Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
December 13th, 2016
ALBANIA UN Body Urges Albania to Identify Communist VictimsBALKAN INSIGHT Almost 26 years after the fall of communism in Albania, those persecuted by the country’s Stalinist regime have little hope that the state will ever identify the remains of around 6,000 people who were executed or died in regime camps and prisons. Agim Musta, a...
Merkel, Hollande Back Extending Sanctions on Russia Over Ukraine
December 13, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Merkel, Hollande back extended Russia sanctions over Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday they favour … …read more Source: American Security Council...
Election Season in Southeastern and Eastern Europe
Social Democrats win in Romania, while conservatives have slim lead in Macedonia, and Transdniester gets a new president. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Obama’s Deep Dive Into Putin’s Intent
By George Friedman U.S. President Barack Obama announced last week a “deep dive” into the question of whether the Russians hacked into Democratic Party officials’ emails in order to influence U.S. elections and help Donald Trump become president. A secret CIA report saying it has overwhelming evidence the Russians did it was then leaked,...
Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Lithuania
A discussion paper was prepared by Olena Betliy, Research Fellow at the Institute of World Policy …read more Source: Institute of World...
Post-Brexit transitional deal would be “generally helpful,” says Chancellor
Post-Brexit transitional deal would be “generally helpful,” says ChancellorChancellor Philip Hammond yesterday told the Treasury Select Committee that, “There is, I think, an emerging view among businesses, among regulators and among thoughtful politicians – as well as quite a universal view among civil servants on both sides of the English...
Putin’s Plot Against Europe
A populist and antiestablishment wave spreads across a continent — and across the Atlantic — putting the very idea of a united Europe on life support. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Many detained in Russia for reading aloud the Russian Constitution
At least 15 people were detained in Moscow on Dec 12, Russia’s Constitution Day, for a peaceful action reading the Constitution aloud, and one activist in St Petersburg is spending the night in police custody for a single person picket which even under Russia’s current unconstitutional legislation is legal. …read more Source:...
Russia’s youngest victims in occupied Crimea urgently need support
A special charitable action took place in Kyiv on Dec 11 to raise money and awareness of the youngest victims of Russia’s mounting repression in occupied Crimea. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
