Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Crimean Tatar Mejlis Leader Arrested on ‘Extremism’ Charges
Ilmi Umerov, the Deputy Head of the Mejlis, or Crimean Tatar representative assembly, has been arrested by the FSB in Russian-occupied Crimea on charges of ‘making public calls encroaching upon Russia’s territorial integrity’. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia Clamping Down on “Foreign Agents”
New Justice Ministry report says illegal for foreign-funded NGOs even to criticize the country’s leaders or discredit government policies. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
European Parliament decides to strengthen sanctions against Russia
The European Parliament in its resolution of May 12 stated that pressure on Russia should be increased and sanctions be extended due to the persecutions of representatives of the Crimean Tatar people in temporary occupied Crimea. This is said in a Parliament’s resolution approved in Strasburg on Thursday. “MEPs strongly condemn the decision...
Time to push back on nuclear saber-rattling
At a May 3 NATO change-of-command ceremony, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter questioned the Kremlin’s tactic of nuclear saber-rattling. Moscow’s jarring rhetoric about nuclear weapons aims to intimidate the West. It has led to unwise suggestions for how the United States and NATO should respond, ideas that should be ignored. Carter,...
Possible new sighting of MH17 Buk convoy on July 17th 2014 in Ukraine
On May 3rd 2016, a new video of what appears to be the July 17th 2014 Buk convoy was uploaded to YouTube, and was on May 11th discovered by Twitter users @amishjihadi and @loondale. In the video, there are several details visible which seem to indicate this is the same Buk TELAR that has been recorded moving towards the suspected Buk missile...
Obama Ice Cream Banished From Shelves
Russian company halts production after international outrage. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
NATO’s Eastern Exposure
The Ukraine crisis and Russian pressure have encouraged NATO and non-NATO countries in Eastern and Northern Europe to work more closely together. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
The OSCE armed police mission in Donbas is impossible without Russia
Several days ago, President Petro Poroshenko announced that shortly it would be decided on the creation and deployment of the OSCE armed police mission in Donbas, informs the news agency BBC. Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi believes that it is impossible to implement the proposal of the Ukrainian...
Outrage as Anti-Militant Website Publishes List of Journalists Working in Donbas
Ukrainian and foreign journalists are demanding that the controversial website Myrotvorets removes a list of journalists who have received ‘accreditation’ for work in areas under Kremlin-backed militant control. Accreditation in no way suggests support for the militants and many of these journalists have ensured publication of vital...
April 11, 2016 Following his participation at a panel discussion on Russia’s domestic outlook at the Center on Global Interests, Russian journalist Stanislav Kucher outlined the possible directions that Russian politics could evolve. In his article below, Kucher argues that only a new constitutional structure can help Russia transition from...
