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Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine

      Name those who help Russia jail a frail & elderly Crimean Tatar for defending political prisoners

      This torture of Server Karametov, a frail and elderly man who suffers from Parkinson’s Disease and many other serious illnesses elicited outrage and revulsion far beyond Crimea, yet ‘judge’ Natalya Anatolyevna Terentyeva claimed there were no grounds for overturning the jail sentence …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...

      End Democracy Promotion Balderdash
      Aug12

      End Democracy Promotion Balderdash

      The Trump administration’s foreign policy often resembles a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party or a loose cannon on a ship deck. But every now and then, a good idea emerges from the fracas. Such is the case with a reform that could sharply reduce America’s piety exports.Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is revising the State Department...

      Bring the Troops Home From Korea
      Aug11

      Bring the Troops Home From Korea

      There is one good solution to the Korean crisis, one that the mainstream press commentators simply will not confront. It’s not a solution that is likely to be adopted, especially by a blustery and bellicose president and a national-security establishment that has a Cold War anti-communist mindset. Nonetheless, it bears pointing out.What is...

      Russian Journalist Found Guilty of Extremism
      Aug11

      Russian Journalist Found Guilty of Extremism

      Prosecutors said Aleksandr Sokolov and three other accused ex-People’s Will Army members wanted to bring down the government. …read more Source: Transitions Online...

      Kleptocracy Weekly: August 7 – August 11
      Aug11

      Kleptocracy Weekly: August 7 – August 11

      KI’s Peter Podkopaev and Natalie Duffy reveal what the state of Russia’s roads tells us about Putin’s kleptocracy for Foreign Affairs magazine. NPR discusses how shell companies enable North Korea to dodge the economic impact of sanctions. The FCPA Blog examines six bills in Congress targeting anonymous companies. U.S....

      How strong is V4?
      Aug11

      How strong is V4?

      According to Viktor Orbán the V4 is “as strong as never”. Orbán considers the strengthening of this group as the most important event in recent times. Is this really so? Is V4 really strong? Does it even exist at all? Orbán claims the V4 that unites “romantic Hungarians, enthusiastic Poles, rational Czechs and moderate Slovaks” not only exists,...

      The aftermath of the crisis.  An overhaul of Ukraine’s banking sector
      Aug11

      The aftermath of the crisis. An overhaul of Ukraine’s banking sector

      In 2014–2016, Ukraine’s banking sector was affected by what has proven to be the most serious crisis in its modern history. Almost half of the banks went bankrupt and the losses incurred by the state and banking sector clients was in excess of US$ 20 billion. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...

      Rehabilitation Package of Reforms slams discriminatory bills on NGO public reporting
      Aug11

      Rehabilitation Package of Reforms slams discriminatory bills on NGO public reporting

      The draft laws proposed “contain a number of provisions that contradict national and international legislation, are discriminatory and consequently should be withdrawn” …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...

      Russia’s “sentence against the entire Crimean Tatar people” awaited
      Aug11

      Russia’s “sentence against the entire Crimean Tatar people” awaited

      The sentence is expected on August 11 of Akhtem Chiygoz, Deputy Head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis and recognized political prisoner. He and other Crimean Tatars are on trial, as Chiygoz said in his final address, for upholding the law and for defending Ukraine’s territorial integrity, with Russia’s prosecution carried out by people who...

      The ICRC in Ukraine: Facts and figures, January – June 2017
      Aug10

      The ICRC in Ukraine: Facts and figures, January – June 2017

      Article | An overview of ICRC’s work from January to June 2017 in Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: International Committee of the Red...