Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine Lawmakers Back NATO Membership
Vote angers the Kremlin, which faces allegations of meddling in two Balkan countries to derail their NATO bids. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Police Arrest St. Petersburg Scientologists
Charges of extremism and inciting hatred echo those levelled at the recently banned Jehovah’s Witnesses. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The White Stream Pipeline Project: Transcaspian Energy for the European Union
White Stream is a proposed pipeline network designed to transfer natural gas from Azerbaijan to Europe through Georgia and Ukraine. Eastern members of the European Union should consider pursuing the full development of the White Stream pipeline network as an alternative to Russian natural gas imports. …read more Source: Atlantic...
Turkey: NATO’s Odd One Out
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, image via Presidential Executive Office, KremlinBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 491, June 9, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Discounting the sincerity of Turkish President Erdoğan’s fiercely anti-western rhetoric ahead of the April 16 referendum is akin to disregarding bitter facts about once staunch NATO ally Turkey....
A Manhunt, A Typo, And Alleged Torture: Russian MMA Fighter Battles Chechnya’s Grip
Murad Amriyev, a 32-year-old MMA fighter from the southern Russian region ruled by Kremlin-backed strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, was facing deportation from Belarus on June 8, a transfer that rights activists say would place his life and well-being at risk. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
‘My Dreams Are Not Related to Literature’
Andrey Kurkov – Ukraine’s best-known writer – speaks up about Ukrainians learning to become European, on Ukraine’s multilingualism, and on why life does not always follow the logic of literature. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Explosive device thrown into U.S. embassy compound in Kiev – police
A device exploded in the U.S. embassy compound in Ukraine’s capital Kiev in the early hours of T… …read more Source: American Security Council...
Kleptocracy Daily: June 8, 2017
News U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will speak at an EB-5 investment industry gathering co-sponsored by related companies in late July; the news comes as Jared Kushner is under fire for his family company’s use of the controversial visa program. Trump’s nominee for FBI director is a partner at the law firm representing Russia’s national oil...
Ukrainian journalist Stanyslav Vasin feared captured by Kremlin-backed militants in Donbas
Donetsk journalist Stanyslav Vasin has not been seen or heard from since June 2, and this mother reports that there are signs of a break in and search in his flat. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Q&A: What Does Archbishop Huzar’s Example Mean for Ukraine?
Archbishop Lubomyr Huzar, who died on May 31, was the leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and a leading moral authority for a very large number of Ukrainians …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
