Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Embattled Theater Director Trapped In Russia
Kirill Serebrennikov has seen his funding cut and a controversial ballet axed, and could soon be charged with swindling the state out of millions. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
North Korea ICBM success
How has North Korea managed to make such astounding progress with its long-range missile programme over the last two years? Here, Michael Elleman shares the first solid evidence that North Korea has acquired a high-performance liquid-propellant engine from illicit networks in Russia and Ukraine. …read more Source: International Institute...
Steamy Biopic of Russian Saint-Emperor Gets Go-Ahead
A film about the love affair between the canonized last czar and a ballerina is finally bound for cinemas after months of debate. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Rogozin non grata
Russia / Europe We are witnessing yet another flare-up in relations between Russia and Moldova: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin (who is in charge of cooperation with Moldova in fact) has been declared persona non grata by Chisinau. The question is not even why that has happened but whether this strife may lead to other, more serious...
When Neutrality Isn’t an Option
Originally produced on Aug. 7, 2017 for Mauldin Economics, LLC By George Friedman The new US sanctions against Russia overwhelmingly passed Congress. But in parts of Europe, they are far less popular. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel last week called them “more than problematic.” In diplomatese, that means the Germans oppose them. The...
August 14th, 2017
CHINA China’s Wechat, Weibo And Baidu Under InvestigationBBCChina says it is investigating its largest social media platforms—Weibo, WeChat and Baidu Tieba—for alleged violations of cyber security laws. The Cyberspace Administration said people had been using the three platforms to spread terror-related material, rumors and obscenities. The...
US Power: A Finite Resource
By Jacob L. Shapiro North Korea, China, Russia and Venezuela are all countries that pose very real but different kinds of problems for the United States. These countries have made headlines in the U.S. in recent days, and we will unpack them each separately. Collectively, they indicate that the U.S. has spread itself thin and has been unable to...
Prosecutor ‘loses’ critical evidence regarding Khmelnytsky Maidan killings
Three and a half years after shots fired from inside the Khmelnytsky SBU [Security Service] office at Maidan activists killed 73-year-old Ludmila Sheremet and seriously injured others, the investigation appears to have been deliberately sabotaged …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Road To Dispossession: Locals Pushed Aside For The Trans-Crimea Highway
People in Kerch and other locations along the planned highway route are already feeling the pain of dislocation. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Road To Dispossession: Locals Pushed Aside For The Trans-Crimea Highway
People in Kerch and other locations along the planned highway route are already feeling the pain of dislocation. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
