Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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...
Crime and Punishment is 150 – and its politics are more relevant than ever
Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It is now 150 years since the publication of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. An incredibly influential novel, Crime and Punishment also has a particularly contemporary political significance. The plot hinges on how, one summer’s day in St Petersurg, a penniless student, Raskolnikov, murders an old woman...
GIJN Welcomes Seven New Members from Six Countries
The Global Investigative Journalism Network is delighted to welcome seven new member organizations. We are especially pleased to welcome for the first time groups from Ireland and Malawi. Also among the new members are investigative centers from India, Ukraine, and Slovenia, a journalism fund from Ireland, and a collaborative news site that...
NATO urges Russia to persuade Ukraine rebels to honour truce
NATO yesterday (19 December) urged Russia to use its clout with insurgents in Eastern Ukraine to make a troubled truce stick, as the two sides held talks to defuse what are the worst tensions since the Cold War. …read more Source:...
UN General Assembly condemns Russia’s occupation of Crimea and rights violations
As well as openly calling Russia’s behaviour occupation, the General Assembly’resolution is important in identifying the grave rights violations under Russian occupation and demands the release of all unlawfully held Ukrainian citizens. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia’s Old Tricks Against New Targets
The report leaked from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on December 9 confirmed concerns raised during the election campaign: Russia interfered in the US presidential election, with the intent of bolstering President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russian prison staff on trial after 16-year-old Ukrainian tortured to death
Vitaly Pop was just 16 when he died of horrific injuries inflicted by Russian prison staff following his arrival in a ‘corrective prison’ for young offenders. He was probably picked out for ‘special treatment’ because of his Ukrainian accent, and his torturers used nationality-linked words of abuse while beating him …read more...
