Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
The First Maidan Victims
It is three years since Maidan activists Serhiy Nihoyan and Mikhail Zhyznevsky were killed on Hrushevsky St in Kyiv. 21-year-old Serhiy Nihoyan died first, killed by sniper bullets to the head and chest. An hour later it was learned that 25-year-old Mikail Zhyznevsky had also been shot and killed …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Russian media distort mass anti-Trump protests, while Trump blasts ‘dishonest’ US media
Russia broke with a tradition extending far back into Soviet times this weekend. Anti-government protests are normally top news for pro-Kremlin media, but not this time. News of First Lady Melania Trump’s venture onto Twitter got more headline coverage on at least one website, and the photos everywhere appeared carefully selected to conceal...
Top Ukraine court posts for super-rich judges & defender of Yanukovych’s dictatorship laws?
Among the candidates for posts in the Supreme Court [SCU] are the former President of the Court who justified Viktor Yanukovych’s draconian ‘dictatorship’ laws and judges involved in politically motivated prosecutions. The CHESNO civic movement has sounded the alarm to ensure that purportedly fair competition does not re-establish the...
Loose-cannon Trump enters the tinderbox of US-Russia-China relations
A Trump administration raises many questions about how America’s relationships with other world powers will play out. Reuters/Lucy NicholsonDonald Trump’s inauguration speech had one simple message: “America first”. His was an inward-looking vision of the future in which America would set about regaining all that has been stolen from...
Audacity of hope: Impact of Barack Obama’s legacy
Audacity of hope: Impact of Barack Obama’s legacy Despite the criticism of his opponents, President Barack Obama leaves his mark on history as the president of hopeDespite the criticism of his opponents, President Barack Obama leaves his mark on history as the president of hope. President Barack Obama makes Thanksgiving Day phone calls...
Russia braces itself for a Trump presidency
Russia braces itself for a Trump presidencyThe long-awaited inauguration of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president has been a source of constant debate within Russia’s expert community, which continues to point to his unpredictabilityThe long-awaited inauguration of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president has been a source of constant...
Kleptocracy Weekly: January 20, 2017
New from KI Reforming Foreign Agents: Casey Michel talks to Craig Holman, Government Affairs Lobbyist for Public Citizen, about how the U.S. can reinforce its foreign lobbying laws – and why it matters now more than ever. The Other Immigration Crisis: Belinda Li talks to Seto Bagdoyan of the Government Accountability Office, about how the EB-5...
Institute of World Policy Finalized its Agenda for 2017
Institute of World Policy conducted its traditional annual survey among officials, Ukrainian and foreign experts, diplomats, journalists and active citizens on which issues should be covered in 2017. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Eastern Ukraine: The lasting scars of conflict
Photo gallery | On-going conflict in eastern Ukraine is leaving lasting scars on people and their livelihoods. Ruined houses, damaged infrastructure, closed schools are among consequences of the hostilities. …read more Source: International Committee of the Red...
The last scars of conflict in Eastern Ukraine
Photo gallery | On-going conflict in eastern Ukraine is leaving lasting scars on people and their livelihoods. Ruined houses, damaged infrastructure, closed schools are among consequences of the hostilities. …read more Source: International Committee of the Red...
