Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Information Wars: Ukraine and the West vs. Russia and the Rest
In the media battle between the West and Russia over what really has been going on in Ukraine, round one went to Russia — at least among audiences in former Soviet Union republics. Pro-Russian protesters remove a Ukrainian flag and replace it with a Russian flag in front of the Donetsk Oblast Regional State Administration building in March of...
Russian Orchestra Plays in War-Torn Syria
Symbolic concert honors victims of terrorism, as Russian and Syrian dignitaries look on. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Uncovering ancient Ashkenaz – the birthplace of Yiddish speakers
Did Ashkenazi Jews descend from ancient Turkey? Everett Historical/ShutterstockThe search for the location of Ashkenaz – thought to be the birthplace of Ashkanazic Jews and the Yiddish language – is one of the longest quests in human history. It has been lasted at least 1,000 years and is perhaps second only to Noah’s Ark, which has been...
Russia Says Foiled Terrorist Attacks
Security service says arrested Central Asians had been planning major attacks. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Why Ukraine’s NATO membership is not in America’s interests
It is time for Washington to make clear that Ukrainian accession to NATO is not on the table, writes Josh Cohen. …read more Source:...
Russian blogger gets 2-year sentence for reposting that Crimea is Ukraine
If the truth about the Soviet Union once resulted in imprisonment for ‘anti-Soviet propaganda’, just reposting an article entitled ‘Crimea is Ukraine’ can now result in a prison sentence for so-called ‘public calls to separatism’. You’ll also end up on Russia’s ‘List of extremists and terrorists’ …read...
An Unfrozen Karabakh Threatens to Ignite Entire Region
The Azerbaijani-Armenian confrontation over Azerbaijan’s breakaway territory of Karabakh has been simmering for years. The 1994 ceasefire was broken time and again, soldiers on both sides were killed year after year, and all attempts to find a political solution to the conflict ended in deadlock; but the outside world paid little attention....
The US and EU have approved the construction of the “Southern Gas Corridor” bypassing Russia.
05/05/16 The United States and the European Union approved the construction of the Southern Gas Corridor, which will ensure gas delivery from Azerbaijan to the EU, bypassing Russia. This is stated in the final statement of the US-EU Energy Council, held on May 4 in Washington, the “Prime”. “The Council reaffirmed the strong support for the...
Stalin’s Back
In yet another sign of Russians’ greater acceptance of the brutal Soviet leader, local Communist Party plasters Novosibirsk with sympathetic billboards. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
PRGO sent materials concerning Martynenko case to NABU
Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau began to study the 40 volumes of materials received from the Prosecutor General of Ukraine in one of the episodes of a series of proceedings concerning former national deputy Mykola Martynenko. This was stated by Director of NABU Artem Sytnyk. According to Sytnyk, NABU has been waiting for these...
