Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine Must Not Pay Russia
On December 20, Ukraine is supposed to pay Russia $3 billion in return for a Eurobond that Russian President Vladimir Putin issued in December 2013. Ukraine has no reason to pay.In February 2014, the Kremlin launched military aggression against Ukraine, first annexing Crimea and later pursuing military subversion in southern and eastern Ukraine....
Reanimation Package of Reforms proposes to reform the judiciary system and the ranks of judges through amending the Constitution of Ukraine
The proposal put forward by the Reanimation Package of Reforms (hereinafter RPR) involves creating a new three-tier judicial system with an open and transparent competition for appointment of judges to each position. …read more Source: Centre for Political and Legal...
Why the Realists Were Wrong About the War in Ukraine
The ongoing ceasefire in eastern Ukraine may or may not lead to a lasting peace, but it has already had one important consequence: it has undermined both Russian and realist interpretations of the Russo-Ukrainian war.On August 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed that...
Russian Airliner Broke Up in Midair, Investigators Say
Airline exec says ‘external influence’ likely caused the plane to crash in Sinai, killing all on board. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Opposition Bloc will not have a definite lead in local councils in Eastern Ukraine
In the comment to the website Hlavred, Deputy Director of the Razumkov Centre, Director of Political and Legal Programmes Yuriy Yakymenko spoke about the initial results and main trends of the 2015 local election in Ukraine. A positive aspect is that the election was held within a more or less acceptable framework all over Ukraine, except the...
EU, US Lift Sanctions on Belarus
Lukashenka reportedly eager to reduce Russian influence. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
US Secretary of State Has Reporter Thrown Out of Love Session for Islam Karimov
That didn’t go well. At a conference with some of the most repressive (in some cases, the most repressive) of the former Soviet Republics, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry fielded a question about the brutal dictator with whom he’d been sharing a stage — but stopped as his security detail tossed her out. As security men starting...
The West Needs to Take a Tougher Line with Putin
By responding more robustly to Russia’s interventions, the West could reduce military asymmetries in Ukraine and Syria and improve prospects for negotiated outcomes. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Takes a Breath As Putin Briefly Looks to Syria
Perhaps the only thing one might favorably say of being invaded by Russia these days is that the great bear can no longer walk and chew gum at the same time so well as it once did. So it is that Kyiv is taking a much-needed breather. While some are suggesting that this is the perfect time to tackle endemic corruption, that’s more a matter...
Mustafa Cemilev Denies Russian Allegations of Crimean Tatars Recruiting Fighters for the Islamic State
In recent months, a debate arose about the formation of a Muslim Battalion in Ukraine (see EDM, September 5). This was soon followed, in the Russian media, by rumors about the Crimean Tatar leadership’s alleged links with the Islamic State (IS). On October 5, 2015, the head of the State Committee of the Crimean government for International...
