Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
The Country Where the Government Owned Everything
When Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks seized power over Russia in October 1917, they began almost immediately to nationalize the economy. This was part and parcel with their communist philosophy. Marx had laid out his expectations in the Communist Manifesto: “The proletariat will use its political supremacy to wrest, by degree, all capital from...
Three Questions with James Sherr
Editor’s Note: The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) hosted an event in Warsaw, with a discussion on the common U.S.–European strategy toward Russia. James Sherr is an associate fellow and former head of the Russia and Eurasia Program at Chatham House. He joined the event as a speaker, and we asked him about his views on the...
A Peek into Wonderland
What has happened to Mezhygorie, the infamously opulent estate of former President Victor Yanukovych, since he fled the country three years ago? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Iran in Yemen: Ending the Houthi War
With the US recently increasing its air operations in Yemen, the West still has a role to play in the Houthi conflict. But what conditions need to be in place for the coalition to triumph conclusively?Download the article (PDF)With the US recently stepping up air operations in Yemen, along with its arms sales to Arab states, the West clearly...
The Latest: Putin to discuss Ukraine, Syria with Merkel
The Latest on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin : … …read more Source: American Security Council...
Kleptocracy Daily: May 2, 2017
News Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley in a letter to the FBI asked for answers to apparent “material inconsistencies” in information it has presented him regarding the unverified dossier alleging that Russia was in a position to blackmail President Trump. Bipartisan legislation to impose sanctions on Russia over alleged meddling in...
Putin Hosts Merkel for Low-Key Talks
Questions raised about Poland’s detention of Austrian man suspected of killing POWs in Ukraine. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Is Russia Trying to Fuel Anti-American and Anti-European Tensions in Macedonia?
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has descended into political violence, with the US and the EU trying to calm the situation while Russia accuses them of ‘gross interference’. After protesters stormed the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s (FYROM) parliament last Thursday to attack opposition lawmakers, the US and...
From Russia with Hate: The activity of pro-Russian extremist groups in Central-Eastern Europe
By Radovan Bránik, Grigorij Mesežnikov and Daniel Milo. Political Capital, Hungarian think tank, conducted research on Russian actors and extremists groups in Central Europe and raised awareness of this pernicious influence among the wider public throughout 2016-2017 within the project supported by the National Endowment for Democracy.Together...
Navalny attacker led 2014 attempt to repeat Donbas seizure of power in Kharkiv
The man believed responsible for a chemical attack on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was almost certainly a leader of the aborted attempt in 2014 to seize control in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and form a so-called ‘Kharkiv people’s republic’, like the Kremlin-backed formations in Donbas. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
