Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russian Media, Kremlin Keep Mum on Revolution Centennial
In rare comment on Soviet terror, Putin says it served no higher national purpose. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Deutsche Welle ‘satire’ seems to dispute Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine
Germany’s public broadcaster Deutsche Welle’s first satirical clip in a new series has aroused anger among many Ukrainians. The humour for a country which has seen such huge human loss since early 2014 seems at very least questionable, and many feel the first ‘Zapovednik’ clip places in question Russia’s military...
Members of Congress Announce Victims of Communism Caucus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 7, 2017 **MEDIA ADVISORY** MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ANNOUNCE VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM CAUCUS Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), and Chris Smith (R-NJ) have announced the formation of the Victims of Communism Caucus for the 115th Congress (2017-2019). The Victims of Communism Caucus...
1917: What Is There to Celebrate?
Mostly Russians are ignoring the messy question of what happened back then, and even Vladimir Putin can’t come up with a consistent narrative. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
1917: The Empire’s Diverging Revolutions
We have long acknowledged and taught that 1917 was not one but many revolutions, including parallel, sometimes overlapping, but often conflicting movements of soldiers, workers, peasants, white-collar workers, and other intelligentsia and social groups. But all these revolutions were refracted through national, imperial, and colonial prisms, so...
Russia’s Unlikely Withdrawal from Syria
Russian soldier with PKM machine gun (Modernizirovanniy Pulemyot Kalashnikova), image via Wikimedia CommonsBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 636, November 7, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Moscow’s intervention in the Syrian civil war boosted the reputation of the Russian military, afforded it valuable training, and enhanced Moscow’s...
Desperate plea from Ukrainian prisoner who attempted suicide over plans to take him to Russia
Andriy Lugin, one of at least two Crimean prisoners who have slashed their throats in protest at being taken against their will to Russia, has addressed an open appeal to the Ukrainian government and international community on behalf of all Ukrainian prisoners whom Russia is illegally foisting its citizenship upon. …read more Source:...
New surreal confessions from Ukrainian ‘SBU agent’ seized by Russia backed Donbas militants
Oleksandr Polishchuk’s ‘confessions’ on video would elicit humour were it not for the regular reports of unnamed ‘spies’ and ‘saboteurs’ being sentenced to up to 22 years” imprisonment. DPR leader Oleksandr Zakharchenko has also recently suggested that people he called ‘spies’ might simply be shot. …read...
Naftogaz, Ukraine’s Biggest Taxpayer, Faces Uncertain Future
On September 19, two members of the independent supervisory board of the state-owned Ukrainian energy giant Naftogaz made a statement in which they announced their intent to resign. …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
After Ukraine’s Leap to Freedom: Hope Tethered
Today’s post-Soviet Europe is a region characterized by unpredictable, fragile, and disruptive development. Expectations of democracy and well-being in independent Ukraine, Georgia, Russia, and Belarus have not been realized in the twenty-six years since the dissolution of the USSR. On the contrary, these states have been subjected to...