Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Scathing Report Says Russia At War With Ukraine, Putin Lying
May 29, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukraine Inches Toward Crucial Debt Restructuring Deal
May 29, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Moscow Classifies Info on Troop Deaths, Prague and Budapest Blast EU Migrant Plan
Plus, a whistleblower on pro-Kremlin trolling files suit, and Kyrgyzstan targets maternal mortality. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia’s Military Preparations Raise Concerns in Europe, Ukraine
MOSCOW— Russia this week held surprise, massive military exercises as members of NATO, the wester… …read more Source: American Security Council...
Stop calling Russia weak
Perhaps ironically, it became more popular to call Russia weak in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine. President Obama said it, the leaders of Belarus and Kazakhstan supposedly said it, and European military experts said it, among others. In their Foreign Affairs article last month entitled “Paper Tiger Putin,” Brandon Valeriano and Ryan C....
Due to decentralisation, raion and oblast councils will get executive committies
Legal Research Fellow of the Razumkov Centre Viktor Musiyaka told the UNN news agency about possible alterations of the local government under decentralization. If decentralisation is introduced at the level of raions and oblasts, instead of administrations, there will be councils, within which executive committees will be created. Locally, there...
German Vice Chancellor: Not every EU member state needs to participate in every single policy area
German Vice Chancellor: Not every EU member state needs to participate in every single policy areaWriting in Bild, German Vice-Chancellor and SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel argues that “it is time to reform Europe”. He puts forward five concrete proposals for EU reform, including cracking down on tax avoidance by multinational corporations, more...
Mr. Putin’s Lies Hiding in Plain Sight
Reports by Atlantic Council and Boris Nemtsov’s allies reveal extent of Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin is violating a February 2015 ceasefire agreement by continuing to send troops and weapons into Ukraine in a blatant attempt to destabilize the country, according to an Atlantic Council report...
Moscow Restoring Soviet-Style Repression and Aggression
This week (May 26), Russia’s Ministry of Justice added the private charitable foundation Dynasty, which specializes in distributing grants and stipends to Russian scientists, to the register of organizations that the government classifies as “foreign agents.” Another non-governmental organization (NGO), the “Liberal Mission” foundation,...
The 12 People Who Ruined Ukraine
Image credit: ThinkstockOther Mediavia PoliticoWhen Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down to plot his invasion of Ukraine in February 2014, he didn’t have to start from scratch. Generations of Russian rulers have invaded Ukrainian lands to starve, deport and enslave the native populations, and Putin has drawn avidly from their...
