Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Top anti-corruption post for persecutor of well-known Ukrainian human rights activist?
The likely appointment of Dmytro Rudenko to a top post in Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau has appalled many rights activists who remember his active role in the persecution of Vinnytsa human rights activist Dmytro Groysman. It raises questions also as to how he came to be appointed head of the Khmelnytsky National Police back in...
Moscow’s concept of a Greater Europe is still just a dream
Moscow’s concept of a Greater Europe is still just a dream Until Moscow and Brussels change their zero-sum approach, any talk about reviving the concept of a Greater Europe is just wishful thinkingUntil Moscow and Brussels change their zero-sum approach, any talk about reviving the concept of a Greater Europe is just wishful thinking.A...
Trump, sanctions, Congress: business or principles?
Russia / World On January 1, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar, Lindsey Graham, and John McCain called for new sanctions on Russia – even in the aftermath of President Barack Obama’s expulsion of 35 ‘diplomats’ – only metres from the border with Georgia’s de facto Russian-occupied breakaway region of South Ossetia. On January 10, ten...
What Putin Wants from Trump
(Image: Shutterstock / ) I wrote this article about Russian efforts to cultivate Donald Trump as an asset last week for a Korean newspaper where it was published on Sunday. Little did I know that news would break this week of allegations that Russia has a file of damaging information it can use to blackmail President-elect Trump. In that file is...
The Difficult but Necessary Task of Promoting Democracy in Russia
Photo credit: Bogomolov.PL Events in Russia in 2016 suggested that there is no prospect of political change in the country for the foreseeable future, and especially not in the run-up to the next presidential election in 2018. The regime appears to be more secure than ever and President Vladimir Putin dominates political life. United Russia and...
Ukraine Bans Russian-language Independent Broadcaster
Presented as a breach of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and advertising laws, the ban was criticized internationally for curtailing media pluralism. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
January 13th, 2017
CHINA China Is Scrubbing Outspoken Taiwan and Hong Kong Celebrities from Its Streaming Services Zheping Huang, QUARTZ China has allegedly blacklisted over four dozen overseas celebrities, including several high-profile singers from Taiwan and Hong Kong who have expressed political views unfavorable to Beijing, another sign that China is...
Pre-emptive Compromise Would Imperil Ukraine
…read more Source: Razumkov Centre
Ten Things You Should Know about Russian Involvement in Ukraine
Despite Vladimir Putin’s continued denials of Russia’s involvement in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic, a growing body of evidence casts doubts on his claims …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukraine: Ban of Independent Russian TV Undermines Media Freedom
Press ReleasesUkraine: Ban of Independent Russian TV Undermines Media FreedomJanuary 13, 2017Ukraine’s National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting (NRCT) issued a decision banning Ukrainian distributors from broadcasting TV Dozhd. …read more Source: Freedom...
