Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
August in Donbas: Will the War Spread?
The speaker of the Duma (Russian lower house of parliament), Sergei Naryshkin, published an article in the government daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta this week (August 9), making dark predictions about August and attacking the United States for being a global menace. The month of August, he writes, has traditionally featured evil happenings and wars in...
Ukraine Skeptical Toward Buffer Zone Proposal in Minsk Contact Group
Soon after the signing of the Minsk Two armistice (February 2015), the Minsk Contact Group began considering a further set of military disengagement measures in Ukraine’s east. The Minsk Contact Group—Russia, Ukraine, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE), and the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” (“DPR,...
Minsk Ceasefire Unenforceable, Unverifiable in Ukraine’s Russian-Controlled Territory
On August 10, a battalion-sized strike force supported by artillery and armor of the Russian-led “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) attempted to break through Ukrainian lines at Starohnativka, on the distant approaches to Mariupol from the north. This attack came promptly after Ukraine had declined to sign the new document on military...
Two Chechen Battalions Are Fighting in Ukraine on Kyiv’s Side
It did not come as much of a surprise when the leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, acknowledged that pro-Russian Chechens were involved in the conflict in Ukraine. This was something that everybody knew, but no Russian official had previously confirmed. In an interview with the state news agency RIA Novosti, Kadyrov stated: “All Chechen...
Anger In Crimea As Russian Rule Fails To Stem Corruption
August 13, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russian Supermodel in Row Over Disabled Sister’s Ouster, Turkmenistan Bars Horse Expert From …
Plus, Belarus censors distance-learning packet sent to political prisoner, and witness protection among new Kosovo court’s biggest challenges …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia’s Occupation of Ukraine Still Top Threat to Global Security
Recent articles in the US media suggest that the Pentagon is “rebalancing” its forces towards Europe to meet the Russian challenge. At the same time, NATO plans to halve the number of air patrols over the Baltic. Supposedly the Russian threat to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania has ebbed, and governments are finally stepping up to...
The Committee for Ukraine’s Salvation: a pawn in Russia’s game
The pro-Russian committee has assembled in Moscow. It is composed of discredited politicians who have escaped from Ukraine. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Boris Johnson: In the event of Brexit much of UK-EU relationship would be rebuilt on an intergovernmental level
Boris Johnson: In the event of Brexit much of UK-EU relationship would be rebuilt on an intergovernmental levelIn an interview with Spiegel Online, London Mayor and Tory MP Boris Johnson argues that “We’re always going to be a part of Europe psychologically. The trouble is that the euro and the Eurozone have taken over so much emotional and...
Ukraine Crisis Update: August 12, 2015
Download the PDF On August 10, Russian-backed separatist forces launched their largest combined arms assault against Ukrainian forces in the past two months. Tags Ukraine Project UkrainePromote …read more Source: Institute for the Study of...
