Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Kremlin Lays Hands on Faith in Crimea
In Russia this April, a Baptist pastor was jailed for professing his faith. Pavel Pilipchuk’s five-day detention was brief, but excessive. It followed his refusal to pay a heavy fine for organizing street evangelism in the city of Oryol, around 200 miles south of Moscow. By not informing city officials of his plans, a local court ruled the...
Germany Protests As Russia Bars MP Critical Of Ukraine Policy
May 26, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
What People In Southeast Ukraine Really Think Of Novorossiya
May 26, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
In Tiny Moldova, Hints Of A ‘Federalized’ Ukraine’s Future
May 26, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
A Color Revolution for Macedonia
During the Cold War Washington was concerned about communists fomenting street protests that they could turn into revolutions, with groomed politicians waiting in the wings to take over the new government, thus expanding the Soviet empire. Today this is precisely what Washington does. We recently witnessed this operation in Ukraine and now it...
Due to war in Donbas western companies aren’t going to invest to shale gas in Ukraine
Ukraine, which used to cover most of its gas needs with supplies from Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, is seeking an alternative to Russian gas imports as its war-torn economy struggles. Ukraine has started buying gas from the European Union too in a bid to reduce bills and lessen its energy dependence on Moscow. Kiev also hopes to unlock the...
On the Appropriateness of Using Pricing Approach for Natural Gas Transportation Services by RAB Principles
Leading Expert of Energy programmes at the Razumkov Centre Victor Logatskyi explicates advantages and disadvantages of using pricing approach for natural gas transportation services by RAB principles. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Upset in Polish Presidency Vote, Police Seek Chechen in Nemtsov Probe
Plus, report finds evidence of ‘ongoing war crimes’ in eastern Ukraine, and UN rights officials raise red flags in Macedonia and Hungary. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia’s Expansionist Disease
How the ‘Crimea virus’ is eating away at the country’s foreign and domestic ambitions. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
US, EU and Russia compete over Black Sea
Some see recent trips by US officials to Russia — including a meeting between Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian President Vladimir Putin at Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi — as signs of a budding détente. Yet the north-western corner of the Black Sea remains the scene of a three-sided struggle between Russia, the US and EU. With...
