Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Polls swing to Leave as The Sun calls on readers to back Brexit
Polls swing to Leave as The Sun calls on readers to back BrexitIn a front page editorial under the headline “BeLeave in Britain”, The Sun urges its readers to back Brexit and argues that staying in the EU would be “worse for immigration, worse for jobs, worse for wages and worse for our way of life.” It said that outside the EU, the UK could...
Expert discussion “Russian-Ukrainian conflict in the context of domestic processes in Russia and Ukraine”
On June 9, 2016 the Razumkov Centre, with support of the US Embassy in Ukraine, held an expert discussion titled “Russian-Ukrainian conflict in the context of domestic processes in Russia and Ukraine”. The discussion was opened by Professor Alexander Motyl, a prominent Ukrainian-American historian and political scientist from Rutgers University....
Large-scale escalation in Donbas is possible only with the participation of Russian forces
This month, due to the hostilities in Donbas, 28 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, and over a hundred were wounded. Relatively quiet early May gave way to escalation and the biggest losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine this year, informs the news agency BBC. Despite the increase in losses on both sides, currently we cannot talk about serious...
Ukrainian diplomat: EU Association Agreement ‘major opportunity’ for agri-trade
The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement is a “challenge” for Kiev but also a “great opportunity” for the longer-term competitiveness of the agriculture sector, a Ukrainian diplomat told EurActiv.com. …read more Source:...
A ‘Crimean Four’ Political Prisoner Placed in Notorious Serbsky Institute
Oleksiy Chirniy, a Crimean tried illegally in the same case as Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and civic activist Oleksandr Kolchenko has been brought from a Russian prison in Magadan and placed in the Moscow Serbsky Institute. The move could possibly be a step towards his release. There is still no sign that the Kremlin plans to free Sentsov...
Ukrainian musician finally freed after 4 years imprisonment on rigged charges
The Podilsky District Court in Kyiv has finally released world-renowned accordionist Ihor Zavadsky from custody almost two months after a rigged sentence was revoked over 4 years after he was first arrested …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Polish Natural Gas Projects Threaten Gazprom’s Position in Central and Eastern Europe
On May 17, Polish state-owned natural gas pipeline network operator Gaz-System S.A. published its updated strategy for 2016–2025. A noteworthy new element in the document is the plan to create a natural gas hub in Poland, aimed at establishing a regional gas market in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). If successful, it would provide regional...
Moscow Promises Responses to US and NATO Activities
Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary to President Vladimir Putin, is generally not known for eloquence. But his comment last week (June 7) about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s exercises in the Baltic region stands out both for its convolutedness and uncharacteristic meekness. His point, reproduced by all Russian mainstream media,...
Counting Sheep Is Courageous, Soulful, and Important: A Review
“Counting Sheep” is a “guerrilla folk opera” that guides audiences on an immersive and soulful journey through Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity.Its creators are Mark and Marichka Marczyk who met and fell in love in Kyiv during the protests of 2013 and 2014. Mark is a talented Canadian musician of Ukrainian heritage and Marichka Kudriavtseva...
Open Letter to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
VOLYA Institute for Contemporary Law and Society commends the Ukrainian civil society on their successful effort to remove a historically inaccurate textbook that misrepresented the EuroMaidan movement and was especially insulting to people in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. We further commend the Ukrainian government for listening to the public and...
