Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
October 12th, 2016
CHINA Protests Outside Chinese Defense Ministry at Army CutsTHE GUARDIAN More than 1,000 protesters have walked and chanted in front of China’s defense ministry, in the latest apparent demonstration by soldiers as the world’s largest standing military modernizes and downsizes. Demonstrations on such a large scale are rare in the...
Which EU commercial ships still go to Russian-occupied Crimea?
Private commercial vessels from several EU states reportedly still go to the seaports of Russian-occupied Crimea, in a blow to the international sanctions prohibiting any interaction with the peninsula. UAT: Which EU commercial ships still go to Russian-occupied Crimea? …read more Source: The American Center for a European...
EU shortlists Turkish journalist for rights prize
An exiled Turkish journalist, a Crimean Tartar activist and two Yazidi victims of the Islamic state group were shortlisted Tuesday (11 October) for the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize. …read more Source:...
Implementation of the Minsk Agreements: “Red Lines” for Ukraine
Ukrainian think tanks have prepared a memo for Ukrainian authorities regarding the “red lines,” i.e. the limits for compromise in the areas of political dialogue, security, and humanitarian issues that should not be crossed by Ukraine within the framework of the Minsk Agreements implementation. …read more Source: Institute of World...
“An open armed conflict – a matter of time”.
…Could such a confrontation last a long time without failure in open military conflict? I think it’s only a matter of time. 10/10/2016 Georgy Bovt about the consequences of a sharp cold snap between Russia and US Russia and the United States threatened by a new “cold war”? No, it is already underway. If the escalation of tension will at the...
Russia’s New Caucasus Initiatives
Security Few analysts have followed Putin’s new Caucasus initiatives. Given events in Syria, Ukraine, and East Asia, that neglect may be understandable, but it is a mistaken and harmful neglect because it causes us to overlook the overall strategic dimensions of Russian policy here. Moscow’s gambits in the Caucasus are inextricably...
Kleptocracy Daily: October 11, 2016
News The UK police’s economic corruption unit is itself being investigated for ties to a private investigators’ firm set up up by a lawyer who worked for Russian oligarchs. (Telegraph) U.S. lawmakers accused the White House of trying to weaken a bill that could provide greater financial leverage against the Russian, Iranian, and...
Escalation in Syria means EU less likely to soften stance on Russia
Outraged by Russia’s intensified air strikes on rebels in Syria, the European Union is now less likely to ease sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine, diplomats say, and some in the bloc are raising the prospect of more punitive steps against the Kremlin. …read more Source:...
EU Officials See No End to Sanctions Against Russia Over Ukraine
October 11, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Alleged Russia-Orchestrated Cyberattacks Won’t Go Away
As the U.S. presidential election hits high gear, the candidates and U.S. government won’t let the infiltrations earlier this year fade away. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
