Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Obama’s Response To Russia Necessary, Given Trump’s ‘Dismissive’ Behavior, Former US Ambassador Michael McFaul Says
Interviewsinterview with Michael McFaulvia CNBCHoover Institution fellow Michael McFaul discusses why President Obama’s decision to expel 35 Russian diplomats and impose new sanctions on Russia was necessary. …read more Source: Hoover...
Everyone loses
Disorder erupted in Ukraine in 2014, involving the overthrow of a sitting government, the Russian annexation of the Crimean peninsula, and a violent insurrection, supported by Moscow, in the east of the country. This Adelphi book argues that the crisis has yielded a ruinous outcome, in which all the parties are worse off and international...
Tatarstan Balks at Moscow’s Austerity Measures
Federal deficit expected to reach nearly $50 billion this year unless oil price rebounds. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Newsflash: Russia Is Not the Soviet Union
Doug Bandow No position taken by President-elect Donald Trump more upsets leading Republican legislators than his desire to reconcile with Russia. GOP leaders routinely assert that 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney was right when he declared Russia “without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe.” Perhaps in Neoconservative nightmares. But not...
Ukraine Moves to Blacklist Le Pen Over Crimea Comments
January 4, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
January 4th, 2017
CHINA Dumping of Untreated Acid in Chinese Canal Highlights Nation’s Water Pollution Woes Sidney Leng, SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST A Jiangsu chemical plant has been fined 20 million yuan for dumping almost 2,700 tonnes of liquid acid waste into the Grand Canal, causing environmental damage “beyond measure,” according to a local court verdict...
Russian, Georgian Designers Shake Up Fashion World
Led by red-hot names like Gosha Rubchinsky and Vetements, the post-Soviet look is flooding the catwalks and boutiques. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Austria kicks off chairing of OSCE with Ukraine visit
In mid-January, further negotiations will be held on the Ukraine conflict, within the framework of the OSCE. Time is of the essence as the situation remains dramatically unchanged. EurActiv Germany reports. …read more Source:...
Russian envoy warns of looming gas crisis for EU
Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s ambassador to the EU, warned in an interview published on Tuesday (3 January) of the risk for European countries of remaining in the cold, as Ukraine is pumping gas from the underground storage intended to ensure the security of supply in winter. …read more Source:...
Kleptocracy Daily: January 3, 2017
New Year Must-Reads Ben Judah explains how London rolls out the blood-red carpet for violent kleptocrats like the Bakiyev family. (NYT) How does the U.S. Justice Department’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative ensure that frozen funds aren’t repatriated back into the pockets of corrupt dictators? (NYT) Ana Swanson talks to James...
