Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Kleptocracy Daily: February 8, 2017
News Russian anti-graft activist Alexey Navalny was convicted of embezzling timberin a retrial, barring him from running for president in 2018. (BBC) U.S. states’ plans to change beneficial ownership rules are “more of a political response than an effective response.” (Bloomberg) Faced with an unpredictable U.S. president, foreign countries...
Separatist Commander Killed In Eastern Ukraine
February 8, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
February 8th, 2017
CHINA A Top Chinese Judge Is Calling Trump a “Bully” and Schooling Him on What the Law Is About Charlie Campbell, TIME The US president is an “enemy of the rule of law,” according to a top Chinese judge, reacting to Trump’s verbal attacks on an American judge who blocked his controversial travel ban last week. He Fan, a member of the apex...
How computer hacking is becoming Russia’s weapon of choice
World wide web war. ShutterstockIn his 2007 address to the Annual Security Conference in Munich, Vladimir Putin threw down a gauntlet to the West. Attacking what he called “illegal” unilateral military action by the US, he hinted that Russia would build its capability in information warfare to counter American and NATO expansion. In the same...
2 IWP experts entered the Ukrainian-Polish Partnership Forum
Alyona Getmanchuk, a director of the IWP and Kateryna Zarembo, a deputy director of the IWP, entered the Ukrainian-Polish Partnership Forum. …read more Source: Institute of World...
New Romanov Empire Planned for Equatorial Island
Previous attempts from Putin foe to restore Russia’s last dynasty were dismal failures. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Bombing Claims Second Rebel Leader in Ukraine
Merkel urges Putin to pressure Ukrainian rebels as violence returns to the Donbas war zone. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Trump’s tango wih Putin
US-Russia relations have been on a downward spiral since the 2008 Georgian war with Russia. Then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s acerbic remarks on the 2011 Russian parliamentary elections added to the downward momentum. The Ukraine crisis in 2014 saw relations plummet further. The current nadir was reached after WikiLeaks made public...
Ukraine, Russia and Recent Fighting
By Antonia Colibasanu Geopolitical Futures’ forecast for 2017 is that the frozen conflict in Ukraine will be formalized in some way. Increased fighting in Ukraine since Jan. 29 poses a potential challenge to this forecast and therefore warrants a close look. Last week, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko cut short his visit to Germany amid...
The EU visa suspension mechanism
Visa liberalisation will be high up on the EU agenda in 2017, with the Union about to waive visa requirements for 45 million Ukrainians and 5 million Georgians. Kosovo is hoping for near visa-free travel, as is Turkey: the Turkish government has repeatedly emphasised that only a visa waiver will guarantee a continuation of its efforts to curb the...
