Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Repression in Belarus has increased since EU sanctions removed
Human rights activists warn that the significantly increased use of fines against peaceful protesters and the increasing use of the death penalty shows that the EU’s softening attitude to Alexander Lukashenko’s regime is misguided. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia forces own ‘defence’ in trial without a crime of 4 Crimean Tatars
Russia’s trial of 4 Crimean Tatars on gravely flawed ‘terrorism’ charges began on June 1 as expected – with a flagrant but telling infringement of the men’s right to a fair trial. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukraine’s PM: I Am My Own Man, I Will Fight Corruption, and Other Things No One Believes
Separating Ukraine’s numerous problems into coherent strands is the work of a lifetime: Does corruption cause economic self-destruction, or economic malaise cause corruption? Why does Ukraine’s economy struggle on when other, similarly-sized countries, equally distant from communism, prosper? Why is “politician” a well-established...
Things are heating up in eastern Ukraine. Here are three reasons why.
Russia’s military command chain is looking to consolidate control and discipline in part because being more assertive in eastern Ukraine entrenches Russia’s hold over Donbas. The Kremlin is also taking charge of economic reconstruction efforts in Donbas, rather than leaving this task to Russian private enterprises. Claiming dominance...
Ukraine’s corrupt judges targeted in constitutional reforms
Bribery in the court system is seen as a major obstacle to Ukraine’s broader reform effort under a $17.5 billion International Monetary Fund bailout program that political infighting has threatened to derail. The bill, which aims to curb political influence on the appointment of judges and limit their immunity in case of malpractice, was...
Dozens in Russia imprisoned for social media likes
At least 54 people were sent to prison for hate speech last year, most of them for sharing and posting things online, which is almost five times as many as five years ago. Many of the shares that led to the recent rash of convictions were of things critical of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine. It’s […] …read more Source: The...
Putin humanly feel sorry for …
/ From the Russian publicistic archive / So “macho”, or older “muchacho”? August 29, 2013 If you try to ignore the personal attitude to it as a policy, and look at the situation from the human, Putin is sincere sympathy. Yes, on the one hand, he is strong, ambitious politician who has achieved almost unlimited power in the country and dominate...
Russia Steps Up Terror with Abduction of Crimean Tatar Activist Ervin Ibragimov
It is 10 days since Crimean Tatar activist Ervin Ibragimov was abducted from near his home in Bakhchysarai and there are very grave fears for his safety. This is not the first forced disappearance since Russia invaded and annexed Crimea. It will also not be the last while there remains so little international reaction …read more Source:...
How Important Would a Post-Sanctions Russia Be for EU Foreign Trade?
The leaders of Russia, Germany, France, and Ukraine meet for a summit. By Kremlin.ru via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Over the last few months, several European politicians and business leaders have called for a partial or full lifting of the EU’s economic sanctions against Moscow. More often than not, these voices fail to specify the...
Berlin and Paris need a strategy for Brexit
This op-ed was originally published in International Business Times, Kathimerini, and Diario Economico. It will also be in Die Zeit, El Mundo, Rzeczpospolita, Le Monde, and Dienas Bizness. The European Union will need to have a credible strategy if UK citizens vote to leave on June 23. To avoid a gradual disintegration of the EU, political...
