Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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… OR NATIONAL IDEOLOGY OF MASS NECROPHILIA. / In Russian society, as in the Islamic state dominated a single ideology – the ideology of the collective will to death / – GCSSI. Author: Konstantin BATOZSKY This is a reflection of pure Russian collective will to death. I think I realized that this action “Immortal regiment.” This is a reflection of...
New ’anti-terrorist’ law to unleash terror on Russia and Occupied Crimea
Two and a half years after Ukraine’s Maidan forced the withdrawal of a law introducing sweeping dictatorial powers, Russia is set to pass a law which seems aimed at terrorizing and silencing civil society with direct impact for Ukrainians in Crimea under Russian occupation. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Independent Judiciary an ‘Antidote’ to Corruption in Ukraine
An independent judiciary and institutional transparency are necessary to root out corruption from government and businesses in Ukraine, according to a transnational criminal lawyer. …read more Source: Atlantic...
Drawing the ‘Cyber Curtain’: Will Russia Follow the Chinese Example?
RT-Inform, a firm owned by the Russian non-profit state corporation Rostec, announced, on June 9, the creation of a protected instant messenger (IM) application designed for use by Russian companies and state agencies (gosstruktury) (Rbc.ru, June 8). The financial details of this initiative are being kept secret, but Sergey Kravtsov (the owner of...
Putin Says Russia Must Respond To ‘Aggressive’ Western Actions, Rhetoric
Putin told Russia’s State Duma on June 22 that the country “must think about its own security” when confronted by what he called “NATO’s aggressive actions near Russia’s borders.” Putin praised lawmakers in the lower chamber of parliament for supporting Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region. rferl:...
Europe’s Short Memory and Ukraine’s Long Crisis
Less than 20 percent of the $298 million that the United Nations requested from international donors has been provided. Since 2014, the war in Ukraine’s east has claimed over ten thousand lives and displaced over 1.8 million people the largest internally displaced persons crisis in Europe. According to data from the International...
SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR NEW AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC (UNIS) – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) held confirmation hearings on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 for several nominees for ambassadorial posts throughout the world. On the docket were nominees for Lithuania, Ukraine, and Greece – Anne Hall, Marie Yovanovitch, and Geoffrey Pyatt, respectfully. The...
Canada faces an important choice on contributing to NATO force in Eastern Europe, Leuprecht tells the Current
Macdonald-Laurier InstituteMacdonald-Laurier Institute – Canada’s leading public policy think tank Canada can either stand on the sidelines or seek influence over NATO as it prepares to mount a special force in Eastern Europe… Canada faces an important choice on contributing to NATO force in Eastern Europe, Leuprecht tells the...
Russian Culture Minister Says Netflix Instrument of U.S. Policy
Comments suggest streaming service used to brainwash the masses. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Online Dissenters in Russia Targeted
Internet freedom is increasingly fraying at the edges, as government critics on social media sites face physical assaults. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
