Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Alex Salmond: a portrait of degradation
Russia Today, which this week showcased its newest acquisition, a talk show hosted by Alex Salmond, is the most accomplished English language propaganda channel in the world. Other global news services – BBC World, the German Deutsche Welle, the EU’s Euronews, France 24, the US’ CNN – try to adhere, to a “fair, balanced and impartial”...
Ukraine: Lending a heart to detainees’ health
Article | Keeping in mind the high heart disease-related deaths in Ukraine’s prisons, a programme to allow for effective treatment of cardiac patients in detention. …read more Source: International Committee of the Red...
Another Crimean Tatar taken away ‘voluntarily’ after armed search
The whereabouts are unknown of Mustafa Mustafaev who was taken away by the armed and masked men who burst into the home he shares with his wife, a teacher of Crimean Tatar, and their sons. Crimean Tatar activists also report the worrying shots fired at a Crimean Tatar man’s home and view it as another form of intimidation. …read more...
Russia-controlled court in Crimea takes 5 minutes to jail Ukrainian academic for 5 years
A court in Russian-occupied Crimea has sentenced internationally-known academic Dmytro Shtyblikov to five years’ maximum security imprisonment on wildly implausible ‘sabotage’ charges. Shtyblikov had been prevented from seeing an independent lawyer for over a year, and there are very strong grounds for believing that physical or...
Putin Talks With Donbas Leaders
Possible prisoner swap with Kyiv discussed in phone talks; Kremlin dismisses Washington’s reported peacekeeping plan. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Rosneft Boss A No-Show at Trial of Russian Ex-Minister
The former top Putin aide was central in the arrest of the former economy minister, but has not appeared to testify at his trial. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The New Reality of a Differentiated EU
In the aftermath of the Brexit vote and in the midst of Europe’s ongoing crises, references to a multi-speed Europe, two-tier EU, or variable geometry have moved from the fringes to the political mainstream. These suggestions for differentiated integration (DI) would mean that groups of member states can choose to move forward on...
Does the Sceptre of Separatism Haunt Emerging Europe?
There is much talk in Europe at the moment about the potential spread of separatist movements, a consequence of Catalonia’s referendum on independence. A number of maps have appeared on the internet pointing to various regions which may be next in line. The spectre of disintegrating states haunts some European Union states and is perceived...
Also in Media: “Western Worries About Russian Disinformation ‘Just Fits of Hysterics’” | Hungarian Spectrum | November 15, 2017
Of course the title of the Hungarian Spectrum article is ironic, not dismissive. Moscow’s manipulation of “Information Space” beyond its boundaries is serious stuff, and the American public and other western democratic constituencies need to know it down to and through their grassroots. Good examples of Russian manipulation can be seen in...
Putin ‘supports’ large-scale exchange of hostages held in Donbas
It remains to be seen whether reports from Moscow of ‘support’ for an exchange of prisoners signify movement or imitation of progress. Families who have been waiting 1,000 days or longer for the men’s return have had their hopes dashed too often before and many of the hostages are facing their second or third cold and hungry winter in...
