Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
THE BRIDGE TO CRIMEA
Russia has begun construction on a 19-kilometer bridge aimed at bypassing mainland Ukraine that will connect Kerch, in annexed Crimea, to Russia. It’s expected to open in December 2018. rferl: THE BRIDGE TO CRIMEA …read more Source: The American Center for a European...
Last Man Standing
Putin is hoping that Russia’s economy stays afloat long enough for Ukraine to collapse. The Kremlin has done its best to help the process along, by supporting far-right parties throughout the EU. Putin adopted a series of measures designed to destabilize Turkey from within. project-syndicate: Last Man Standing …read more Source: The...
Putin says Romania, Poland may now be in Russia’s cross-hairs
Putin sounded a defiant note over Crimea. He said it was acting on the will of the Crimean people, who voted to join Russia, but Western governments say it was an illegal land grab. “As far as Crimea is concerned, we consider this question is closed forever,” Putin said. “Russia will not conduct any discussions […] …read more Source: The...
St. Petersburg Might Name Bridge for Kadyrov
A referendum could be the next step for the controversial decision to honor the late Chechen president, who fought Russian forces before switching sides. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ottoman Sultan without the Ottoman Empire.
Avraham Shmulevich Led by Erdogan, Turkey is increasingly turning into a kind of Putin’s Russia. Turkey – the new Prime Minister. On Sunday, May 22 at the extraordinary congress in Ankara, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) elected its leader, who will automatically become and the new prime minister of the country....
EU to label Russia a ‘strategic challenge’
Until the illegal annexation of Crimea, the European Union had labelled Russia its “strategic partner”. But in the new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy, which is expected to be unveiled at the end of June, the bloc will label Russia its “strategic challenge”, a diplomat said yesterday (30 May). …read more...
Thank The Troops for Destroying Our Country
While Americans are expected to thank the troops for their service all year long, today — Memorial Day — we are called upon to thank them even more profusely. The idea is that since the troops are defending our country and protecting our rights and freedoms, we should express our gratitude to them. But there is just one big problem with that...
Russia’s Conveyor Belt of Repression in Occupied Crimea
There is no evidence of any terrorist activities in Crimea, yet Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 3 other opponents of annexation are serving huge sentences for supposed terrorism, and the number of such convictions is likely to increase with the trial this week of four Crimean Muslims and an ever-increasing number of new arrests …read...
Crimea is not a closed subject, Putin. It’s an open wound.
Disappearances, arrests, politically motivated trials and terrorization of Crimean Tatars and all dissident voices are taking place in Ukraine’s sovereign territory which Russia invaded and annexed. Business as usual makes our commitment to democratic values as empty as the threats Putin heard and ignored back in February 2014 …read...
PREPARATION FOR A MAJOR WAR ?
Illarionov told about three signs of the Russian Federation to prepare a major war. One of the signs of the RF preparation for a major war has prohibited import products from the West, which Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Such an opinion was expressed by the Russian economist and former adviser to President Vladimir Putin, Andrei...
