Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Pavel Sheremet: “You can’t be ready to be killed”
The above words, spoken about Pavel Sheremet’s friend Boris Nemtsov are bitterly poignant, as is so much else on a dark day, when the well-known and respected 44-year-old Belarusian journalist and former prisoner of conscience has himself been murdered. He died in Kyiv almost exactly two years after leaving Russian ORT in protest at the...
Judge who persecuted Maidan activists found to have done nothing wrong
The High Council of Justice has decided that Ludmila Kozyatnik, who was directly implicated in the persecution of Euromaidan activists, should not face dismissal from her judge’s post …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Poker, chess and Go: How the US should respond in the South China Sea
The Permanent Court of Arbitration’s decision places more pressure on the US than China, as Washington must now act to support this emphatic judgement. Failure to do so will further weaken America’s credibility, and undermine the rules-based order it seeks to preserve. In order to determine how the US may effectively respond,...
How the GOP Abandons Ukraine
When asked recently why he turned up in Moscow last December to help celebrate the tenth anniversary of RT, Michael Flynn rambled about wanting to deliver stern lectures to the Russians. The retired US Lt. Gen.—who now serves as foreign policy adviser to Republican nominee Donald J. Trump—was seated at a gala dinner next to Russian President...
Remembering the Former Soviet Union’s Top Investigative Journalist
Car Bomb Kills Prominent Journalist Pavel Sheremet in Kyiv It is hard to believe that Pavel Sheremet is dead because he was so full of life. He was an exuberant man who loved life and everything in it. A dinner with Pavel was always a wonderful and lively affair, and he enjoyed the food and wine that went with the meal as well.Yet, it is easy to...
Pro-Western journalist killed in Kyiv car bomb
A car bomb in Kyiv today (20 July) killed a pro-Western reporter from a news site, whose founder was beheaded 16 years ago after probing the alleged crimes of Ukrainian leaders. …read more Source:...
Ukraine requests Commission’s help to secure winter gas
In an apparent U-turn, Ukraine has requested the Commission’s mediation for securing its gas purchases from Gazprom, it emerged today (20 July). …read more Source:...
Top Russian Crime Fighters Suspected of Mob Ties
Investigative Committee officials allegedly took bribes, arranged release of notorious crime figure. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Pavel Sheremet, Journalist in Ukraine, Is Killed in Car Bombing
July 20, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Car Bomb Kills Prominent Journalist in Kyiv
Police are treating Pavel Sheremet’s death as premeditated murder. …read more Source: Transitions Online...