Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Neutralize NATO by the power of thought: how working the latest weapons of mass destruction.
RUSSIAN MILITARY VIEWS: September 16, 2016 Author: Dmitry Sergeev In the past the strategic command-staff exercises “Caucasus-2016″, held from 5 to 10 September at the sites of the Southern Military District, as well as in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, a dedicated team of information warfare has been established that during the exercise...
Russia Endorses Plan to Keep Russia from Shooting Ukrainians (Subject to Revision)
Exciting news from the world of high diplomacy: Russia has endorsed a plan to have separatists in Eastern Ukraine (read: Russians) who have, with Russian (their own) backing tied up the mild laughingstock that is Ukraine’s armed forces in an unwinnable conflict, cease shooting those same Ukrainian forces for a week. Give or take. Subject to...
Naftogaz says charter change threatens gas purchases from Europe
Ukraine has changed the charter of Naftogaz in violation of a deal with foreign creditors, in a move that could hold up a $500 million loan for vital gas purchases from Europe, the state-run energy firm said on Friday (16 September). …read more Source:...
Merkel and Hollande urge “clear vision” for Europe’s future, as Tusk calls for “realistic diagnosis” of the causes of Brexit
Merkel and Hollande urge “clear vision” for Europe’s future, as Tusk calls for “realistic diagnosis” of the causes of BrexitAhead of the meeting of EU-27 leaders in Bratislava, French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks in Paris yesterday. At their joint press conference, Hollande said, “We must be...
Human rights in Russia
Written by Martin Russell, © zatvorniknik / Fotolia Russia is a signatory to several international human rights treaties and, as a member of the Council of Europe, the European Convention on Human Rights. Its constitution directly guarantees the human rights of Russian citizens, which are also protected by institutions such as a Human Rights...
Why the West Ignores Russia’s Wars
While hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in major cities across Western Europe and the United States to protest the American invasion of Iraq and, more recently, the invasion by America’s ally Israel of the Gaza Strip in 2014, Russia’s wars of choice in Syria and Ukraine have failed to excite a single public...
In Memory of Georgy Gongadze, Pavel Sheremet and All Slain Journalists
Traditional remembrance events on the anniversary of journalist Georgy Gongadze’s abduction and subsequent murder are especially poignant this year as they come just two months after the killing in Kyiv of Pavel Sheremet, the renowned Belarusian journalist and former prisoner of conscience. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Ukrainian Aircraft Manufacturer Antonov Diversifies Away from Russia
Antonov, Ukraine’s only designer and manufacturer of aircraft, has severed all ties with Russia, which had been its main market and partner for decades (Ukrayinska Pravda, September 10). This was unavoidable, given the de facto war waged by Moscow, which prompted Kyiv to stop Ukrainian military-technical cooperation with Russia and join...
Russian Military Resists Proposed Budget Cuts, Prepares for Major Ground War
As the dust settled, following the conclusion of the September 5–10 Kavkaz 2016 military exercise, the Russian Armed Forces entered into a budgetary battle with the Ministry of Finance. Russian Duma elections are scheduled for next Sunday (September 18); therefore, the process of drafting a 2017 state budget was postponed, together with unpopular...
Kleptocracy Daily – September 15, 2016
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has released full and interactive versions of a major “lessons learned” report on the U.S. approach to corruption throughout the conflict. Telecoms operator Telia will pay $1.4 billion to settle U.S. and Dutch investigations into bribes allegedly paid to Gulnara Karimova, daughter of...
