Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
For Dignity and Human Rights in Ukraine
Public statement of the legal aid system team on violation of basic principles during the competition for the position of the Director of the Coordination Centre for Legal Aid Provision …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia convicts Ukrainian library director of ‘anti-Russian extremism’
Natalya Sharina, a 59-year-old librarian has received a 4-year suspended sentence with a 4-year probation period, for supposed ‘extremism’ linked with material in the Ukrainian Literature Library, and on a far-fetched charge of squandering public money. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
IWP to Present “Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Sweden”
On June 12, the Institute of World Policy will hold a presentation and discussion “Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Sweden”. …read more Source: Institute of World...
IWP to launch the outdoor cartoon exhibition “Ukraine’s Road to Visa-Free Regime with the EU”
On June 9, the Institute of World Policy will hold the official opening of the outdoor cartoon exhibition “Ukraine’s Road to Visa-Free Regime with the EU”. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Book Talk: Russia: Three Years After Crimea
The annexation of Crimea has transformed the Russian Federation. Three years of economic stagnation, international sanctions, and unstable oil prices have all had their effect. Within the government bureaucracy, power struggles are underway with new plans to address Russia’s post-Crimean reality. The editors of this book will analyze some...
Macedonian Intel Outlines Alleged Russian Plans to Destabilize Country
Serbian intelligence also accused of involvement in bid to prevent NATO entry. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
June 1st, 2017
CHINA Activist Held in China’s Guangdong For Printing T-Shirts Bearing Guo Wengui QuoteRADIO FREE ASIA Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have detained a rights activist for selling T-shirts carrying a quotation from exiled billionaire property tycoon Guo Wengui. Dong Qi is currently being held in the Longgang...
South Ossetia Emerges as Financial Center for Ukrainian Rebels
Key bank there likely used to facilitate payments from Russia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Six-Day War Was a One-Time Event
Six-Day War, image via Jewish Virtual LibraryBESA Center Perspectives No. 487, June 5, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The events of the Six-Day War of 1967 are often used by proponents of withdrawal from the West Bank as proof that Israel can defend itself from behind the “green line.” Since Israel won the 1967 conflict from this starting point, they...
MH17 – Drivers of the Russian June and July 2014 Buk Convoy Trucks
The full report can be read here On 13 May 2015, Bellingcat published a report about the involvement of the Russian 2nd Automobile Battalion of the 69th Separate Logistics Brigade (military unit 11385) and the 147th Automobile Battalion for Material Support (military unit 83466) in the transport of Buk unit vehicles of the 53rd Anti-Aircraft...
