Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine, Russia, and the International Order
Over the last twenty-five years, the ideal of an integrated Euro-Atlantic community including Russia has gradually faded, as new dividing lines seem to be hardening on the European continent. The Ukrainian crisis and conflict with Russia have effectively brought an end to the post-Cold War era; it remains an open question what will be the...
France: Stop extradition of Kazakhstani opposition activist at risk of torture
Headline Title: France: Stop extradition of Kazakhstani activist at risk of torture 24 …read more Source: Amnesty...
When there is a real ceasefire, separatists will be responsible for their actions
The leaders of pro-Russian militants are not interested in maintaining ceasefire in Donbas because then they will have to be responsible for their actions. This opinion was expressed by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk, informs the news agency Radio Liberty. “If for a...
Ukraine News Roundup | October 24
This Election Had Better Work, Because Ukraine Is Angry and Crumbling via SlateElection Includes Risky War Hero Candidates via Kharkiv Human Rights Protection GroupUntrained, Unequipped: Kyiv’s 12th Battalion May Be Ukraine’s Most Corruption-Ravaged Army Unit via Daily BeastKyiv’s and Moscow’s Forces Both Have Committed...
Toomas Hendrik Ilves: “As soon as Russia becomes a democratic country, its best relationship will be with Estonia”
The recent dispute between Russia and Estonia over potential Estonian espionage has heightened tensions in the two countries’ relationship. It has also fueled public fears that Russia will annex Narva, a predominantly Russian-speaking border city of Estonia. However, Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves believes that Vladimir Putin will...
The Sakharov Prize: Awarded to the Deserving Mukwege
The photo attached to this piece is of a man who has spent years treating women for brutal, organized, repeated, systematic rape. For his work, he has been beaten and shot at, his children held hostage, his life in constant danger. He works in a country that is in no meaningful sense a post-Westphalian state. The authorities are often indifferent...
A growing deficit of coal in Ukraine
2014-10-22Wojciech KonończukNext to gas, coal is of key importance in the Ukrainian energy balance and in electricity production. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
Radical attitudes in the Ukrainian society are much lower than they were last year
Burning tires and hurling firecrackers has become so trendy today that it seems that no event of at least some importance for the country can do without it. Given the statements of some politicians, messages in social networks, and publications in some media, the level of radicalism has increased significantly, informs the newspaper Komsomolskaia...
Before the parliamentary elections in Ukraine
2014-10-16Tadeusz A. OlszańskiThe parliamentary elections to be held in Ukraine on 26 October will bring about deep changes in the political composition of the Verkhovna Rada. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
Eastern Ukraine conflict: Summary killings, misrecorded and misreported
Headline Title: Eastern Ukraine conflict: Summary killings, misrecorded and misreported 20 …read more Source: Amnesty...
