Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Kleptocracy Weekly: April 14, 2017
Features KI’s Natalie Duffy on why the recent spate of retroactive foreign lobbying filings undermines any transparency the legislation hopes to achieve. Casey Michel talks to Will Fitzgibbon of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists on the anniversary of the Panama Papers release. KI’s Belinda Li examines how...
Tillerson in Moscow: Is World War III Back on Track?
If anyone is worried whether the prospect of a major war, which many of us considered almost inevitable if Hillary Clinton had attained the White House, is back on track, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s visit to Moscow was cold comfort. From his remarks together with his counterpart Sergey Lavrov, there is now little reason to expect any...
Political Infighting Is Destabilizing Ukraine
Ukraine should prioritize domestic governance while building trust at home and credibility abroad. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Blockades Leave East Ukraine More Isolated Than Ever
April 14, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Kleptocracy Daily: April 14, 2017
Hudson Institute’s Hannah Thoburn and David Satter discuss what it means for the U.S. to have a good relationship with Russia. KI will host Oleksander Danyliuk, Minister of Finance of Ukraine, for a discussion with Walter Russell Mead at Hudson Institute on April 19. Sign up or watch live. News Corruption cases in Asia are a stark warning...
April 14th, 2017
CHINA China Says Its Trade With North Korea has Increased Jane Perlez and Yufan Huang, THE NEW YORK TIMES Amid sharply rising tensions over North Korea’s nuclear arms program, China said on Thursday that its trade with the country had expanded, even though it had complied with United Nations sanctions and stopped buying North Korean coal,...
The Fate of Independent Media in Crimea
After the Russian annexation, journalists had to choose between leaving, embracing a pro-Russian stance, or avoiding politics altogether. From Euroradio. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moscow Gears Up for Giant Renewal Project
10 percent of city residents could be forced out of Soviet-era apartments. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moldovan ‘Theft of the Century’ Solved?
Authorities could soon start bringing home some of the vanished $1 billion. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukrainian Prosecutor’s strange attempt to help Russian FSB foiled
Asylum-seeker Shakhban Isakov has been released from custody 10 days after a Ukrainian prosecutor demanded and obtained his arrest pending extradition despite serious grounds for believing he would be in danger if forcibly returned to Russia, and for questioning the charges which Russia is laying against him …read more Source: Kharkiv Human...
