Friday, 2 May 2025
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Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine

      Ukraine Beats Russia in Epic Gas Battle
      Jun02

      Ukraine Beats Russia in Epic Gas Battle

      On May 31, Ukraine’s Naftogaz won an extraordinary victory over Russia’s Gazprom in the international arbitration court in Stockholm. This was the possibly biggest international arbitration verdict ever. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...

      Court revokes acquittal of controversial Ukrainian journalist & first post-Maidan prisoner of conscience
      Jun02

      Court revokes acquittal of controversial Ukrainian journalist & first post-Maidan prisoner of conscience

      The acquittal in July 2016 of Ukrainian blogger and journalist Ruslan Kotsaba on charges of obstructing Ukraine’s Armed Services has been revoked and the case sent back for a new court hearing …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...

      Making sense of Russiagate: what do Russians think?
      Jun01

      Making sense of Russiagate: what do Russians think?

      If you’re struggling to make sense of “Russiagate” and the Trump-Putin connection as the James Comey affair quickly unravels in Washington, you’re not the only one. Many Russians are also scratching their heads, but perhaps for different reasons. Usually, revelations of Western intervention in Russian domestic politics is what...

      How to Restore U.S. Adoptions of Russian Children
      Jun01

      How to Restore U.S. Adoptions of Russian Children

      The restoration of American adoptions of Russian children is a logical first step in improving U.S.-Russia relations. June 1, 2017 By Rachel Bauman Photo: Wikimedia Commons In December 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama signed the “Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act (“the Magnitsky Act”)...

      Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions on Russia’s Economy
      Jun01

      Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions on Russia’s Economy

      In early 2015, Western leaders thought they had Russia cornered. A year earlier they imposed on Russia economic sanctions, which ranged from restrictions on access to Western capital markets to bans on the export of oil-production technology, to punish it for its role in dismembering Ukraine. Those sanctions and the Russian boycotts that followed...

      Ukraine Claims Early Arbitration Victory over Gazprom
      Jun01

      Ukraine Claims Early Arbitration Victory over Gazprom

      June 1, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...

      LGBTI in Russia: history of success, opportunities and challenges
      Jun01

      LGBTI in Russia: history of success, opportunities and challenges

      2000s: Development of movement and public support The LGBTI movement in Russia was on the rise in the middle of 2000-s. At that time LGBTI activists founded key organisations and launched several initiatives for defending their rights, awareness-building and researching of public opinion. The first gay pride was organised by a GayRussia...

      Belarus: With Friends Like These. . .
      Jun01

      Belarus: With Friends Like These. . .

      Belarus and Russia share strong historical ties, but differences between the two countries following the annexation of Crimea call into question how durable this partnership is today. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...

      Ukraine’s Naftogaz says it won Stockholm court case against Gazprom
      Jun01

      Ukraine’s Naftogaz says it won Stockholm court case against Gazprom

      Ukraine’s Naftogaz said yesterday (31 May) an arbitration court in Stockholm had ruled in its favour in a dispute with Gazprom over take-or-pay gas contracts, although the Russian firm said the ruling was an interim stage in the court process. …read more Source:...

      Russia begins trial of Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov by removing his defence lawyer
      Jun01

      Russia begins trial of Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov by removing his defence lawyer

      Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader Ilmi Umerov is facing a five-year sentence for saying that Russia should leave Crimea and Donbas, with the preliminary hearing as parody-like as one would expect under such circumstances …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...