Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Germany, Austria favour gradual phasing out of Russia sanctions
A growing number of German and Austrian ministers believe that EU sanctions on Russia should be gradually phased out as the peace process progresses, abandoning previous positions that sanctions could be lifted only if the Minsk peace plan is fully implemented. …read more Source:...
Choosing Sides in Serbia: Neutral or NATO?
Russia’s media are currently in a lather about their nation’s old friend Serbia becoming too chummy with the old adversary NATO. The mystery is: why? For all sorts of reasons, both domestic and diplomatic, Serbia is showing absolutely no hint of wanting to join NATO. It does want to join the European Union. Oddly, in a purely UK...
Grave concerns for tortured Ukrainian hostage as Russia concocts new charges
The 10 months in which Ukrainian Stanislav Klykh was illegally held and tortured by Russian investigators, with no access to lawyers or to his family, have left deep psychological, as well as physical scars on the 42-year-old historian. It is his clearly disturbed state which makes the new ‘investigation’ against him particularly cynical....
NATO Threatens Russia With Stern Letter-Writing Campaign to Save Ukraine
Vladimir Putin is doubtless unable to sleep at night: NATO has promised even-greater levels of engagement with Kyiv, as well as some cooperation and communication at the highest levels. Late last week, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg demanded that Russia remove its men and equipment from Eastern Ukraine, a demand that was slightly late...
White House Endorses Return of Azerbaijani Provinces to Baku
The United States has called for Armenia to end its illegal occupation of Azerbaijani provinces surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, something it has tried not to do for years. This is a significant event, even though Washington — one of the chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, the international body pretending to mediate the dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh —...
25 Days since Ervin Ibragimov’s Abduction – Join in Solidarity Against Terror in Occupied Crimea
Crimean Tatars will be gathering on Sunday evening from 18.00 to 19.00 Crimean time to pray together for the young Crimean Tatar activist abducted on May 24.. If the occupation authorities do not try to stop them from holding what Russia would call an ‘unauthorized meeting’. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Europe’s Future – Rethinking Europe
All across Europe citizens are debating their living and working conditions against the background of local politics but also EU policy. At first glance, many are not able to discern the advantages a deepening of the EU may entail, a situation exacerbated by the financial and economic crises, youth unemployment, a loss of trust in EU policy,...
Fight Over Control of Georgian Opposition TV Channel Grinds On
The Tbilisi Court of Appeals upheld, on June 10, the earlier decision of the city court mandating changing the ownership of the prominent Georgian opposition TV channel, Rustavi 2. The media outlet, which is closely connected to the formerly ruling United National Movement (UNM), belongs to businessmen Levan and Giorgi Karamanishvili, but their...
Putin makes pitch for better Europe ties as economy suffers
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (17 June) said he was willing to reach out to Europe to mend relations shattered by the Ukraine crisis but insisted the West was responsible for the bad blood. …read more Source:...
Nord Stream 2: Commercial Project or Geopolitical Threat?
June 17, 2016 In each installment of “CGI Asks,” a selection of experts respond to a question about developments related to Russia and the region. This week, as Russian and German leaders were set to discuss the construction of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany, we asked whether the project was mainly a commercial...
