Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Theater and the Heart of a City: Moscow’s Teatr.doc’s Confrontation with Authority
On the evening of December 30, 2014 — just as two dozen or so patrons were settling into their seats at a purposefully ramshackle basement theater in central Moscow to watch a film about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine — police officials and a television crew entered the hall, declared a bomb threat, and asked everyone to evacuate....
Mikhail Khodorkovsky: “You, Not Putin, Are the Source of Power”
On December 20, 2013, Mikhail Khodorkovsky was released after 10 years in jail. In the months that followed, Russia annexed Crimea, invaded Ukraine, passed a series of restrictive legislation, imposed a ban on the importation of foreign food, went through a currency crisis, and entered economic recession. On the anniversary of his release,...
Russia’s European Home
Last spring, after Russia intervened in Ukraine, the US and the EU introduced sanctions against Russian individuals and businesses. But if sanctions are to be an effective tool in countering Vladimir Putin’s ambitions, they must combine a firm hand toward Russia’s president with an open one toward its people. …read more Source:...
A Blast and Negotiations in Ukraine, Post-Soviet Economic Zone Launches
Plus, adopting the euro draws Lithuania closer to the West, and Turkmenistan slashes its currency. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Prominent Ukrainian bishop awarded France’s top honour – Knight of the Legion of Honour
Borys Gudziak, Ukraine’s catholic bishop in Paris, has been awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honour in France’s New Year honours list. The order, established by Napoleon Bonaparte back in 1802, is the highest decoration in France. Bishop Borys, who is president of the Ukrainian Catholic University, has spent his...
Russia Stretches, The World Bends
Russia is doing fly-bys of the Baltic countries; sending naval groups to the edge of international waters in Europe and North America; and is undertaking readiness exercises across its territory. It is not 1981. The sanctions have not broken Moscow. It is not 1933. The collapse of oil prices has not driven the Kremlin into retreat. It is not...
Moldova’s Elections Carry Mixed News
Moldova’s elections briefly made the news as a strong affirmation of its commitment to Europe. The news is right and wrong. Undeniably, poor, confused Moldova will keep plodding toward Europe even as the EU bungles opportunity after opportunity in the face of a revanchist Russia — for now. But the real news is not a poll win expected by...
Christmas Approaches
We wish all of our readers a Merry Christmas as 2015 approaches. This year, when so very much has been upended and so many assumptions cast aside, we offer a special wish to our friends in Ukraine, where Moscow seems intent on dragging a reluctant people back into its embrace; and Azerbaijan, where Russia’s puppet Armenia seems to finally...
Yes, Russia’s Military Is Getting More Aggressive
As Russia’s relations with the U.S. and Europe have deteriorated following Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine, fly-bys of European neighbors by Russian aircraft have taken on new urgency. How should the West think about these provocative flights in light of understanding Russia’s nuclear threat? …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Christmas Church Services in London – Schedule 2015
Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family Duke Street (corner of Weighhouse), Mayfair, London Office: 21 Binney Street, London W1K 5BQ – Tel.: 020 76 29 1534 CHRISTMAS & THEOPHANY SCHEDULE 2015 4 January 2015: Sunday before Christmas – Ancestors of Christ From 8:00 AM tо 2:00 PM – Confessions 8:00 AM – Divine Liturgy, distribution of...
