Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russian Yogi Charged Under Extremism Law
Legislation has been used against Scientologists, Protestants, and other small religious groups. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The return of Kremlinology
Whatever the truth about who knew what and about whom, it is clear that the Kremlin sees itself locked in an ideological war. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Shapes of a Union: From Ever Closer Union to Flexible Differentiation after Brexit
Farewell, “ever closer union” The logic behind “ever closer union” was gone well before the Brexit referendum. When negotiating a definitive opt-out from the clause, David Cameron revealed how the growing trend towards integration had reached a symbolic limit, regardless of the referendum result. In that European Council of February 2016, it...
How to manage Russia becomes one of the most pressing questions in US, and world, affairs
President-elect Donald Trump has conceded that Russia sought to influence last year’s US presidential election. Reuters/Lucas JacksonAt last Donald Trump has conceded publicly that Russia sought to influence last year’s US presidential election by hacking the website of the Democratic National Committee and distributing material...
Russia’s Donbas Proxies Accuse Ukraine of Trying to Hack Trump Election Campaign
Luhansk militants have posted another videoed ‘confession’ from one of the pro-Ukrainian bloggers they are holding prisoner. It is difficult to see the point this time, unless to please Russia by claiming that Ukraine also tried to hack a US presidential candidate – the one Russia supported. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human...
Ukraine’s Parliament slips in dangerous carte blanche for blocking torture investigations
A new norm sneaked in when nobody was looking will lead to a situation where investigations into allegations of torture and ill-treatment by prison staff are carried out by the suspected perpetrators’ colleagues . …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Kleptocracy Daily: January 11, 2017
News A classified intelligence report on Russian meddling in the U.S. electionsincluded uncorroborated allegations that the Kremlin holds compromising information about President-elect Donald Trump. (WaPo) Some $30 million linked to Pavlo Lazarenko, former PM of Ukraine, issitting frozen in a Lithuanian bank. (OCCRP) The value of reported fraud...
Ukrainian MP Nadia Savchenko Publishes List of Conflict Prisoners and Missing People
The former Ukrainian military pilot’s initiative was criticized for being detrimental to relatives of those on the list, and to the Ukrainian side. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Trump Must Stand Up to Russian Cyberattacks
In light of the intelligence report unequivocally attributing cyberattacks during the US presidential election to Russia, US President-elect Donald Trump must take stock of the magnitude and implications of the Kremlin’s actions, and react appropriately, according to John E. Herbst, director of the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu...
Addressing the real source of the U.S.-Russia rivalry
Donald Trump has indicated a clear interest in improving the U.S. relationship with Russia, as has his designate for secretary of state. Despite President Vladimir Putin’s misadventures and provocations from Georgia to Syria to Ukraine to the U.S. elections, this is not an unworthy ambition, if pursued with open eyes. Author Michael E....
