Kremlin Critic Found Dead in Moscow Home
Vladimir Pribylovsky was a political commentator and author of several books detailing Vladimir Putin’s rise from the KGB to the presidency. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
When it comes to Internet security and privacy, the public remains confused
Encryption Christiaan Colen/flickr, CC BY-SAThe UK government is proposing to follow Australia with the introduction of their version of data retention legislation called the Investigatory Powers bill. This will require Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to maintain records of web addresses customers visit for a period of 12 months (in Australia...
