Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Kleptocracy Daily: June 28, 2017
July 18: KI and the Partnership for Transparency’s Anti-Corruption Forum will host a discussion on U.S. government approaches to kleptocracy and money laundering, including investigations, prosecutions, compliance, and possible legislation. More information and registration here. News Global Financial Integrity’ Legal Counsel and...
Ukraine Rocked by Ransomware Attack
Officials also suggest Russia was behind yesterday’s death of a military intelligence officer in Kyiv. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The new antiquity versus the new Middle Ages
Politics The “new Middle Ages” has been a common term for referring to Russia’s present and near future since the publication of Day of the Oprichnik in 2006. The publication of Telluria in 2013 and the 2014 release of “Hard to be a God”, a dystopian film directed by Aleksei German, brought this medieval analogy to wider attention. A plot...
Russians name Stalin and Putin “the most outstanding figures” of all times
Nothing should surprise us when Putin has warned against ‘excessively demonizing’ a dictator responsible for the death of millions, and that same dictator is named ‘the most outstanding figure of all ages by a terrifying 38% of Russians polled. Yet the news that the Moscow Law Academy has erected a monument to this mass murderer is still...
‘The Putin Interviews’ and the Kremlin’s Useful Idiot
Russia / World Oliver Stone just filmed another tribute to another dictator. Previous main parts of Stone documentaries have gone to Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, Yasser Arafat and others. This time it is Vladimir Putin in the leading role. The 4-hour relationship between Putin and Stone seems to unfold smoothly on the screen. In general, there...
Watch List: June 27, 2017
The items listed below represent potential emerging issues that our analysts are tracking. These can be long term or short term, but will be updated daily. If an item on our Watch List becomes critical, we will email you a full analysis explaining its significance. Each Saturday, we will follow up our daily Watch List for each week with our...
Cyberattack Cripples Ukraine
The massive cyberattack that crippled public transportation, the central bank, government offices, the state power distributor, and public firms in Ukraine on June 27 serves as a potent reminder of the havoc that can be unleashed by low-level actors, according to an Atlantic Council analyst. “This is another reminder that low-capability actors...
Russia to Have Marginal Role in One Belt, One Road
Moscow and Beijing agree to cooperate on new Silk Road, despite differing views on economic partnership. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Cyber Attack Hits Oil Giant and Banks in Russia and Ukraine
June 27, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Running in Place
Ukrainian officials haven’t stopped agitating for the release of political prisoners in Russia, but in an interview, the cousin of jailed film director Oleg Sentsov says she’s heard things are at a dead end. From Hromadske. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
