Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
EU: No Money for Moldova Until Chisinau Gets Tough on Corruption
Report stressed the need to tackle high-level graft, recover the money lost in the ‘theft of the century,’ and prosecute the culprits. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Syria’s humanitarian disaster is fast becoming a global crisis
The world is becoming a more dangerous place. The bad-tempered row between the West and the Kremlin over the Skripals’ poisoning is being significantly compounded thanks to the latest chemical weapon attack by Syrian leader President Bashar Al-Assad on his own people. President Trump has warned of a “big price to pay” for this...
Poland and Ukraine’s Battle Over the Past
Originally produced on April 2, 2018 for Mauldin Economics, LLC By George Friedman and Antonia Colibasanu The relationship between Poland and Ukraine has a complicated history. From the 1990s until 2015, relations between the two countries were generally positive. Poland backed Ukraine’s bid to join the European Union and supported Kiev...
Parliament members visit Ukraine, insist that government cuts corruption
A European Parliament delegation visited Ukraine last week and pinpointed an urgent need for the country to tackle corruption and make significant headway towards democratisation. EURACTIV’s media partner efe-epa reports. …read more Source:...
Building a secure and resilient Ukraine – Progress and challenges
Dealing with external threats …read more Source: European Policy...
Latvia’s money laundering scandal
The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said on February 13th 2018 that it was seeking restrictions on ABLV bank, on suspicion of involvement in money laundering and helping clients violate United Nations sanctions on North Korea. Separately, central bank chief Ilmars Rimsevics was detained on Saturday on suspicion...
Russian poet faces prison sentence for supporting Ukraine
The prosecutor in the latest trial of Russian poet Alexander Byvshev has demanded a two-and-a-half prison sentence for a poem entitled ‘On Ukraine’s Independence’. This is not the first time that 45-year-old Byvshev has faced criminal proceedings over his poetry, but the outcome this time could be devastating, since Byvshev is the...
The Ukraine: Between War and Peace
Europe’s unnecessary conflict in the Ukraine continues to rumble on and despite recent prisoner exchanges and the talk of deploying peacekeepers there is a very real danger that there may be a serious escalation in the near future. The Minsk II Agreement stands out as the only serious attempt to bring the conflict to a close and this has...
Lessons Learned from RuNet
Tracking Russian online interference teaches valuable lessons on improving news quality. From Global Voices. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia Demolishes UK Poisoning Hoax During Emergency Security Council Meeting
Russia’s UN envoy blasted the UK’s attempt to blame the poisoning Sergei and Yulia Skripal on Moscow, describing the entire hoax as a “theater of absurd.”The extraordinary UN Security Council meeting was requested by Russia, following the announcement made by the secretive British Porton Down chemical laboratory, that it had not...
