Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russian tanks follow new crack-down on independent media in occupied Crimea
Further attempts to create an information blockade on Russian-occupied Crimea were followed this weekend by a block on the crossings between mainland Ukraine and Crimea, claims of Ukrainian ‘terrorist subversion’ and major deployment of heavy military equipment …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
How can Deutsche Welle take part in a Russian propaganda trip to Crimea?
The German public broadcaster’s commitment to rule of law and to impartial reporting is placed in question by participation of its journalists in a recent propaganda trip to Crimea organized by the Russian Foreign Ministry, as well as by reports omitting crucial information and words that might offend Russia. …read more Source:...
Armenia – Country on Fire
By Ján Cingel. After a failed military coup in Turkey, another unexpected drama of this summer took place in neighbouring Armenia. Although it received much less coverage in the global media, its implications are also important for the wider region and beyond, argues Jan Cingel (who personally witnessed the recent events in Yerevan) in the...
Russians crawl. Are Ukraine ready to open war with Russia.
Will the Ukraine to confront a new wave of Russian aggression, garter to the northern and eastern borders of our country’s military groups Dmitry Bruise When in August 2014 on the eastern borders of Ukraine began to collect Russian troops, all were convinced that the Kremlin flexes its muscles. Experts explained why never be Russian tanks...
Chisinau Grumbles at Russian Military Exercises in Transdniester
The breakaway region remains a bone of contention between Moldova and Russia as signs grow of Moscow’s growing popularity among Moldovans. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s Olympic Athletes Warned to Avoid Russian Media
August 5, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Poland Won’t Lift Restrictions on Kaliningrad Border
Residents of Russian exclave deprived of visa-free regime for an unspecified period of time over security concerns. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia Fields Stripped-Down Olympic Team
Battered by multiple doping scandals, the country hopes Rio Games will restore its proud sporting tradition. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
If Trump loses the election, the first week of August will be blamed
It turns out there’s a line that even Donald Trump can’t cross with impunity. In the course of the most bizarre 14 months in modern American political history, Trump has mocked a disabled reporter, insinuated that Mexican immigrants are rapists and murderers, suggested that an American-born judge with Mexican ancestry is...
Crimean Tatar leader faces 5-year sentence for saying Russia must leave Crimea & Donbas
Russia’s prosecution of Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov on ‘separatism’ charges for rejecting Russia’s occupation of Crimea is political persecution, the authoritative Memorial Human Rights Centre has stated. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...