Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Eurovision shines spotlight on LGBT struggle in Ukraine
Ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest final in Kyiv, an extravaganza embraced by the LGBT community, Ukraine’s “Celebrate Diversity” motto sounds more like wishful thinking than a fact of life. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Security Service denies alleged link to killing of journalist Pavel Sheremet
An SBU spokesperson has dismissed one aspect of a journalist investigation into the killing in July 2016 of Kyiv-based Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet, while leaving the key questions raised by the disturbing investigation unanswered …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Speak out for those whom Russia stops from being at Eurovision
Spare a thought – and some time for the initiative #NoEurovisionFor for the 44 Ukrainian political prisoners who cannot be at the Eurovision competition currently underway in Kyiv, nor even see it from their prisons in Russia, or Russian-occupied Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Morning Forum Of Los Altos Presentation Spotlights Putin And Ukraine
Image credit: istockIn the Newsfeaturing Norman M. Naimarkvia Los Altos Town Crier (CA)Stanford University Professor Norman Naimark, Ph.D., shed light on Russian President Vladimir Putin and the historical and geopolitical forces that have made the Ukrainian crisis such an enduring problem in his Morning Forum of Los Altos presentation, “Putin...
Orwell in America – President Trump’s Sudden Firing of FBI Director Comey
“It is essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission,” Mr. Trump wrote in a letter to Mr. Comey. “The FBI is unlikely to regain public and congressional trust until it has a director who understands the gravity of the mistakes and pledges never to repeat them,” he...
Moldova’s Proposed Electoral Change Is a Blow to Democracy. The EU Must Oppose It.
10 May 2017A proposal to change to a mixed electoral system in Moldova would entrench corruption and harm the young democracy. EU and other Western governments should use their economic clout to stop it. Cristina Gherasimov Twitter Academy Robert Bosch Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme The Moldova parliament building in Chisinau. Photo: Getty...
Ukrainian Eurovision Kicks Off Amid Tensions With Russia
The authorities banned several Russian journalists ahead of the campy song contest, which has become increasingly politicized in recent years. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
A Tale of Two Ukrainian Cities
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Baltic States Adjust Their Security Policy
Faced with uncertainty about U.S. policy in NATO and U.S.-Russia relations, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have attempted to adapt their security policy to these circumstances. Mainly, this has involved a gradual increase in defence spending and an intensification of activity among the Baltic States after Russia’s actions in Ukraine. The...
Donbas war criminals glorified in Russia on Victory Day
Victory Day in Russia was marked this year by state-controlled television appearing to view Donetsk as its city and / or a ‘military victory’ and photos at the Immortal Regiment march of a notorious Russian mercenary and Ukrainian militant whom Ukraine had wanted to see tried for war crimes in Donbas …read more Source: Kharkiv Human...
