Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Siemens turbines cause whirlwinds in Crimea
A firm part-owned by German firm Siemens was preparing to install electricity turbines in Crimea despite prohibitive EU sanctions. The issue was brought to the attention of Brussels and Siemens on Monday (10 July). …read more Source:...
Ukraine: From targeting anti-corruption NGOs to “a witch hunt on all civic activists”?
While President Poroshenko’s planned cancellation of the requirement for anti-corruption NGOs to fill out e-declarations has been welcomed, alarm has been expressed at proposed amendments to the Tax Code, These would affect all NGOs receiving foreign or state funding, but not supposedly non-profit-making organizations created by political...
OSCE PA adopts resolution defending Ukraine’s territorial integrity and condemning Russia’s hybrid warfare
In a document adopted at its annual meeting in Minsk, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has urged the Russian Federation to free all Ukrainian political prisoners and to stop sponsoring terrorist activities in Ukraine by sending militants, money and weapons across the uncontrolled section of the...
Oleksandr Kolchenko: 10 years for opposing Russia’s invasion of Crimea
Oleksandr Kolchenko is one of 44 people illegally held prisoner in Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea. He and Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov need our letters of support, and our advocacy with politicians and the media to ensure international pressure on Russia to release them. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Alumni Leadership Action Project Awards
GMF is delighted to share with you the results of three Alumni Leadership Action Project awards, of which one is also the recipient of the inaugural Marshall Prize that was awarded during the Triennial Transatlantic Leadership Retreat in Saint Vincent, Italy in April of this year. We4 Europe – Women for a Positive Future for the EU The We4Europe...
What Ukraine should do before offering the new plan for a deoccupation of Donbass
Armed conflict on Donbass has left the mark on everyday life of local population. Far back in 2014 when there was active fighting, a considerable part of local population left the dwellings and moved to quieter places. In the autumn of 2014 after the first Minsk agreements, the line of demarcation “was fixed” according to the...
Russophobia Hits the Libertarian Movement
Fear and loathing of Russia is all the rage in Washington, D.C., as both liberal Democrats and neoconservative Republicans unite in a campaign to demonize the Kremlin as “the premier and most important threat, more so than ISIS,” as Sen. John McCain recently put it. While Hillary Clinton and her dead-ender supporters conjure a Vast Russian...
In era of fake news, honest documentary makers have never mattered more
Facts are under threat. I write this after Donald Trump tweeted an old clip of himself wrestling a CNN avatar to the ground, declaring them “FNN: Fraud News Network”. Over at Info Wars, meanwhile, a guest on the Alex Jones show declared the existence of a child slave ring on Mars. Inflammatory clickbait, conspiracy theories and populists...
Donald Trump Meets Vladimir Putin: Time for U.S. To Normalize Relations with Russia
Doug Bandow Perhaps the most important policy initiative suggested by candidate Donald Trump was improving relations with the Russian Federation. His proposal horrified the Blob, the collection of Washington elites who typically dominate U.S. foreign policy irrespective of administration. But the idea made eminent sense: no vital interests...
Lithuania Jails Russian for Spying
Spying accusations and convictions against Russians and alleged local helpers are on the rise in the Baltics. …read more Source: Transitions Online...