Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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...
World Bank Group Offers More Support for Belarus
The World Bank Group will continue to help Belarus achieve sustainable and inclusive growth as well as improved living standards. The 2018-22 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) consultation underlined the importance of transparency of information, the use of impact data, and public-private dialogue in the decision-making process. The CPF’s...
Russian Historian of the Terror Yuri Dmitriev acquitted of main charges
In a step back from the brink, a court in Russia has acquitted renowned historian Yuri Dmitriev of manifestly absurd charges for which the prosecutor had demanded a nine-year maximum security prison sentence. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia to recruit young Crimean kids for Internet propaganda about Crimea
Crimean youth are to be enlisted for filling the Internet with ‘correct information’ about life in Russian-occupied Crimea, with the occupiers determining just what content is ‘correct’, and what is to be dubbed ‘fake’ …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Interrogantes ante la nueva victoria de Putin
Vladímir Putin va a ganar las elecciones presidenciales del 18 de marzo y renovará su mandato por seis años más hasta el 2024. De hecho, su victoria es tan inevitable que sus críticos se resisten a calificar los comicios de elecciones y optan por fórmulas como plebiscito, celebración, espectáculo o performance. Si se cumplen las previsiones,...
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...