Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
A Moscow Apartment House, Possessed by History
Czarist tycoons, revolutionary artists, and Soviet squatters all feature in Russian scholar Dmitry Oparin’s new book. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Collective Security without an Alliance: Finland’s Defense Relationship with Sweden
Recent concerns over Russian aggression have led countries all around the Baltic Sea to take their security more seriously. Poland certainly has; Sweden has, too. Those concerns have also driven Sweden closer to Finland. A country well-accustomed to the threat from Russia, Finland fought two major wars against the Soviet Union, Russia’s...
Four things you need to know about Russian media manipulation strategies
The crisis embroiling the West and Russia over the apparent use of chemical weapons in the English cathedral town of Salisbury can tell us a lot about how the Putin administration is becoming more and more adept at manipulating media coverage of events to gain advantage, both at home and abroad. The furious accusations levelled against Moscow by...
In Memory: Yuri Soloshenko, the Kremlin’s oldest Ukrainian hostage
Yuri Soloshenko, Ukrainian pensioner and one of the first hostages of Russia’s undeclared war against Ukraine, has died less than two years after his release from Russian captivity . …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukraine’s Ombudsman takes unprecedented and contentious step in defence of LGBT rights
Ukraine’s Anti-Discrimination Ombudsperson has set an important, though controversial, precedent by demanding that a petition purporting to ‘defend family values’ be removed from the President’s official website as in violation of the rights of sexual minorities and inciting discrimination. The petition in question “asked for...
Narratives and Perceptions of the EU in Ukraine, Israel and Palestine
Invitation Only Research Event 17 April 2018 – 2:00pm to 3:30pmAdd to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, London Natalia Chaban, Professor of European Union …read more Source: Chatham...
Russia Threatens Sanctions Over Latvia’s Education Reforms
Riga makes Latvian the only language of instruction in high schools, triggering accusations of violating minority rights from the Russian parliament. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Six People Sentenced for Plotting to Kill Moldovan Oligarch
Decision comes a year after a series of international raids allegedly foiled an attempt on the life of Vladimir Plahotniuc. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Vloggers With a Cause
Belarusian YouTube vloggers are free to talk about what they want – at their own risk. From Belarus Digest. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
From Poster Child to Pariah: Poland Embraces Illiberalism
Over the course of the past two years, onlookers have been confounded at the speed with which Poland, a darling of shock therapy economics and liberal institutionalization, has spiraled towards illiberal democracy. Since the 2015 parliamentary election, the country has made a dramatic political U-turn, which has hurt its diplomatic efforts and...
