Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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Gender equality: EU challenges and policies [What Think Tanks are thinking]
Written by Marcin Grajewski, © Delphotostock / Fotolia Equality between women and men is one of the European Union’s founding values. Under the “Strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019” policy plan, the EU seeks to increase female labour-market participation, reduce the gender pay gap, promote equality between women and men in...
Russia ready to open up Ukraine talks to US
Russia has indicated it is ready to open the so-called ‘Normandy’ negotiation format over the crisis in eastern Ukraine to the United States, which appears to be a major shift in relations between Moscow and Washington after the election of Donald Trump. …read more Source:...
Russia & its separatist proxies must cease all hostile acts against the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
Ongoing Violations of International Law and Defiance of OSCE Principles and Commitments by the Russian Federation in Ukraine …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Donbas militants seize Ukrainian woman & accuse her of bizarrely useless ‘spying’
52-year-old Valentina Buchok has become the latest Ukrainian to be seized by Kremlin-backed militants and accused of ‘spying’ for Ukraine’s Security Service [SBU] by, for example, a ‘reconnaissance visit’ to the apartment where war criminal Motorola lived a month or more after he was killed. …read more Source:...
Russian interference could be the greatest threat to European democracy
With important national elections scheduled this year in the Netherlands, France and Germany, European officials on edge about possible Russian interference are pursuing various measures to counter it. But with a daily onslaught of fake and misleading news, repeated attempts to hack computer systems of “anti-Moscow” politicians and political...
Slain Crimean Tatar Reshat Ametov “wanted his children to live in a free Crimea”
“Russian friend, if they order you to, will you shoot at me?” This question was the last post 39-year-old Reshat Ametov made on Facebook, the day before his silent picket in protest at the Russian soldiers who had invaded his home. The Crimean Tatar father of three was seized by so-called ‘self-defence’ paramilitaries from outside the...
The Role of Sergey Dubinsky in the Downing of MH17
Following the publication of “Identifying Khmuryi, the Major General Linked to the Downing of MH17,” additional information has surfaced that further confirms the identity of Khmuryi as Sergey Nikolaevich Dubinsky, born August 9, 1962. The clearest confirmation of our investigation came courtesy of Russian actor Ivan Okhlobystin, who was...
Watch List: March 2, 2017
The items listed below represent potential emerging issues that our analysts are tracking. These can be long term or short term, but will be updated daily. If an item on our Watch List becomes critical, we will email you a full analysis explaining its significance. Each Saturday, we will follow up our daily Watch List for each week with our...
Convert and Love: Russia’s Muslim Wives
Russian women marrying Muslim men convert to Islam in the certainty that a shared religion will strengthen their family, but most often cultural differences often win out. From openDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
IWP to Take Part in Establishing the New Public Council at the MFA
The IWP director, Alyona Getmanchuk, joined to the initiative group to form a new Public Council (Hromadska Rada) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. …read more Source: Institute of World...
