Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
SBU ‘treason’ probe and search at Yandex Ukraine to justify contentious ban?
If the Security Service’s search of the offices of Yandex Ukraine on May 29 was supposed to convince people that the sanctions imposed upon the company two weeks ago were justified, the aim was not achieved. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Unexpected sentence asked for Ukrainian library director on trial in Russia for ‘anti-Russian extremism’
You can hardly call the proposed 5-year suspended sentence and massive fine on librarian Natalya Sharina for supposed ‘incitement’ over the content of material in her library good news, but it could have been much worse.. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
The truth about the Amazons – the real Wonder Women
Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman: a true Amazonian, she is trained in a range of skills in both combat and hunting. Atlas Entertainment, Cruel & Unusual Films, DC EntertainmentThe long-awaited film version of Wonder Woman opens this week, starring Gal Gadot as the indomitable superhero. As Princess Diana of Themyscira, Wonder Woman is of Amazonian...
Russia’s History of Destabilization Campaigns
Originally produced on May 22, 2017 for Mauldin Economics, LLC By George Friedman From its founding, the Soviet Union conducted campaigns designed to destabilize and neutralize potential enemies. After the Russian Revolution, Lenin founded the Third International to support Communist parties around the world. Soviet intelligence ran...
Securing NATO’s eastern flank
Since Russia’s attack on Ukraine, NATO has been reviving its core mission of defending members from outside aggression. As the illusion of a cooperative Kremlin has evaporated, the two key challenges are to contain Moscow’s ambitions and to reinforce NATO’s vulnerable eastern flank. The recent NATO summit in Brussels indicated...
Poland Weighs Benefits of Surge in Migrants from Ukraine
May 29, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Moscow Honors Scholarly Peer Reviewers
Quirky new monument unveiled in the Russian capital is in all likelihood the only piece of art anywhere dedicated to a neglected band of academics. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
New Fighting in Ukraine’s Language War
If Kyiv draws new battle lines in the country’s language war, Moscow is ready to restart its side of this conflict. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The great leap forward?
The Czechs are by far the happiest in the Visegrad region, according to the World Happiness Report 2016 anyway. They sit 27th in the world, which is topped by the usual Scandinavian and Antipodean suspects. Around 20 places lower mope the Slovakians and Poles. Hungarians are found sulking in the 91st position. It may be true that money...
Why Ukraine’s Worst Enemy Is Not Vladimir Putin
One ubiquitous and insidious enemy has so far escaped detection. This is the relentless negativity that shrouds Ukrainian perceptions of their own country. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
