Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Bring Russia to the Table and Promote America’s Security
Putin’s Russia is determined to demilitarize NATO in Eastern Europe, end Western economic sanctions, allow the permanent amputation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity including the Crimea, secure Bashar Assad’s rule over all of Syria, and …read more Source: Gatestone...
NATO calls on Russia to help stop spike in violence in eastern Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on Russia yesterday (1 February) to use its “considerable influence” with rebels in eastern Ukraine to end what he described as “the most serious spike in violations” of a shaky truce there in a long time. …read more Source:...
The Soviet Union’s Long Shadow
In the 25 years since the collapse of the USSR, the West’s relations with the largest nation on Earth have once again slowly grown sour. Looking back to the mistakes that spawned today’s Russia may hold the key to explaining and overcoming the most recent animosities. August 1991 was never going to be another lazy, summer month when...
Where Should the External Priorities of the Visegrád Lie?
The real priorities of a foreign policy of any state should reflect the overall dynamics of the international context (i.e. threats for national security or opportunities for the expansion of the state’s role vis-a-vis other players). This should also apply to alliances and inter-state groupings. Today, the V4 faces the sort of challenges...
Avdiivka Offensive Aimed at Better Kremlin ‘Dialogue’ with Trump & Undermining Minsk Agreement
A Russian political analyst suspects that the Kremlin has initiated the shelling of Avdiivka and resulting deaths in order to secure a better deal with the USA, one that will enable it to keep destabilizing Ukraine, while freeing itself of sanctions …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Mafia methods used to get the ‘right’ court rulings in Russian-occupied Crimea
A moment of limited judicial independence in Russian-occupied Crimea on Jan 25 got forgotten amid the mounted offensive against lawyers defending political prisoners and imprisonment of human rights lawyer Emil Kurbedinov. Any celebration over the refusal to extend the detention of Redvan Suleimanov would, in any case, have been premature...
Ukraine – Coup Government Tries To Sabotage US-Russia Rapprochement
Fighting in east Ukraine has restarted. This is an attempt by “deep state” forces to prevent any rapprochement between the US and Russia under the new Trump administration.The west-Ukrainian forces under command of the coup government of President Poroshenko started a large attack against the Russian supported Ukrainian self-defense...
Blow After Blow
Tabloid tells abusers how to exploit Russia’s decriminalization of domestic violence. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Heavy Fighting Continues in Eastern Ukraine
February 1, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Why Russia should liberalize its gas market
Why Russia should liberalize its gas marketThe liberalization of Russia’s gas market would almost certainly entail the downsizing of Gazprom and the rise of new “independent” producers competing on a level playing fieldThe liberalization of Russia’s gas market would almost certainly entail the downsizing of Gazprom and the rise of new...
