Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Putin Appoints Apologist for Stalin as Russian Education Minister
Olga Vasilyeva, the new arch-conservative Russian Minister of Education is known for her highly specific position on bloody dictator Joseph Stalin and for remarks implying that the figures given for victims of Stalin’s Terror are exaggerated …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Raising the Ukrainian Flag Volodymyr Rybak and Many Others Died For
The 25th anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence would have been a very special date under any circumstances. After Maidan and then Russia’s invasion, that anniversary and the Day of the Ukrainian Flag have become imbued with acute poignancy …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Escalation in Crimea threatens Erdogan – Putin rapprochement
With tensions rising between Russia and Ukraine, Erdogan may find himself forced to decide which side of the fence he sits on. That may entail falling out of love with Russia all over again. …read more Source: European Council on Foreign...
Ukraine at Twenty-Five
Twenty-five years ago, after seventy years of Soviet dominance and over three hundred years of rule by Russia, Ukraine declared its independence. This occurred after a national referendum in which over 90 percent of Ukraine’s voters chose independence. Every part of the country, including Crimea—which at that time had a population that was...
Russia is Surrounding Ukraine, but Where’s the West?
In recent weeks, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been doing what he is best at: war mongering. It began with the Kremlin’s accusation that Ukrainian leaders had “chosen terror over peace,” despite the fact Russia has not been able to produce any credible evidence of the alleged “sabotage plot” in Crimea. Additionally, neither the...
Why has Russia been flying airstrikes over Syria from an Iranian airbase?
Kremlin/Ru, CC BY-SAThe Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, made it very clear where his country stood in February 2013 when he answered speculation that Russia might intervene to stop the implosion of Syrian state structures in a war that by then had been raging for more than three years: “We will not be fighting for our positions … and...
Ukraine and Europe – A short guide
Ukraine and Europe – A short guideMichael EmersonVeronika Movchan23 August 2016 …read more Source: Centre for European Policy...
Russia’s Donbas ‘Buildup’: Threat or Bargaining Chip?
Ukrainian leader warns of possible Russian invasion, while the Pentagon tries to inject a note of realism into increasingly tense debate. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Oleg Sentsov: I would like to be a nail in the tyrant’s coffin. This nail will not bend.
Imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has written a powerful letter from Russian captivity in which he rejects attempts to free him and others at any price, saying instead to “use us as a weapon” …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russian activist persecuted for ‘Putin Mask’ seeks political asylum in Ukraine
Roman Roslovtsev, the courageous Moscow activist challenging Russia’s draconian anti-protest legislation has had enough, and is planning to apply for political asylum in Ukraine. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
