Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Investigation into corruption of the Yanukovych regime has yielded no results
In March 2014 the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine opened the first criminal proceeding against the fugitive former president Viktor Yanukovych and other figures in the corrupt regime (former government officials, businessmen, etc.) a.k.a. “The Family”. To date, not a single member of the regime has been brought to justice. The key...
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 …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
76-year-old Russian on trial for peaceful protest granted asylum in Ukraine
Vladimir Ionov has been granted political asylum in Ukraine, eight months after he was forced to flee likely imprisonment for peaceful protest in Russia under the draconian new anti-protest laws …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Scandalous amnesty law that could waive liability for Maidan crimes vetoed
President Petro Poroshenko has used his power of veto against a draft bill which in its present form could have removed liability for crimes against Maidan activists, looters and other serious offences …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Imprisoned Ukrainian Blogger Escapes from Russian-Occupied Crimea
One of the ever-increasing number of Russia’s political prisoners in occupied Crimea is free! After a year spent in detention on ‘extremism’ charges, Yury Ilchenko, Sevastopol teacher and blogger, was released under house arrest. Expecting no justice from a court in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ilchenko decided to flee to mainland...
Why a “Trumpxit” May Be Harder Than it Looks
(Photo: Gage Skidmore | Flickr) Here at Emergency Travel Services, we believe that it’s never too early to plan your vacation. Or your emigration. Based on the latest polls, most of you are confident that Donald Trump won’t be elected president in November. If the election were held today, according to statistician Nate Silver, Trump...
Unfortunately, There’s Nothing Unusual About Manafort’s Ukraine Consulting
Image credit: istockDoing business with shady Slavs is routine for K Street bottom feeders of both parties. …read more Source: Hoover...
Tusk calls Russia’s account of Ukraine events ‘unreliable’
EU Council President Donald Tusk on Wednesday said he and Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko believed Russia’s account of recent events in the strife-torn east of the country was “unreliable”. …read more Source:...
FPI Resources on the Russian Military Build-up around Ukraine
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Ukrainian protesters accuse prosecutors of abetting corruption
Ukrainian activists today (17 August) held a protest in central Kyiv accusing the country’s powerful prosecutors of obstructing a newly formed national agency that has exposed massive official corruption. …read more Source:...
