Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Blast at East Ukraine Arms Depot Kills Two
Cease-fire holds as an OSCE monitor is sacked over anti-Ukrainian tirade and two Ukrainians go on trial in a Chechen courtroom for murder. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Early parliamentary election in Ukraine will only hinder modernization of the country
Deputy Director General, Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told the website Glavnoe about the threats of early parliamentary election in Ukraine. In Ukraine, certain political parties, and financial and industrial groups are trying to provoke early parliamentary election. Ukraine does not need early...
In the postponement of the “election” in the so called LPR and DPR, Russian position is clearly visible
Deputy Director General, Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told the Glavred website about the actual causes of the decision to postpone the election in the so-called LPR and DPR. The decision to postpone the “election» in the LPR and DPR is not an independent decision of the militants but the...
Vitaly Klitschko: My Vision For Ukraine
October 30, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Moldova Faces Long, Hot Winter After Government Falls
Shadow of massive bank fraud hangs over the country’s liberal parties. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Letter to Congress on ongoing crisis in Ukraine
October 29, 2015 The Honorable Thad Cochran, Committee on Appropriations U.S. Senate Washington, D.C., 20510 The Honorable Barbara Mikulski Ranking Member Committee on Appropriations U.S. Senate Washington, D.C., 20510 The Honorable Hal Rogers Chairman Committee on Appropriations U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C., 20515 The Honorable...
Will an 18-Wheeler Steal the Show at Next World Cup?
Russian companies are working on self-driving trucks. And tanks. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
FT: UK pushing for ‘emergency brake’ on EU laws to safeguard rights of non-Eurozone countries
FT: UK pushing for ‘emergency brake’ on EU laws to safeguard rights of non-Eurozone countriesThe Financial Times reports that the UK is seeking to obtain an ‘emergency brake’ on future EU proposals in order to protect the rights of non-Eurozone countries. This new ‘emergency brake’ could be based on the so-called ‘Ioannina-bis...
Putin Wants Ukraine to Renegotiate Terms Directly With Donetsk-Luhansk
Ukraine held local elections, on October 25, throughout the country, including most of the government-controlled territory in the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces, but not in the Russian-controlled territory of those provinces. There, the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” (DPR, LPR) prevented the holding of local elections under...
Moscow Still Calling on West to Join ‘Broad’ Anti-IS Coalition, but Patience Is Running Thin
The Russian military has intensified the bombing campaign in Syria to its limit. Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials told journalists that, on October 27, Russian bombers flew 71 sorties and hit 118 targets in the northwestern Syrian provinces of Idilb, Hama, Homs and Aleppo as well as Damascus in the south (Interfax, October 28). According to...
