Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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...
Turkey and the South Caucasus: An opportunity for soft regionalism?
In recent months, the regions surrounding the South Caucasus have been beset by new instability and conflict. The tenuous ceasefire in Ukraine is barely holding, but Russia shows no intention of withdrawing from its annexation of Crimea despite the West’s punitive sanctions. Chaos and violence reign in Syria and unrest has increased in Iraq...
How the International Media Enables Russian Aggression in Ukraine
Why has the media been so cautious about Russia’s role in the conflict? It is not due to a lack of evidence. Proof of Russian involvement has been overwhelming since the early days of the fighting in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Sinister Russian FSB attack on lawyers defending Crimean political prisoners
Russia has long demonstrated that journalists, civic activists and all those who express independent views are at risk in Russian-occupied Crimea. On Thursday, there was a disturbing indication that the lawyers representing political prisoners may also be in danger. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukraine Rejects Russia’s Proposed Ambassador to Kiev
August 4, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Secrecy Over Accident at Belarus Nuclear Plant Worries Neighbors
Details are still emerging over the incident, though it occurred almost a month ago. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
