Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Prison staff steal all food from Crimean Tatar political prisoner Ruslan Zeytullaev
Ruslan is being held in a notorious prison in Bashkiria and asks people to keep writing to him and to other political prisoners. The letters give them moral support, show them that they’re not forgotten. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Memorial’s Plight in Putin’s Russia
Any discussion of the documentation of the crimes of the Soviet Union will inevitably involve Memorial, a Russian organization dedicated to uncovering and archiving the crimes of the Soviet Union. With a database of over 2.65 million names of the victims of Soviet repression, Memorial is the foremost authority in Russia on the lives and stories...
Putin’s Foreign Policy Impasse … Until the Elections
Russia / World At this year’s Valdai Discussion Club – a key meeting point for Russia’s foreign policy establishment – there were a number of analysts and journalists expecting something significant from President Vladimir Putin’s keynote speech. Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s press secretary, had set the tone,...
Ukrainian Investigators Pore Over Manafort Indictment
U.S. authorities have so far not responded to Kyiv’s request for cooperation, Ukrainian prosecutor complains. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Youth Local Councils Awarded $100,000 McNulty Prize for Their Innovative Model of Youth Democracy
The Aspen Institute and Trustee Anne Welsh McNulty are pleased to announce this year’s winner of the $100,000 John P. McNulty Prize, Lana Abu Hijleh of the Middle East Leadership Initiative. Lana is being honored for the impact of her leadership venture Youth Local Councils (YLC), a program that engages over 25,000 youth in the West Bank...
Mr. Putin: Turning neighbor into adversary
By Steven PiferRussian policy toward Ukraine is often puzzling. During a visit to Moscow nine years ago, I asked a retired senior Russian diplomat whether anyone in the Kremlin really understood Ukraine. One person did, he replied, but no one paid attention to him. That might explain why Vladimir Putin’s policy is so badly backfiring....
The Impact of Western Sanctions on Russian Energy Companies
As a response to the Crimean crisis, in March 2014 the United States and the European Union, followed by Albania, Australia, Canada, Iceland, Montenegro, and Norway, initiated sanctions on several Russian citizens and businesses. In August 2014 the Russian government responded by ordering an entry ban on several American and Canadian citizens and...
Alina Polyakova
By Rachel SlatteryAlina Polyakova is the David M. Rubenstein Fellow in the Foreign Policy program’s Center on the United States and Europe. She specializes in European politics, far-right populism and nationalism, and Russian foreign policy. Polyakova’s recent book, “The Dark Side of European Integration” (ibidem-Verlag and Columbia...
Wife of Chechen Man Accused in Putin Plot Killed
The couple, who survived a previous assassination attempt in June, were attacked just outside Kyiv …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Lithuanian citizen sentenced for praising Stalin while Russia rehabilitates the dictator
A court in Vilnius has sentenced Yuri Subbotin, a Lithuanian citizen of Russian descent, to 14 months’ restricted liberty for at least one post in which he praised Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and the Soviet regime. The norm in Lithuania is similar to one of Ukraine’s decommunization laws, however the penalties are much less severe...
