Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Pavlensky says he will not pay fine after his unexpected release
A Moscow court on June 8 rather unexpectedly released Pyotr Pavlensky from custody, after finding him guilty and fining him for damaging what was referred to as a ‘site of cultural heritage’, namely a door to the FSB building on Lubyanka Square …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Import Substitution and Economic Sovereignty in Russia
Project: Russia and Eurasia Programme09 June 2016 Dr Richard ConnollyAssociate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme Professor Philip Hanson OBEAssociate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme Russia’s dependency on oil and gas exports makes its economic sovereignty fragile and import substitution would reduce this dependency only if it were...
Russian lawyers face reprisals for defending tortured Ukrainian prisoners
Russia’s contempt for the law demonstrated in the trial of Mykola Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh who were illegally imprisoned, tortured and sentenced to over 20 years on trumped-up charges has now extended to the lawyers defending them. . …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukraine Update
David Speedie discusses with Dr. Nicolai Petro the situation in Ukraine–political, economic, and the growing civil conflict between East and West–two years into the Poroshenko presidency. …read more Source: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International...
Ukraine’s Next Big Reform You Haven’t Heard of Yet
Ukraine watchers know all too well that for every success reported about the country, there are numerous setbacks. Yet there are encouraging signs currently occurring within the reform process, particularly at the local level.Perhaps the most successful reform is quietly taking place outside of Kyiv, and has the potential to reinvigorate civic...
Avoiding the East-South Divide Ahead of the NATO Summit
Transatlantic TakeWARSAW — Tomorrow the foreign ministers of Turkey, Poland, and Romania will meet in Warsaw for the first time in this high-level trilateral format. The meeting will focus on the upcoming NATO summit in July, sending a strong sign of unity in the Alliance’s Eastern Flank, but its implications go beyond the immediate...
Putin Says ‘Nyet’ to State Meddling in Media
Governments should not automatically label as propaganda news reports that rub them the wrong way, Russian leader urges. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Rehearsing for World War III
As I write this, US troops are building a bridge across Poland’s Vistula river, and conducting a nighttime helicopter assault to secure the eastern part of the country against a Russian assault.Has World War III started? Well, not quite yet, although it’s not for want of trying.This is Operation “Anakonda 16.” Thirty-one thousand...
Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-France
On June 14, the Institute of World Policy will present a discussion paper “Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-France”. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Ukraine’s Naftogaz will try to deal with Gazprom without EU mediation
Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz issued a statement on Wednesday (8 June) indicating that it will consider purchasing gas from Gazprom, if the price is competitive, via direct contacts between the two companies. …read more Source:...
