Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russians persecuted and jailed for fighting for Ukraine in Donbas
One Russian has been jailed for over three years, and another, extradited from Tajikistan, is about to be put on trial in Russia for taking part in the fighting in Donbas on the side of Ukraine. The FSB and Russian courts treat anybody supporting Ukraine as a ‘mercenary’, while notorious mercenary Arseny Pavlov [‘Motorola’] and other...
Ukraine’s Financial Future: Between Default and Prosperity
In the next five years, Ukraine’s aggregate payments for external liabilities will amount to more than $40 billion. However, the net reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine stand at $5 billion. On the basis of such a ratio, the risk of Ukraine defaulting on its debt is high. Can Ukraine overcome this risk? My response to the above question...
Why Energy Reform in Ukraine Matters for European Regional Security
Russia is developing new ways of delivering gas to EU. These new pipelines will decrease the importance of the Ukrainian route, resulting in a long list of losses for the country. Ukraine’s government wants to retain the country’s status as a gas transit country. However, Russia’s cooperation will be needed to continue to move...
Ukrainian-Polish Relations in the Context of the Memory War: A Game of Lose-Lose
Relations between Ukraine and Poland today are cooling, disturbingly. The growing differences between the two neighbors do not add to the stability of the region. …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Futile Effort, New Maidan, or Neither? October Protests in Kyiv
A new political season has opened. This fact was made abundantly clear to Kyiv residents on October 18, as the police patrol had increased its presence downtown. The reason? Mass protests that started a day earlier near the Ukrainian parliament building. …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
October 26th, 2017
CAMBODIA Cambodia’s King Sihamoni OKs Divisive Laws to Reallocate Opposition Parliamentary Seats RFA Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni has approved a set of controversial amendments to the country’s electoral law, paving the way for the dissolution of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) and the reallocation of...
October 24th, 2017
BELARUS Human Rights Activist Searched, Questioned At Belarus Border Belsat.eu Anisiya Kazlyuk, a volunteer for the human rights center Viasna, was detained by Belarusian border guards on October 22 after participating in the human rights forum in Vilnius. She was kept at the border crossing for several hours. The guards carefully inspected...
Moldova’s Political Challenges and What They Mean for the Eastern Partnership
Invitation Only Research Event 13 Nov 2017 – 09:30 to 15:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo John Beyer, Academic Visitor, University of OxfordNatalia Gavrilita, Member of the National Permanent Bureau, Party for Action and SolidarityCristina Gherasimov, Academy Robert Bosch Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham...
Sweden’s Foreign Policy: Nonaligned, But Not Entirely Neutral
In late 2014, Swedish authorities spotted what many suspected was a Russian submarine lurking off Stockholm. The incident set off alarm bells among Swedes. It reminded them of a similar incident in 1981, when a nuclear-armed Soviet Whiskey-class submarine ran aground a few kilometers outside Sweden’s main naval base.[1] Following...
Russia’s TV: Russia praised as a “global power” and warnings about the revolution
EU vs Disinfo’s weekly summary of the main topics on Russia’s most watched TV news channels …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
