Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
There’s No Stopping Navalny
Don’t make Russia’s anti-Kremlin opposition angry, because you wouldn’t like it when it’s angry. From Global Voices. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kleptocracy Daily: March 23, 2017
News The U.S. Treasury Department recently obtained information about offshore financial transactions involving Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, as part of a federal anti-corruption probe into his work in Eastern Europe. (WaPo) Though Manafort is gone, his decade-long business associate Rick Gates remains entrenched in the...
Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘state terrorism’ after former MP shot in Kyiv
Ukraine accused Russia of “state terrorism” after a former Russian lawmaker and key witness in a treason case against former leader Viktor Yanukovich was shot dead in broad daylight outside a hotel in central Kyiv today (23 March). Russia called the allegation “absurd”. Former MP Denis Voronenkov was killed by an assailant who was armed […]...
Ex-Russian Lawmaker Who Fled to Ukraine Is Shot Dead
March 23, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Eastern Trade Blockade Crushes Ukraine’s Industrial Revival
March 23, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Poroshenko authorises a blockade of the Donbas
The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) decided to immediately suspend freight traffic from the self-proclaimed ‘republics’ in the Donbas. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Military Operations in Ukraine Have Had Some Surprisingly Positive Side Effects for Modern Businesses
The Russian military operation began, in Crimea, on the 20th of February, 2014. A month later, after the questionable referendum on self-determination, Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of Crimea. Demonstrations by pro-Russian and anti-government groups took place in the Donetsk (in the photo) and Luhansk oblasts (collectively the Donbas)...
“Mission Accomplishable? Audit of the EU Efforts in Reforming Ukraine’s Civilian Security Sector”
Policy brief by Kateryna Zarembo, Deputy Director at the IWP …read more Source: Institute of World Policy
Huge Ukraine Arms Blast Blamed on Saboteurs
Thousands are being evacuated from area around military base near Kharkiv. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
DIS Baltic Arbitration Days to Take Place in Riga on 1-2 June, 2017
Riga will host 6th DIS Baltic Arbitration Days on 1-2 June, 2017. The conference concentrates on commercial arbitration involving states or state-owned entities. Focus countries: Iran, Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine. CIS Arbitration Forum is a media partner of the event. Ever since 2012, the Baltic Regional Group of German Institution of...
