Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
A brief description of KHPG strategic litigations in 2016
…read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group
February 14th, 2017
CHINA Foreign Passports Offer Little Protection for China’s Elite Ben Bland, FINANCIAL TIMES Like many wealthy Chinese businesspeople seeking an insurance policy against their capricious if often profitable political system, Xiao Jianhua acquired foreign citizenship. But if the billionaire investor thought that having Canadian citizenship...
Russia and China: A Strange Case of Convergence
Russia / World After every meeting between Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin, the two sides issue warm statements and stress their growing cooperation. Especially since the war in Ukraine began in 2014, Russia has tacked ever closer to China, shedding some of its traditional fear of its southern neighbor and...
War, Regulation Combine to Stifle Ukrainian Wine Industry
Smaller winemakers will benefit if lawmakers vote to lift onerous licensing fees. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Flynn Drama
By George Friedman President Donald Trump’s national security adviser resigned late Monday night. Michael Flynn admitted in his resignation letter to having conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States and providing then Vice President-elect Mike Pence with an incomplete account of those calls. There is speculation that...
Three Existential Global Challenges for the Trump Presidency
The world faces unprecedented crises, with mounting global debt, the possibility of man-made pandemics and mass migration all likely to hit soon. Is President Trump able or indeed willing to deal with the issues? Download the article (PDF)The Trump presidency is just beginning, and many of the challenges it faces are hotly debated in the media....
The beginning of the end of the EU-Russia geopolitical gas drama
By Nolan Theisen. Photo: Flickr|Bilfinger SE, licensed by CC BY-ND 2.0.After years of mostly unrivaled gas market dominance and segmentation in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the energy relationship between Gazprom and the region is gradually equalizing thanks to successful market liberalization and integration in Europe. Greater...
Newspapers Without News
Moldova has been a regional leader in open government, but the media recently launched a campaign to highlight backtracking on commitments to greater transparency. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Hope for Dadin release or imitation? Russian court finds law criminalizing peaceful protest ‘constitutional’
There have been mixed reactions to the judgement passed by Russia’s Constitutional Court on Feb 10 on the draconian anti-protest law used to imprison peaceful protester and friend of Ukraine, Ildar Dadin …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia uses human trafficking scam to force Ukrainians to fight in Donbas or Syria
While it is quite possible that some Ukrainians are engaged in crime in Russia, the 47 supposed ‘Ukrainian drug traffickers’ just arrested in the Moscow region are likely to be victims of a human trafficking scam with a particularly menacing link to Russia’s undeclared war against Ukraine. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human...
