Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Corbyn re-enters referendum fray with warning that ‘Tory Brexit’ would spell disaster for workplace rights and pledge to veto TTIP if elected PM
Corbyn re-enters referendum fray with warning that ‘Tory Brexit’ would spell disaster for workplace rights and pledge to veto TTIP if elected PMLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn has today re-entered the EU referendum debate with his second major speech of the campaign, in which he argued for a Remain vote on the basis that, “a vote to leave means...
Soon in Europe will run 20 million refugees from the Russian Federation.
/Europe expects new exodus, but from Russia. Will take them to own house Europe – these millions of new hungry and destitute refugees? Especially mass and armed will be the first wave of refugees from Russia, to have time to go to the EU, while the West is not tightly sealed its borders/ – GCSSI. By Dmitry Chernov No need to have special talents...
Pro-Russian rebels accuse Ukraine of fresh offensive
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine yesterday (1 June) accused government soldiers of launching a new offensive near a prized but obliterated airport in the separatists’ de facto capital of Donetsk. …read more Source:...
Member states use Brexit referendum to delay visa waivers
European Union states held off agreeing to ease travel rules for Georgia yesterday (1 June). Turkey, Ukraine and Kosovo should also expect more delays in visa liberalisation, as the bloc turns more cautious amid immigration fears, EU delegation sources said. …read more Source:...
Russia rejects appeal against Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov’s 20-year sentence
Russia’s Supreme Court has refused to even consider the cassation appeal lodged against the sentences passed on world-renowned filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and civic activist Oleksandr Kolchenko. The move was predictable, yet still profoundly disturbing given the lack of any grounds for the charges and “Stalinist” nature of the trial. …read...
MOSCOW CREATING MILITARY UNITS IT WOULD NEED TO INVADE BALTIC COUNTRIES.
MOSCOW CREATING MILITARY UNITS IT WOULD NEED TO INVADE BALTIC COUNTRIES, SHTEPA SAYS BY PAUL GOBLE MAY 31, 2016 It is always risky to derive intentions from capacities, but Moscow’s moves to create new military units opposite the Baltic states suggests that the Kremlin now has the capacity to invade Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, something...
Russia’s Great Power Choice
The Donbas occupation is straining Russia’s economy, world power status, and relationship with the West. Only by pulling out of eastern Ukraine and reforming its economy can Russia gain broader acceptance and reach its potential as a great power. …read more Source:...
We need to listen to our military experts – and that includes retired generals
General Sir Richard Shirreff caused a stir with his book, 2017: War With Russia. The book sets up a doomsday scenario in which, to avoid encirclement by NATO, Russia seizes territory in Eastern Ukraine so as to open up a land corridor to Crimea. It then invades the Baltic states, triggering a war with the West in 2017. It is fiction of the Tom...
Ukrainian Engines Could Power U.S. Spacecraft
U.S. sanctions against Russia are forcing NASA to find new rocket engine suppliers by 2019. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kyiv Bans More Russian Journalists
Media groups also concerned over high-level support for hacker group that published list of journalists accredited by Donbas separatists. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
