Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Renewed Call to Further Centralize the Russian Federation Meets Local Resistance
In late April, Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko proposed uniting a number of Russian regions into fewer, larger ones (TASS, April 24). This proposal should be understood against the background of a series of recent domestic security–related initiatives by the Russian authorities—namely, the creation of the National Guard (see...
Russia-Backed Authorities Block Access to RFE/RL’s Crimea Website
Pro-Russian authorities in Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula have blocked access to RFE/RL’s Crimea news website, Krym.Realii. Web users in Ukraine, Russia, and Russia-annexed Crimea complained on May 12 that the site was inaccessible. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukrainian blogger gets long sentence for expressing contentious views
Ruslan Kotsaba, a controversial Ivano-Frankivsk journalist and blogger, has been convicted of obstructing the legitimate activities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by producing a video in which he set out his opposition to mobilization. The Ivano-Frankivsk court did, however, acquit him of the more serious, and absurd, charge of ‘state...
Stalinist Echoes in New Armed Arrests in Russian-occupied Crimea
Four more Crimean Tatars have been arrested and could face long terms of imprisonment on trumped-up ‘terrorism’ charges following the latest offensive in Russian-occupied Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
“In Georgia there will be more of NATO and in NATO will be more Georgia”.
Started joint military exercises “Decent Partner 2016″ Nestan Charkviani 05/11/2016 Today at the Vaziani military base near Tbilisi hosted the official opening ceremony of the Noble Partner 2016 Georgian-American exercises ( “Worthy Partner 2016″) with the participation of 500 Georgian, 650 American and 150 British soldiers. The ceremony...
Why Slow and Steady Wins the Race: A Case for Patience in Post-Maidan Ukraine
The aftermath of revolutions is always disappointing. Expectations of immediate transformation come up against intractable reality and a deep and debilitating disappointment usually sets in among much of the population. But not among radicals, who typically demand a thoroughgoing renewal of the elites deemed responsible for “betraying” the cause....
Russia, China, and the West After Crimea
Photo by Kremlin.ru On May 13, 2016, the Transatlantic Academy published a paper by Senior Fellow Angela Stent entitled “Russia, China, and the West After Crimea,” the eighth in its 2015-16 Paper Series. Since the onset of the Ukraine crisis, Vladimir Putin has enthusiastically promoted ties with China as an alternative to...
Heads Roll at Independent-Minded Russian Media Group
Ouster of three top editors follows police raids on other assets of owner Mikhail Prokhorov. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Turning Our Backs on Ukraine
Two years after the tumultuous events of 2014, Ukraine is falling out of international media — with consequences for Ukraine’s democracy. From OpenDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine and the Ukrainian Crisis as Viewed from Greece
Iannis Carras, International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki. …read more Source: Institute of World...
