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Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine

      Say No to NATO’s Expansion Parade: Adding Georgia, Finland, and More Would Make America Less Secure
      Sep23

      Say No to NATO’s Expansion Parade: Adding Georgia, Finland, and More Would Make America Less Secure

      Doug Bandow NATO, the alliance informally known as North America and The Others, remains committed to expansion. Powerhouse Montenegro, with 2080 men in uniform, will be the next entrant. Other governments knocking at the alliance door include Finland, Georgia, and Serbia. Adding these states would violate the purpose of an organization intended...

      War of words: how Europe is fighting back against Russian disinformation
      Sep23

      War of words: how Europe is fighting back against Russian disinformation

      For a little more than a year, a small group of eight officials with the EU’s European External Action Service (EEAS) has been working on a counter-propaganda strategy that reads like something out of the Cold War. The initiative was the result of a decision at a summit of the European Council in March 2015 which concluded that action was...

      Journalist explained why Putin, when attacked  Ukraine, repeated the Stalin’s  mistake.
      Sep23

      Journalist explained why Putin, when attacked Ukraine, repeated the Stalin’s mistake.

      / Timebomb have been placed under the empire / – GCSSI. … Russian Federation haven’t future, because it is in its essence – the geopolitical and geoeconomical mutated residue of the Russian Empire. Putin, annexing the Crimea, Russia doomed to collapse, as once Stalin, taking the Baltic states, condemned the collapse of the Soviet Union....

      Ukraine’s UK Ambassador issues open letter over propagandist Graham Phillips’
      Sep23

      Ukraine’s UK Ambassador issues open letter over propagandist Graham Phillips’

      Phillips’ appalling treatment of a maimed hostage has aroused particular anger and revulsion, but the Ambassador points out that it is only one of many episodes …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...

      No Mercy for Crimean Journalist Facing 5-Year Sentence for Opposing Russian Occupation
      Sep23

      No Mercy for Crimean Journalist Facing 5-Year Sentence for Opposing Russian Occupation

      Mykola Semena, a 66-year-old Crimean journalist has been refused permission to travel to Kyiv for an urgently needed operation following a spinal injury. Without the operation, Semena could face irreparable damage to his health, making him an invalid. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...

      Kleptocracy Daily: September 22, 2016
      Sep22

      Kleptocracy Daily: September 22, 2016

      Prosecuting kleptocrats is difficult: U.S. law enforcement agencies are targeting their stolen assets instead. (OCCRP) The ICIJ has released a new offshore leakexposing accounts and anonymous companies based in the Bahamas. Moldovan prosecutors accused sixteen judgesand four court officials of involvement in the “Russian Laundromat,” a scheme...

      Russia Ups Oil Output Ahead of OPEC Meeting
      Sep22

      Russia Ups Oil Output Ahead of OPEC Meeting

      Russia could soon become the world’s biggest oil producer if it continues pumping oil at levels not seen since Soviet times. …read more Source: Transitions Online...

      Russia’s European game
      Sep22

      Russia’s European game

      Russia / World It is not entirely clear what the motives behind Russia’s confrontation with the West are. On the one hand, everything is straightforward: Moscow wants recognition of Crimea’s unification with Russia and sanctions to be lifted. It demands that the post-Soviet space is considered a sphere of its special interests and...

      How American Media Serves as a Transmission Belt for Wars of Choice
      Sep22

      How American Media Serves as a Transmission Belt for Wars of Choice

      Several weeks ago the mainstream media (MSM) gave saturation coverage to a picture of a little boy pulled from the rubble of Aleppo after his home and family were crushed in what was dubiously reported as a Russian airstrike. Promptly dubbed “Aleppo Boy,” his dusty image immediately went viral in every prestige outlet in the United States and...

      Ukraine and Russian-Backed Rebels Agree to Pullback of Troops
      Sep22

      Ukraine and Russian-Backed Rebels Agree to Pullback of Troops

      September 22, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...