Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
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...
Spanish Court Issues Arrest Warrants Against Russian Officials Accused of Organized Crime Links
Reports on May 3 revealed that the Spanish National High Court’s Central Investigative Court Number Five issued a series of international arrest warrants against 12 Russian citizens, including some figures considered close to President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, among them Nikolay Aulov, the deputy chief of Russia’s Federal...
Predictable cruelty, worrying news as Savchenko spends 2nd birthday in Russian detention
Nadiya Savchenko has spent her 35th birthday alone after her mother arrived only to be refused a visit. This comes amid worrying indications that any exchange or extradition negotiations – for her and other Ukrainian prisoners – may have derailed …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
One Year Later, Ukraine’s Patrol Police Enjoy Massive Spike in Trust
If one were to merely follow national politics in Ukraine, it would be easy to become discouraged about the state of reforms. Headlines from top media suggest that Ukraine’s longstanding oligarchic power structures and institutionalized corruption have persisted in the wake of the Revolution of Dignity, frustrating citizens and the...
