Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Second ex-Berkut officer wanted for Maidan crimes found crushing protest in Russia
Photos from the violent suppression of peaceful protests in Russia on June 12 have exposed a man now in Russian OMON riot police gear, but wanted by Ukraine for his leading role in the bloody dispersal of Maidan activists on November 30, 2013. Serhiy Kusyuk is the second key suspect who appears to now be helping the regime under Russian President...
UN rights watchdog stops Ukraine from extraditing asylum seeker to Russia
The UN Human Rights Committee has ordered the Ukrainian authorities to halt extradition of Timur Tumgoev to Russia, pending consideration of his assertion that he would face torture if forcibly returned …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Common Sense Instead of Russophobia
The lessons that Lithuania has learned about Russia the hard way could prove valuable for other countries. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Post-Soviet excesses: What does the diplomatic scandal between Russia and Moldova tell us?
Russia / Europe When the Moldovan government declared five Russian diplomats persona non grata, it came as a complete surprise to most observers, especially outside the country. First of all, five people were expelled at once; even Estonia, with its traditionally bad relations with Russia, has recently expelled only two Russian consulate staff....
New Wave of Anti-corruption Protests Hits Russia
Organized by opposition leader Navalny on a public holiday, the protests led to mass arrests in Russia’s two largest cities. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Liars Lying About Nearly Everything
The United States has been using lies to go to war since 1846, when Americans who believed in manifest destiny sought to expand to the Pacific Ocean at the expense of Mexico, acquiring by force of arms California and what were to become the southwestern states. In 1898 the US picked up the pieces of a dying Spanish Empire in a war that was driven...
Nord Stream 2 can wait
This opinion piece was also published in Rzeczpospolita and Tagesspiegel. Gazprom wants to build a second gas pipeline under the Baltic straight from Russia to Germany. Nord Stream 2, as the project is called, has provoked controversy in Europe – but the pipeline is planned to be in use as soon as 2019. Supporters of Nord Stream 2 make two bold...
Assessing the EU’s conflict prevention and peacebuilding interventions in Ukraine
An in-depth case study by the Institute of World Policy in Ukraine, member of the WOSCAP consortium …read more Source: Institute of World...
As US influence wanes, Germany has the chance to step into the spotlight
Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, the United States has been performing what seems to be a partial withdrawal from the international stage. This retreat is sometimes purposeful, as when the administration realised its campaign promise to exit the Paris climate agreement. But is is also sometimes uncertain, as when Vice President...
As US influence wanes, Germany steps (back) into the global spotlight
Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, the United States has been performing what seems to be a partial withdrawal from the international stage. This retreat is sometimes purposeful, as when the administration realised its campaign promise to exit the Paris climate agreement. But is is also sometimes uncertain, as when Vice President...
