Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukrainian rights groups unite to fight torture amid dangerous escalation in Donbas
While the use of torture by the police in areas not directly affected by the military conflict appears to have decreased, the scale of abuse and major rights violations in Russian-occupied Crimea and in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts has increased alarmingly since the military conflict began in 2014 …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Ukraine Files Action against Russia in International Court of Justice
Ukraine alleges that the Russian Federation is violating the Terrorism Financing Convention by supplying weapons and other forms of assistance to illegal armed groups operating on Ukrainian territory …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russian teacher jailed for repost alerting of child abuse, punished for trying to keep warm
Yevhenia Chudnovets’ reposted 3-second video of a naked child being tormented resulted in the police intervening and the eventual imprisonment of two camp officials – and of Chudnovets. She was charged with ‘circulating child pornography’ for reposting the video which she says she did to draw attention to the abuse. …read more...
Here is why the Kremlin’s big bet on Trump might be risky
Here is why the Kremlin’s big bet on Trump might be riskyWith the upcoming inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, the Kremlin is increasingly hopeful of creating a better relationship with the West. But is it really the case?With the upcoming inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, the Kremlin is increasingly hopeful...
Moldovan Prisons: Judged and Found Wanting
Critics from the Council of Europe to the government itself say Moldova needs a more humane prison system. And they’ve kept on saying it for years. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Abolish the CIA
Every American who looks at the CIA objectively or in a balanced way and judges it by any number of criteria, such as moral, legal and pragmatic, should reach the conclusion that the CIA should be abolished. JFK wanted to break it into a million pieces. Trump is right to dismiss its intelligence reports about DNC hacking. The CIA war on Trump...
Russia has yet to decide what it wants from Donald Trump – or how to get it
The dossier reportedly drawn up by former MI6 agent Christopher Steele has everyone pondering Russia’s potential ability to manipulate Donald Trump once he’s in office. In reality, most of the dossier’s claims aren’t very clear, and as yet are not backed up by evidence that could sway the public. The only sure thing the...
What Do Ukrainians Actually Think?
There is a paucity of Ukrainian opinion poll data at a time when this should be vital information for anybody interested in helping Ukraine’s reform process. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The Price of Appeasing Russian Adventurism
Washington’s acceptance of Russia’s annexation of Crimea would have far-reaching implications for the world’s nuclear nonproliferation regime. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Going to the People-and Back Again: The Changing Shape of the Russian Regime
For most of Russian history, the country’s leaders have employed a top-down political system. When Crimea was annexed in 2014, the Kremlin temporarily allowed more decentralized patriotic activism to rally support, but they soon saw the potential risks and reverted to more centralized political control. | Русский …read more Source:...
