Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Bad News
Media outlets in Central and Eastern Europe make a poor showing in international journalism watchdog reports, and there is plenty of blame to go around. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Arrest of Alleged Ukrainian Saboteurs in Crimea
Russia has announced that it has intercepted a group of Ukrainian saboteurs in Crimea. The FSB has accused them of planning terrorist attacks on the peninsula during Russian parliamentary elections in September 2016. The event may serve as a pretext for Russia to increase pressure on Ukraine in order to make it unilaterally implement the...
Crimea: will a new conflict take place?
A situation around occupied Crimea remains unstable. Within the last days, Russia has accused Ukraine in “state terrorism” and started massive military drills along Ukrainian border. Fears of a new Russian invasion are rising among Ukrainians. Still, even without it, the current escalation may result in further oppressions against pro-Ukrainian...
Ukraine must certify e-declaration anti-corruption tool to make it effective
Transparency International is concerned that Ukraine has introduced a new e-declaration system to fight corruption but without the necessary security certification, which means it cannot formally be used to prosecute public officials who falsely report their assets and interests. “President Poroshenko promised that the e-declaration system would...
New online income declaration system flops in Ukraine
Ukrainian efforts to stamp out tax evasion and corruption among public officials in line with commitments to the IMF hit a setback on Monday (15 August) when a new online income declaration system flopped at launch. …read more Source:...
’Like Being A Slave’: Workers On Russia’s Bridge To Crimea Report Abuse, Deceit
The Kerch Strait Bridge is Russia’s top-priority infrastructure project. At a cost of at least $4.5 billion, the 19-kilometer car-and-rail bridge will tie Russia to Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine after sending in troops and staging a referendum dismissed as illegitimate by 100 countries in a UN vote …read...
E-Declaration “faked reform” lets Ukrainian officials steal with impunity
Any hope of hailing the launch of Ukraine’s system of electronic declarations on August 15 as a victory have been well and truly dashed, with civic organizations condemning the sabotage and leading newspapers publicly calling on the West to put a hold on all financial aid and visa-free travel until Ukraine’s leaders stop trying to con...
Why Putin Turns the Heat Up on Ukraine Now
Russian President Vladimir Putin may be preparing a new offensive in Ukraine. Russia has prepared an excuse for a military incursion to connect Crimea with rebel-held areas of the Donbas in eastern Ukraine. Fighting along the corridor has already heated up; the Ukrainian military reports that on the night of August 8 more than 200 artillery and...
Game blindness.
August 15, 2016 Andrei Piontkovsky Fifteen years ago, the rustic George W. Bush, touched literally to tears Putin zagotovochkoy of salvation on fire crosses deep into his eyes and saw some wonderful things. I even had to respond to this remark of his whole book – Another Look into Putin’s Soul. The growing reputation of Donald Trump as...
Odessa Pride March Held Despite Initial Ban
The city’s first LGBTQIA march was held on Saturday, as police prevent an attack by nationalist youth. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
