Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
May 18, 2018 – the 74th anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people
No honest man can be reconciled with what is happening in the territories occupied by Russia. Whatever ethnicity we are and to what religion we belong to, but today we are Crimean Tatars by blood, which flows from the veins. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Gaza Massacre Exposes Western Hypocrisy on Russia’s ‘Annexation’ of Crimea
This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled a new 19-kilometer bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with mainland southern Russia. Thousands of kilometers away, in occupied Palestine, a massacre was being carried out by Israeli soldiers with full support of the United States as it opened a new embassy.The two events are not as disparate...
Maradona Heads for Belarus
The Argentine football legend’s career takes another startling twist. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine Accuses RIA Novosti Editor of Treason
Authorities say the Russian state news agency participates in the Kremlin’s “hybrid information war.” …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Poland pushes for UN mission at Ukraine-Russia border
Poland’s president on Thursday (17 May) asked the UN Security Council to deploy a UN peacekeeping force to Ukraine throughout a zone of conflict that Western powers accuse Russia of fomenting. …read more Source:...
Riyadh’s Missile Defense Systems: Strategic Opportunities
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, photo by Ralph Scott – Missile Defense Agency – US DoD via Wikimedia CommonsBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 838, May 18, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Saudi Arabia needs missile defense systems to protect its territory from...
Crimean Tatars Detained for Honouring the Victims of the Deportation
Repressive measures under Russian occupation on the anniversary of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatar people began early this year with the detention on the evening of 17 May of around 20 young people taking part in the traditional youth action ‘Light a flame in your heart’ …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
The Only Way to Improve Ukraine’s Courts
Right now, not only the future of anticorruption and judicial reforms is at stake. All the country’s other successes depend on whether we get the anticorruption court right this time …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
European Lobbying Could Save Russian Industrial Giant
Complaints from European governments and multinationals apparently persuaded White House to take a second look at sanctions against Oleg Deripaska’s Rusal. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
In Occupied Crimea, New Echoes of a Dark Past
© kremlin.ru In Occupied Crimea, New Echoes of a Dark PastGina S. LentineMay 17, 2018Crimeans struggle to exercise their basic human rights amid Russian persecution. …read more Source: Freedom...