Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
IMF releases $1 billion loan for cash-strapped Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund has decided to release the next $1 billion loan payment to Ukraine, which had been postponed following the blockade imposed on the separatist east of the country, the Ukrainian president said yesterday (3 April). …read more Source:...
Russia ignores its own international agreements in trying journalist for saying Crimea is Ukraine
Russia is claiming that Mykola Semena sought to violate Russia’s territorial integrity in a text opposing Russian annexation, although it has never withdrawn from international conventions which recognize Crimea as Ukrainian …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Blacklist exposes judges involved in political persecution in Russian-occupied Crimea
The Crimea Human Rights Group has collated important information about all judges involved in illegally imprisoning Ukrainian citizens in Russian-occupied Crimea. The blacklist will provide vital documentation for international courts as well as evidence to back demands for the individuals to face Ukrainian and international sanctions....
US Needs ‘Strategic and Moral Clarity’ for Russia Reset
The presence of “strategic and moral clarity” in Washington is essential before a reset in the US-Russia relationship can be attempted, John E. Herbst, director of the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center and a former US ambassador to Ukraine, said in Washington on March 28. US President Donald J. Trump has expressed a desire for...
Russia–Japan Relations in the Era of Trump
Photo credit: Drop of Light / Shutterstock.com As Russia continues to dominate Washington’s domestic politics and threatens European cohesion on a daily basis, one country has been consistently courting the Kremlin with enthusiasm: Japan. Tokyo has pursued a rapprochement with Moscow ever since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to power in...
Japan–Russia Relations: The View from Moscow
Photo credit: knyazev vasily / Shutterstock, Inc. At a time when Russia is criticized across the West for invading Ukraine, annexing Crimea, and meddling in elections, Japan remains committed to trying to build closer ties with Russia. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe believes that better relations with Moscow would promote Japan’s...
The Thaw Is Over
Hopes that Lukashenka had turned over a new leaf were definitively quashed with the brutality and extent of the crackdown during and after the recent “parasites” demonstrations. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Armenia Seeks Patch for Frayed EU Relationship
The pact does not commit Yerevan to much of anything, leader Sargsyan explains. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Armenia: Before the Gold Rush
A British mining company has struck gold in southern Armenia. What’s in it for the locals? From openDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Boosting Female Presence in the Armenian Military
Going against established gender roles, the Armenian army’s initiative to include women in its ranks proved a success. From EurasiaNet.org. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
