Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine: Another winter on the frontline
News release | Kyiv (ICRC) – With cold weather approaching, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has increased its assistance to people still badly affected by the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: International Committee of the Red...
Alexander Dugin, Eurasianism, and the American election
Alexander Dugin: the philosopher or prophet who has been touted as ‘Putin s brain’. Electoral affinities Until the last fortnight, an unhappy sequence of natural disasters and North Korean sabre-rattling have kept the investigations concerning Russian interference in last year’s American election out of the international...
In the Ukraine Peace Process, Kiev Makes Itself Heard
By Allison Fedirka President Donald Trump’s recent meeting with President Vladimir Putin has overshadowed a week’s worth of developments in Ukraine, a country that Russia and the U.S., ironically, have a shared interest in pacifying. On Nov. 8, Russia’s deputy foreign minister met with the U.S. ambassador to Russia to discuss...
‘Cold Eastern Winds’: An interview with Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze
Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, joined Brian Maguire in the EURACTIV Studio to discuss the Eastern Partnership Summit declaration, Ukraine’s intense reform process, the challenge of ‘Ukraine fatigue’ in Brussels, and the risks Russia continues to present along Europe’s Eastern border. …read more...
Seven things you should know about pro-Kremlin disinformation
Pro-Kremlin disinformation can look like just another news story – important keys to not being manipulated from EU vs. Disinfo …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia is placing tortured Ukrainian political prisoner’s life in danger
Having driven Ukrainian historian Stanyslav Klykh close to insanity through torture, psychotropic drugs and a Kafkaesque ‘trial’, Russia is now placing the 43-year-old’s life in danger. His mother reports that, instead of providing her son with proper diagnosis and treatment, they injected him with some unidentified medication which...
Foreign Agents Registration Act Marked by History of Politicization, Selective Enforcement
Though it garnered renewed interest thanks to Robert Mueller’s investigation of the Trump administration and the rise of “Russiagate” hysteria, the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) of 1938 has been irregularly enforced over the course of its 79-year history. Despite nearly eight decades on the books, the law has resulted in only a...
Watch List Findings: Nov. 11, 2017
What follows are the preliminary findings for issues identified in the daily Watch Lists this week. We are only sending findings that we regard as significant or potentially significant to keep this list manageable. We have findings for all the Watch List items. Should you be interested in findings not listed here, please contact us and we will...
Georgian, Russian Church Leaders Discuss Abkhaz Schism
Georgia and Russia have no diplomatic relations, but their Orthodox churches remain on friendly terms. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
NATO Set for Major Expansion
Alliance tries to allay concerns of unpreparedness in the face of Russia’s aggressive European policy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
