Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Moscow’s Parking Wars
New restrictions leave drivers feeling like targets. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The End of Consensus: What does Europe Want from Russia?
Many in Russia believe that the EU sanctions appeared as a result of the Ukrainian conflict and pressure from Washington. But the reasons for the current deterioration in Russia’s relations with Europe are far more profound. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Ukraine: Suddenly, an Information Ministry Is Born
Poroshenko’s Team Creates a Government Agency in 60 Hours; Critics Ask if This Is the Way to Counter Kremlin Propaganda President Petro Poroshenko’s government created a new Ministry of Information Policy last week in sixty hours from first proposal to parliamentary approval—and did so over the objections of pro-reform legislators,...
U.S.-Hungary Corruption Row Heads to Court, Eastern Ukraine Quiet for Now
Plus, Poland’s high court reinstates no-stun slaughter and Skoda auto marks a major milestone. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Meet Ukraine’s New Anti-Corruption Lawmakers
Pro-Democracy Activists Join Parliament—and the Battle for Ukraine’s Future The new parliament and political leadership taking office in Ukraine includes members of an energetic, young class of leaders who have emerged from last year’s Maidan movement, with its demands for greater democracy and an end to massive political corruption....
Meet Ukraine’s Emerging New Leaders
A Pro-Democracy, Anti-Corruption Constituency Joins the Parliament—and the Battle for Ukraine’s Future The new parliament and political leadership taking office in Ukraine includes members of an energetic, young class of leaders who have emerged from last year’s Maidan movement, with its demands for greater democracy and an end to...
Armenian Human Rights Defenders Predict Harsher Environment
Civic groups are bracing for the fallout from the country’s entry into the Eurasian Economic Union in January. From IWPR. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin’s Rules of Attraction
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s covert aggression in Ukraine continues – and so do Western sanctions against his country. But the economy is not all that is under threat; Russia’s soft power is dwindling, with potentially devastating results. …read more Source: Project...
DIRECT TRANSLATION: ‘My First Ten Days as a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament’
An Investigative Journalist Who Ran for Office to Fight Corruption Says Poroshenko Has Stifled Dissent Within the New Government Serhiy Leshchenko, age thirty-four, is a Kyiv-based investigative journalist and blogger who has been deputy chief editor of Ukrainska Pravda, the country’s most prominent independent news website. After...
Rebalancing the EU-Russia-Ukraine gas relationship
The October 2014 agreement on gas supplies between Russia, Ukraine and the European Union did not resolve the Ukraine-Russia conflict over gas. The differences between parties in terms of objectives, growing mistrust and legacy issues make it unlikely that a long-term stable arrangement will be achieved without further escalation. Without EU...
