Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Watch List Findings: Sept. 9, 2017
What follows are the preliminary findings for issues identified in the daily Watch Lists this week. We are only sending findings that we regard as significant or potentially significant to keep this list manageable. We have findings for all the Watch List items. Should you be interested in findings not listed here, please contact us and we will...
‘How Can I Not Go Into the Forest?’
Poaching in the Chernobyl zone continues, and it’s not hard to see why. From Euroradio. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
An Ever-Present Past
Four generations of Moldovan teachers talk about the lessons of Soviet-era deportations to Siberia. From Ziarul de Garda. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moldovan President and Gvt. at Odds Over NATO Games
Dodon has asked for penalties for army staff responsible for the decision and bans participation of country’s troops in military operations abroad without his consent. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Sources Likely Invested $100,000 in Divisive Facebook Campaign
While not specifically referencing the U.S. elections, ads posted over two years added fuel to the fire on contentious topics. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Shirtless Putin and the Future of Russia
Should we read anything into the latest macho poses of the president? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Human rights groups warn of dangerous legislative offensive against NGOs in Ukraine
A coalition of major Ukrainian human rights organizations has added its voice to demands that Ukraine’s government put an end to the mounting attack on non-governmental organization …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia admits to abducting 19-year-old Ukrainian Pavlo Hryb
13 days after 19-year-old Ukrainian Pavlo Hryb vanished after entering Belarus, Russia’s FSB [Security Service] has admitted that he is in Russian custody in a Krasnodar SIZO [remand prison] …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Syria’s Shattered Future
Editor’s Note: This Deep Dive was adapted from a piece originally produced for the Valdai Discussion Club, an institute devoted to analyzing Russia’s place in the world. The full version can be accessed here. Summary It’s useful to look at the past to predict the future. Little that happens in the world is truly new, and lessons...
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