Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
EU summit to consider how to improve Russia ties without dropping sanctions
Next month, European Union leaders will explore the possibility of improving strained ties with Russia in response to growing irritation among some member states over economic sanctions imposed on Moscow over its role in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
The Russian Defence Ministry Presents Evidence They Faked Their Previous MH17 Evidence
On July 21st 2014 the Russian Defence Ministry presented their evidence relating to the downing of Flight MH17 on July 17th 2014. Bellingcat has previously examined the claims made in this press conference in great detail, demonstrating how all the major claims made in the press conference were false, from claims about satellite imagery to claims...
Brexit threatens Britain’s reputation as an agenda-setter for foreign aid
Soft power, getting softer? DFID – UK Department for International Development/flickr.com, CC BYThe world is facing a host of complex challenges, from climate change to migration to the spread of infectious diseases. No nation acting alone can hope to solve them. Britain has been serious about tackling these problems, but to do so it needs...
After striking murky gas deal, Ukraine bows to West
The fight for the control over a profitable company that transports Russia’s gas to Europe exposed the clan warfare and backstabbing that surrounds Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and hampers Kyiv’s bid to anchor its ties to the West. …read more Source:...
IAEA: The UN’s Nuclear Watchdog In Need of Care
The 168 member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency meet this week in Vienna for their 60th General Conference. Since the end of the Cold War, the agency has continually been tasked with more complex and sensitive roles, something it has managed with distinction. However, it is struggling for resources and is increasingly under...
Russian cyber threat.
September 25, 2016 Yuri Veksler …Gradually the great episodes of cyber war are added to the picture, the general form of which nobody now predict, apparently, does not take. The German Federal Office for Information Security has informed the parliamentary parties and factions in the Bundestag, as well as individual politicians about the recent...
Roma Victims Remembered at Babyn Yar
As the 75th anniversary approaches of the massacre of 33 thousand Ukrainian Jews at Babyn Yar, Ukraine’s religious leaders have joined in a memorial service for the Nazis’ Roma victims killed at what was then a ravine on the outskirts of Kyiv …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Journey To Aleppo: Exposing The Truth Buried Under NATO Propaganda
The extent of the destruction inflicted upon the Kurdish-held Sheikh Maqsoud by the U.S.-backed “moderate rebels” and the scars of the battle for its liberation are highlighted in the state of the neighborhood’s infrastructure. (Photo by Vanessa Beeley)ALEPPO, Syria — Aleppo has become synonymous with destruction and “Syrian...
How Ukraine Can Signal It’s Serious about Reform
Thirteen months since the last tranche, the IMF has finally allocated the third tranche of its program to Ukraine, bringing the total disbursement to $7.6 billion. Although it is less than the originally planned $1.7 billion and came with substantial delays, the receipt of the $1 billion tranche was celebrated by the Ukrainian government as the...
Kleptocracy Weekly: September 16-23, 2016
A weekly roundup of leading stories on kleptocrats and their enablers… United States Prosecuting kleptocrats is difficult: U.S. law enforcement agencies are targeting their stolen assets instead. (OCCRP) Delaware is trying to water down proposals to end anonymous companies, and has spent more than $2 million of taxpayer funds lobbying Congress...
