Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
The Kremlin’s New Darling: Cryptocurrency
Putin adviser launches bitcoin mining company as Russia pushes alternatives to American dollar. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Watch List: Oct. 17, 2017
The items listed below represent potential emerging issues that our analysts are tracking. These can be long term or short term, but will be updated daily. If an item on our Watch List becomes critical, we will email you a full analysis explaining its significance. Each Saturday, we will follow up our daily Watch List for each week with our...
How to Conduct Comprehensive Video Collection
Much of Bellingcat’s work requires intense research into particular events, which includes finding every possible photograph, video, and witness account that will help inform our analysis. Perhaps most notably, we exhaustively researched the events surrounding the shoot down of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over eastern Ukraine. The...
Ukraine Should Release Journalist Detained Due to Azerbaijan’s Misuse of Interpol
Press ReleasesUkraine Should Release Journalist Detained Due to Azerbaijan’s Misuse of Interpol October 17, 2017Ukraine detains an Azerbaijani journalist, Fikrat Huseynli, after a “Red Notice” is requested by the government of Azerbaijan. …read more Source: Freedom...
Trump Is the Reason the Constitution Has an Anti-Corruption Clause
The investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into the Trump campaign’s involvement in the Russian attack on the U.S. election system has garnered significant attention. But, more quietly, another effort to limit foreign influence over our government continues apace. On Wednesday, a federal district court in New York will hear...
Is the CEE Region About to Steal the Outsourcing Crown From India?
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of chairing a panel of thought leaders and industry experts at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London. The subject matter was centred on the ICT industry in the Ukraine specifically, and the broader Central and Eastern European (CEE) region in general. The consensus of the panel...
In Spite of It All, America
Photo Credit: Andrew Linscott / Shutterstock A Transatlantic Manifesto in Times of Donald Trump — A German Perspective 1. International Order — the new German–American conflict of interests One of the new German government’s premier challenges will be to manage the transatlantic relationship during Donald Trump’s presidency. Its...
Insinuation and Influence: How the Kremlin Targets Americans Online
The objective of Kremlin influence operations, part of a larger set of tactics and strategies known as active measures, is to make the target population more amenable to Kremlin wants and desires. They achieve this either by gaining a sympathetic hearing of their views, or failing that, by keeping us busy fighting among ourselves. The Kremlin...
Kleptocracy Daily: October 16, 2017
Africa: The Paris trial of Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue is the first time that a kleptocrat has faced a jail sentence, writes Casey Michel. (American Interest) An investigative report shows how the leaders of seven countries plunder their economies and store wealth in offshore jurisdictions. (ZAM) A sports official...
Ukrainian gets two-year suspended sentence for social media repost of Dugin text in 2014
A 35-year-old Ukrainian from Kyiv has received a two-year suspended sentence for the reposting on social media back in April 2014 of an article by Russian fascist ideologue Alexander Dugin. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...