Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Soviet-Style Rallies in the North Caucasus and Beyond Mark Crimea Annexation Anniversary
On March 18, Russia marked the first anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. The extent of the celebrations in southern Russia varied dramatically, according to Kavkazsky Uzel news agency reporters who were on the scene. Twenty people gathered for celebrations in Sochi, but about 13,000 people reportedly rallied in the city of Krasnodar. The...
Poroshenko Sacks Feisty Governor, Serbia-Kosovo Talks Hit a Hurdle
Plus, German courts refuse to send Bulgarian convicts home to filthy jails; report alleges Gulnara Karimov made billions by arm-twisting foreign investors. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The majority of Ukrainians does not expect an economic collapse
Last year, the economy of Ukraine contracted 6.8 percent, according to fresh state figures. The currency, meanwhile, has lost 60 percent of its value against the dollar in the past year, the Global Post website writes. Nevertheless, says Andriy Bychenko, Director of sociological service at the Razumkov Center, many Ukrainians believe...
Holding Putin over a Barrel
Authors Sijbren de Jong, Willem Th. Oosterveld, Willem Auping and Daniel Fiott write that the collapse of the price of oil has masked the fact that Europe’s response to the Ukraine crisis has been vacillating, slow, and toothless. Yet worsening economic conditions in Russia should not tempt Europeans to consider prematurely easing...
Kolomoiskyi should understand that this conflict is about the survival of the state
Igor Kolomoiskyi, governor of the restive Dnipropetrovsk region of east Ukraine and a rough-and-tumble tycoon, was handed political power and the right to establish an army in the wake of last year’s Maidan revolution. Last week, he triggered what some are calling a serious political crisis by using that force to seize the state oil...
Of oligarchs and corruption: Ukraine faces its own demons
While combat continues in Eastern Ukraine, a perhaps more important battle for the soul of Ukraine is playing out in the political corridors and the corporate boardrooms of Kyiv. Since independence, Ukraine has struggled continuously to break the iron triangle of oligarchic rule, corruption, and financial instability that has left Ukraine mired...
Ukraine: The Kingdom of the Oligarchs
Prospects for Ukraine’s long-term success and cohesion will be determined by its ability to pursue far-reaching reforms to modernize the state and to check the power of the oligarchs. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
House Passes Resolution Urging Obama to Send Arms to Ukraine
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly has approved a resolution urging President Barack Ob… …read more Source: American Security Council...
Battling Russian Propaganda: On the Front Line of Ukraine’s Information War
Untitled Document Hromadske.tv is a social media platform which provides objective information about Ukraine to Ukrainian citizens and a wider global audience. Founded in November 2013, the site gained momentum during the Maidan protests in February 2014 and now broadcasts in Ukrainian, English and Russian. At a time when Russian misinformation...
Is There a Future for Ukraine?
Basing himself on the report he contributed to, a vision of the country’s modernisation, based on the principles of sustainable development, open access, and new values, Hlibovytsky elaborated his ideas to solve the country’s political and social problems. Hlibovytsky believes that, apart from Crimea and Dunbass, Ukraine is culturally...
