Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine Prosecutor Claims FSB, Ex-Partner Of Victim’s Wife Behind Kyiv Slaying
Ukraine’s top prosecutor has claimed that the killing of a former Russian lawmaker who was shot dead in Kyiv in March was ordered by a former partner of the victim’s wife, and suggested that the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) was behind it. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Grave Concern over Ukraine’s detention & possible extradition of persecuted Uzbek journalist Narzullo Akhunjonov
PEN International has added its voice to concerns expressed in Ukraine and by the Committee to Protect Journalists over the detention and possible extradition of Uzbek journalist and poet Narzullo Akhunjonov, whose very life would be in danger if forcibly returned to Uzbekistan and who is seeking political asylum in Ukraine …read more...
10 things you should know about Ukraine’s pension reform
Source: UkraineWorld group (ukraineworld.org) Prepared by Vitalii Rybak On 3 October, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada has voted for legislation to overhaul an outdated pension system. It was supported by 288 out of 450 Ukrainian MPs. Moreover, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has already signed the law on 8 October. Pension reform has...
The Active Measures Orchestra: An Examination of Russian Influence Operations Abroad
“The approaches used by Moscow include control of the press in foreign countries; outright and partial forgery of documents; use of rumors, insinuation, altered facts, and lies; use of international and local front organizations; clandestine operation of radio stations; exploitation of a nation’s academic, political, economic, and media...
Event: How Non-State Actors Export Kleptocratic Norms to the West
Event: Join KI and distinguished experts tomorrow for the launch of Ilya Zaslavskiy’s report, How Non-State Actors Export Kleptocratic Norms to the West. RSVP to attend or watch live from 10:00 a.m. Podcasts: Alex Cooley discusses luxury real estate’s money laundering role with Masha Udensiva-Brenner. (EurasiaNet.org) John Cassara...
Catalonia awakens questions from Europe’s past
All eyes have are now on the Catalonia, inducing Moscow’s. In the second report of a two part series, CEPA’s Edward Lucas re-examines independence movements from the Baltics to Crimea in order to find lessons learned amidst the self-determination process. …read more Source: Center for European Policy...
Ukraine Reform Monitor: October 2017
President Poroshenko’s power consolidation-and pushback against it-is the hallmark of Ukrainian politics heading toward elections in 2019. Yet reform progress is being made, even if the pace remains slow. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Russia abducts and ’arrests’ two Ukrainian border guards
There seems no let-up in Russian abductions of Ukrainian citizens of late, however the seizure of two border guards on October 3 stands apart, both because this is a brazen abduction of state officials, and because of the fairly obvious motive. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Chilling disappearances and killings in Kremlin-backed ‘Luhansk republic’
The body of one of four taxi drivers to have disappeared in militant-controlled Luhansk over the past year has been discovered, ten months after his family reported his disappearance …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Peacekeeping in Ukraine
Russia’s proposal for UN Peacekeepers in the Donbas region is missing vital details. …read more Source: International Institute for Strategic...
