Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
September 28th, 2016
CHINA China’s Communist Party to Hold Key Meeting in Late OctoberTHE JAPAN TIMES China’s ruling Communist Party will hold a key meeting from Oct. 24 to Oct. 27, the official Xinhua news agency has reported, a session likely to focus on revising rules of party discipline as Communist party leader Xi Jinping keeps up a battle on...
Options after Brexit
Bruegel Director Guntram Wolff gave an oral testimony to the French Senate’s working group on Brexit. The video of the testimony can be watched here. In his presentation Dr Wolff drew heavily on ideas from the recent paper ‘Europe after Brexit: A proposal for a continental partnership‘, of which he was one of the authors. Further discussion...
Russia Outrages Romanians with Measly Donation to Buy Brancusi Statue
The 100 euro donation, and a video accompanying it, brought back memories of a Romanian treasure yet to be returned from Moscow. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Georgia
On October 5, the Institute of World Policy will organize a presentation of analytical paper “Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Georgia” …read more Source: Institute of World...
Russian Investigative Journalist Beaten in Siberia
Grigory Pasko, who teaches investigative techniques, was denounced as a ‘spy,’ ‘traitor,’ and ‘foreign agent’ ahead of his arrival in Altai for a seminar. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Relations between Ukraine and Russia. Discussion paper summary
A discussion paper was written by Olesya Yakhno, invited expert of the Institute of World Policy …read more Source: Institute of World...
Social Services Threatened as Charities Face Eviction
Station Kharkiv, one of the city’s largest volunteer organizations, is facing the loss of its offices after donors told the organization that they could no longer provide sufficient funds to cover the rent of the premises. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia brings enforced disappearances to occupied Crimea
Civic activists held a vigil outside the Russian embassy in Kyiv on Sept 27, demanding to know the whereabouts of 19-year-old Islyam Dzhepparov and his cousin, brazenly abducted exactly two years ago, civic activist Ervin Ibragimov and many others who have disappeared since Russia invaded and annexed Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv Human...
The ‘Prussian Curse’ on Kaliningrad Governors Remains Unbroken
On July 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin relieved the governor of Kaliningrad Oblast, Nikolay Tsukanov, of his duties (Krpress.ru, July 29). Tsukanov’s temporary replacement, Major-General Evgeny Zinichev, used to head the local branch of the Federal Security Service (FSB) (Rugrad.eu, July 28). Later, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov...
Is Putin Planning a ‘Hybrid’ Deportation of Crimean Tatars and North Caucasians?
Reportedly, the Kremlin is mulling an idea to relocate 500,000–1,000,000 people from the southern portions of the Russian Federation to the Far East and Siberia. This prospect has sparked fears among some non-Russians. Specifically, certain regional minorities, including Crimean Tatars from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian peninsula, fear President...
