Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Fake ‘Ukrainian fascist’ jailed for pro-Russian separatist rally
A court in the Kherson oblast has passed sentence on Edward Kovalenko, a Ukrainian whose involvement in fake far-right movements and separatist scandals dates back to at least 2004 …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Moscow’s Nuclear Blackmail – Five Links
Today: https://research.uaposition.com/latest-news/russia-deploys-nuclear-warheads-crimea/ – 5/21/2017 Within the past year: June 2016: http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russia-threatens-deploy-nuclear-weapons-crimea-13013 April 29, 2017: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/russia-weighs-heavily-in-americas-nuclear-plans/article/2621340 May...
Українці зі Світового Банку та МВФ влаштували вишиванковий флешмоб по всьому світу
Українці зі Світового Банку та МВФ влаштували вишиванковий флешмоб по всьому світу До Дня Вишиванки українці, що працюють у Світовому Банку, Міжнародному Валютному Фонді та Міжнародній Фінансовій Корпорації організували святковий флешмоб у різних країнах світу, де є офіc організацій та працюють українці. Про це VIDIA розповів Віталій Дубіль,...
New Language Hopes to Become Slavic Lingua Franca
The brainchild of a Czech linguist and a Croatian anthropologist, the language aims to build bridges between Slavic people. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia and Iran growing cooperation
In this commentary for PONARS Eurasia, IISS Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia Samuel Charap analyses the changes in Ukrainian society since the 2014 crisis. …read more Source: International Institute for Strategic...
Special Treatment
The use of punitive psychiatry against political opponents appears to be on the upswing in post-Soviet states. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Real Deal?
A political party in Moldova says its network of stores offers lower-priced food to those in need, while some wonder if it’s just a way to recruit potential voters. From Ziarul de Garda. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine Blames Presidential Website Cyberattack on Russia
The move might have come in retaliation for Kyiv’s banning of popular Russian social networks and internet businesses. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
World-Known Economist John Taylor In NaUKMA
Image credit: Osadchyi, ShutterstockIn the Newsfeaturing John B. Taylorvia National University of Kyiv-Mohyla AcademyOn May 18 Kyiv Mohyla Academy has a pleasure to meet an honorable guest lecture John Taylor, Professor at Stanford University, author of the well-known “Taylor rule”, which is used by most central banks of developed and...
The Special Counsel Comes to Town: It’s the Moscow Trials, Revisited
Donald Trump ran on a platform of improving relations with Russia: his victory was a mandate for that policy. Yet the real power in this country doesn’t reside within the ballot box, and that reality was brought home when the Justice Department appointed a “special counsel” to investigate “any links and/or coordination with the Russian...
