Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Human rights in the territory controlled by the Government of Ukraine along the delimitation line and in so-called Luhansk People’s Republic and Donetsk People’s Republic (2017)
Human rights in the territory controlled by the Government of Ukraine along the delimitation line human rights on so-called Luhansk People’s Republic and Donetsk People’s Republic, main problems in investigation of grave HR violation …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Investigative News Startups Talk Membership Models
Many people don’t trust media giants. That’s what we’ve been hearing in the past two months of interviews with a wide variety of European publishers with membership models. These upstart publishers represent different newsroom and audience sizes, focus areas and geographies. Yet they’re hearing similar complaints around...
Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov’s powerful final words in surreal trial where ‘traitors put patriots on trial’
Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov has ended his final address (translated here) to a de facto court under Russian occupation by suggesting that they will all meet again at the international courts at the Hague and these are no empty words …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia’s Interference in Germany Will Continue beyond the September 24 Elections
On September 24, Germany holds a nationwide election. If the polls and experts are accurate, it should be a humdrum affair. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will receive the majority of the votes, sending her to a fourth term without breaking much of a sweat. However, all elections, even predictable ones, have...
Ukraine must create an independent anti-corruption court
Transparency International calls on the Ukrainian authorities to create an independent anti-corruption court as part of Ukraine’s legal obligations and its commitments to the EU and the International Monetary Fund. Only this will strengthen the country’s efforts to fight corruption. Ukraine’s President Poroshenko has stated that...
The Last Hurdle for Ukraine’s Recovery
…read more Source: Project Syndicate (Czech...
Q&A with New OSCE Rep on Freedom of the Media
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) representative on Freedom of the Media plays a vital role that is valued by journalists and media freedom groups for its ability to speak out in defense of press freedom. At a time when press freedom is deteriorating in many OSCE states — including Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip...
Trudeau Delivers Rallying Cry to Save Global Order
Canadian prime minister, South Korean president, pianist Lang Lang receive Atlantic Council’s Global Citizen Award Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister and the recipient of the Atlantic Council’s 2017 Global Citizen Award, on September 19 delivered a passionate rallying cry to protect the alliances that have underpinned...
The European Security Order and the Future of NATO
Co-hosted with the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), George Washington University. Since Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and intervention in Eastern Ukraine, Europe has been seeking a response to Moscow’s muscular foreign policy and provocative behaviour in the former Soviet Union. While the West did...
Kleptocracy Daily: September 18, 2017
Compiled by Nate Sibley Trump/Russia: KI Advisory Council member Michael Weiss investigates the finances of Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. Kyle Freeny, a former Justice Department lawyer who worked on the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, has joined Robert Mueller’s investigation. Squire...
