Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
“Kavkaz 2016:” The Next Test of Russia’s Armed Forces
The military exercise “Kavkaz 2016” was the most important test this year of the combat readiness of the Russian Armed Forces. The scenarios carried out in recent months by Russia and Collective Security Treaty Organisation members included a clear political message addressed to neighbouring countries (namely Ukraine) and NATO members, evidenced...
Global Conference, Global Network
As we gather for the second Asian Investigative Journalism Conference, this seems a good time to share again with our colleagues where the Global Investigative Journalism Network and its conferences come from. It was a simple idea at the end of the 20th century — to gather the world’s investigative journalists to share their knowledge with...
Not in Our Name: Journalist NGOs Should Condemn Propagandist Graham Phillips’ Torture Stunt
At a human level, it is impossible to understand somebody accosting a person maimed and blinded and telling him that he’s useless, a zombie whom nobody needs. When that individual, Briton Graham Phillips, claims to be acting as a ‘journalist’, such behaviour needs a clear response from the journalist community. …read more...
Ukrainian citizens are now a group at risk in Russian-occupied Crimea
Gury Kornilyev, a young botanist from Yalta, recently lost his job after two years of harassment over his rejection of Russian citizenship. He knows of two other colleagues who were dismissed or demoted for their pro-Ukrainian position, and they are only some of the many Ukrainian nationals who are now a group at risk in occupied Crimea...
Crimean activist fined for ‘extremist post’ 4 YEARS before Russian annexation
A court in Russian-occupied Crimea has fined Alexei Shestakovych 1,000 roubles for a video he reposted 4 years before Russia invaded and occupied Crimea. On the same day, another court rejected his appeal against a 20-thousand rouble fine for a totally peaceful picket in defence of Oleg Sentsov, Oleksandr Kolchenko and other political prisoners...
Moscow Again Trying to Pit Ethnic Russians in Northeastern Estonia Against Tallinn
Moscow is again stirring the pot in northeastern Estonia, trying to pit the ethnic-Russian community there against Tallinn. And it is doing so in the classic tradition of Vladimir Putin’s “hybrid” war: specifically, Russia is using a report prepared by the Estonian Security Police that leaked to the press in order to blame Tallinn for that...
Lyudmila Ulitskaya: Writings for Eternal Memory
At an April prize ceremony in Moscow organized by Memorial, a human rights group that exposes Stalin-era repression, one of Russia’s most prominent writers was attacked. Assailants threw bright green antiseptic and hurled eggs into the face of 73-year-old Lyudmila Ulitskaya. Life in today’s Russia is simply like this for the...
Kleptocracy Daily: September 20, 2016
Delaware is trying to water down proposals to end anonymous companies, and has spent more than $2 million of taxpayer funds lobbying Congress since 2009. (Delaware Online) A new report by George Clooney’s NGO, The Sentry, shows how corrupt South Sudanese officials benefit from war crimes, corruption, and looting. After Beijing expelled 45...
Putin Said to Favor Return to Old-Style Security Ministry
With parliament more solidly than ever in his pocket, Russian leader can now focus on the 2018 presidential election. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin’s Illusions about Crimea
In the recent plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum [on September 3 in Vladivostok], Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the issue of Crimea’s ownership is historically closed.Despite the adamant tone, such statements do not show Russia’s confidence but instead reveal the Kremlin’s vulnerability on this issue....
