Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine wants to forcibly return vital witness of Moscow’s war in Donbas to Russia
Vladimir Radyuk has information of crucial importance about Russia’s active role in the military conflict in Eastern Ukraine. This is one reason why he must not be forcibly returned to Russia. The torture he would almost certainly face at the hands of the Russian FSB is another. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Lukewarm on Putin-Abe Hot Springs Summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin held all the cards in the Kuril Islands negotiations with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on 15-16 December. Amid a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape there were advances, but those who expected that the two leaders would, at one stroke, resolve the decades-old territorial dispute, were disappointed. Putin...
Russia prepares new criminal charges as Crimean Tatar leader refuses to be silenced
Russia appears to be concocting yet another criminal prosecution against 59-year-old Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader Ilmi Umerov over statements expressing the same position on Russia’s occupation of Crimea as that set out in resolutions from the UN General Assembly, Council of Europe and all democratic countries …read more Source:...
The Year Putin Won
To receive an email when a new post becomes available, subscribe here. The year 2016 felt like the third year since 2014 rather than, say, the 25th since the collapse of the Soviet Union. When peering into Russia’s future from a Russian vantage point, one has to mark the year 2014 as a major threshold. It changed international politics and...
Watch List: Dec. 20, 2016
The items listed below represent potential emerging issues that our analysts are tracking. These can be long term or short term, but will be updated daily. If an item on our Watch List becomes critical, we will email you a full analysis explaining its significance. Each Saturday, we will follow up our daily Watch List for each week with our...
Putin and Trump: Where From Here?
They might outwardly seem willing to wheel and deal. But it’s increasingly difficult to see how any agreement might actually look. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Turkey and Russia’s relationship is strong enough to survive ambassador’s murder
When Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, was shot dead during a photo exhibition in the Turkish capital of Ankara, it threatened to deal a terrible blow to one of the world’s most important and most sensitive diplomatic relationships. During the attack, the gunman, 22-year old Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, shouted about...
Operation “Oblivion”
Society In Russia, as in much of the post-Soviet space, the past is the present. From Ukraine, to Belarus, to Poland and Lithuania, historical narratives of communism, World War II, the Holocaust, and the Holodomor—Ukraine’s Terror-Famine—are being reviewed, revised, and in many cases manipulated to serve new ideological trends. In Russia,...
Ukraine Army ‘Repulsed Rebel Attack’ Near Debaltseve in East
December 20, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
The Vicious Circle of Arms Control and Regional Conflict
A recent decision by the OSCE to revive arms-control talks is unlikely to achieve much without simultaneous efforts to resolve protracted conflicts in Eastern Europe. …read more Source: Carnegie...
