Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Рождество в Нью Йорке. Часть первая: 7 -я авеню, Бродвей. «Мишн импосибл»
Город мечты… сверкающий праздничными огнями Нью-Йорк! Пушистые ели, улыбки случайных прохожих, рождественская музыка на каждом углу. Только там можно почувствовать себя маленьким Кевином, который остался “один дома» и ощутить дух рождества на полную. Наш travel bloger Ирина-Изольда Габрилева отправилась туда, куда каждый декабрь стремятся...
How the West should punish Putin
Over the Christmas week, CapX is republishing its favourite pieces from the past year. You can find the full list here. As NATO scrambles to beef up its defences in the frontline states and Western diplomacy is humiliated in Syria, the New Cold War is no longer a fanciful book title. It is fact. As the author of that book — much-criticised when...
December 27th, 2016
CHINA Christians Arrested by Communist Regime, Accused of Belonging to “Evil Cults” Stoyan Zaimov, CHRISTIAN POST Several Christians have been arrested in China’s southwestern Yunnan province and accused of belonging to “evil cults,” according to persecution watchdog group China Aid. The ruling Communist Party has been engaged in a...
12 Graphs: Three decades later – the state of nuclear power
Written by Clare Ferguson, Thirty years ago, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster released radioactive material over much of Europe. Following the accident, some 600 000 people took part in the containment operations and around 350 000 people were displaced. Accidents like Chernobyl, and the more recent disaster at Fukushima Daiichi, have...
Russian activists jailed for crucifix protest at monument to notorious secret police chief
Two Krasnodar activists have been jailed for 15 days for their alleged involvement in the appearance of a wooden crucifix on the monument to Felix Dzherzhinsky, the first head of the Cheka, or dreaded Soviet secret police …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
‘Deported’ Crimean Tatar activist on hunger strike too weak to stand
Nedim Khalilov began his hunger strike on Nov 24, in protest at being forcibly ‘deported’ from his homeland 9 months after the Crimean Tatar lodged a law suit against Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading and occupying Crimea. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Nations of the post-Soviet space: 25 years apart
Russia / World Over the course of the last couple of months a number of articles devoted to the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union have been written. Both in Russian and western presses, experts conclude that events which started a quarter of century ago with the collapse of the “Last Empire” are still ongoing. Indeed, in 2016...
12 Graphs: Two strategic partners – EU and NATO defence cooperation
Written by Clare Ferguson, We will remember 2016 as a tumultuous year worldwide, a 12-month period of vicious conflicts and political upheaval that will have long-lasting consequences is coming to an end. The resulting insecurity and uncertainty as to the foreign policy intentions of major world powers means that the EU strategic partnership with...
Why I’m Optimistic about Ukraine’s Reforms in 2017
Following decades of neglect, there is real progress in Ukraine’s healthcare sector. Thanks to the efforts of reformers in the Ministry of Health, pressure from civil society, and the support of international donors, the sector is seeing reduced corruption and clear prospects for reform …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Key Maidan journalist murder suspect released to flee or to commit more crimes
A man who has admitted taking part in the fatal attack on journalist Viacheslav Veremiy in February 2014 has once again been released from custody. This is despite legitimate grounds for believing that if Yury Krysin does not simply go into hiding, he will continue his criminal activities …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
