Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
New wave of Crimean Tatar arrests in Russian-occupied Crimea
Five more Crimean Tatars are in custody in Russian-occupied Crimea accused of involvement in an organization which is legal in Ukraine. The five men are all devout Muslims and some at least have this year or last taken part in the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. Under Russian occupation, no more appears to be needed to face imprisonment on...
Russia’s FSB remove posters asking about abducted Crimean Tatar activist Ervin Ibragimov
“Those who give the command to abduct people should look their own mother in the eye and ask her what it means to lose a child”. Lilia Budzhurova’s words will doubtless not be heard by those in Moscow who bear responsibility for the lawlessness unleashed since Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv...
PACE & Kremlin-backed militants acknowledge direct Russian control in Donbas
It seems denial is now passé, with everybody – Russia, the militants themselves, and Europe – fairly openly acknowledging the direct control that Russia wields over the militants in Donbas, and their so-called ‘Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics’ …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
France urges elections in Eastern Ukraine
French President François Hollande called on all parties in the Ukraine conflict to draw up a roadmap to end the crisis, after talks with his Ukrainian counterpart yesterday (13 October) in which he urged early elections to be held in rebel-held Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Understanding Boris Johnson’s call to protest Russia
On Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson made an unusual suggestion during his debut appearance at the House of Commons as a representative of the government. ‘I would certainly like to see demonstrations outside the Russian embassy’, he said, in agreement with a Labour Party MP who had raised the idea in a debate on...
Time to put the foot down on Putin
Matthew Dal Santo’s analysis of diplomatic tensions between the US and Russia over Syria makes the argument that diplomatic talks must resume, but he really hits the mark when he says that ‘a diplomatic solution was from the start a mirage at best and a trick at worst’. Russia cannot be dealt with in the same way liberal...
The war between Russia and NATO. As it will be.
/ Not be Worry – everything is written on schedule./- GCSSI. … After the its defeat Russia become rich, however, will not immediately, but only after it will pay for the war with NATO, “Yukos”, Ukraine and brought down the “Boeing” at the Donbass. David Dzhuberg, a senior analyst at the US Department of Defense Putin is very dangerous: the...
Daughter of Kadyrov Critic Assaulted
Her father, head of Russian MMA group, had suffered extensive backlash after criticizing MMA children fights in Chechnya. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kleptocracy Daily: October 13, 2016
Event Reminder: Join Hannah Thoburn, Brian Whitmore, and Angela Stent to discuss Consolidation and Control: Power Shifts in Putin’s Kremlin at 10:00 am tomorrow at Hudson Institute. News Igor Sechin and Rosneft have won a Kremlin struggle to acquire a controlling stake in Bashneft. (Bloomberg) Serbia has made Gennady Timchenko (Vladimir...
Brexit and EU-Wide Money Laundering Regulation: The Debate Continues
Although the UK will implement the EU’s Fourth Money Laundering Directive, which was negotiated before the Brexit vote, a challenge lies ahead in dealing with the European Commission’s proposed amendments to the text of the Directive, some of which the UK does not support. Britain’s Treasury recently launched a consultation...
