Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Крым. Битва мифов
Russia / Europe Прошло три года с того момента, как Россия аннексировала украинский Крым. За полуостровом последовало вторжение на Донбасс, “Боинг», военная операция в Сирии – российские телеканалы поначалу транслировали все это как череду событий, восстанавливающих российское геополитическое влияние. А затем начался обратный процесс....
Kleptocracy Daily: March 14, 2017
News A company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, stands to receive more than $400 million from a prominent Chinese company, Anbang Insurance Group, for a Manhattan office tower; Anbang’s murky links to the Chinese power structure have raised national security concerns over its U.S....
Why Trump backtracks on his Russia policy
Why Trump backtracks on his Russia policy Trump’s picks for a new national security advisors and Russia ambassador — Herbert Raymond McMaster and John Huntsman, who cannot be seen as “doves” — indicate that the U.S. president is trying to find common ground with the establishment and legitimize his presidency Trump’s picks for a new...
Phishing scams are becoming ever more sophisticated – and firms are struggling to keep up
Companies are bombarded with phishing scams every day. In a recent survey of more than 500 cyber security professionals across the world, 76% reported that their organisation fell victim to a phishing attack in 2016. These scams take the form of emails that try to persuade staff to download malicious attachments, click on dodgy links, or provide...
Ukraine Takes Russia to Court
A pending court case between Ukraine and Russia is a political act by Kyiv to raise its international profile-and is more important than many might think. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Russian FSB officers illegally detain Ukrainian human rights monitors near Crimea
Olha Skrypnyk, Coordinator of the Crimean Human Rights Group and her colleague Volodymyr Chekryhin have finally been freed after being unwarrantedly detained for several hours by Russia’s FSB while in the buffer zone outside Russian-occupied Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia uses denunciation as pretext for new repression against Crimean Tatar Mejlis
Nariman Dzhelyal, First Deputy Head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, or representative assembly has faced interrogation in Russia’s so-called ‘Centre for Countering Extremism’, with the move a menacing warning of what could follow. Russia is resurrecting the worst traditions of Soviet times, and a denunciation was given as pretext for the...
Putin gives military award to Russian soldier for Donbas battle
Further evidence has emerged of Russian military personnel directly involved in the battle for Debaltseve in February 2015 …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Science without borders: interview with cofounders of the Ukrainian Academic International Network
Author: Marta D’omochkoConversation partners: Co-initiators of the Ukrainian Academic International Network (the UKRAINE Network) and co-founders of the German-Ukrainian Academic Society (www.ukrainet.eu), Olga Garaschuk, Neurobiologist, Professor, University of Tübingen, President of the Society Matthias Epple, Chemist, Professor,...
Between the East and West, Geographically and Politically
The story of Ukraine’s 2013-2014 anti-government protests, which started because the then-president Victor Yanukovych declined to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union, is definitely still remembered in Brussels. However, as time passes, the memories of these dramatic events are being increasingly replaced by criticism of...
