Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Protestors Block Odessa City Hall
Response comes after thugs beat activists demonstrating against mayor’s alleged involvement in Panama papers. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Concern extends beyond Ukraine over suspect measures against journalist Savik Shuster
A journalist whose flight to Ukraine from freedom of speech restraints in Russia was widely publicized 11 years ago has suddenly been denied a work permit in Ukraine, and on highly questionable grounds. Who is behind this move is unclear, but nobody seriously believes the pretext given for the move, and that already does Ukraine’s...
Putin’s Secret Force Multiplier: Special Operations Forces
One in three questions posed to President Vladimir Putin during his recent annual live phone-in show covered issues of national security. Public interest in events in Donbas has apparently shrunk substantially, and the only concerns expressed about the Islamic State (IS) were limited to worries about fighters possibly returning Russia. Putin...
BBC Defends MH17 Film
Broadcaster disputes claims in British tabloids and pro-Kremlin media that new documentary suggests Ukraine shot down plane. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Friendly Fire: Killing Russian Rocket Engines Too Soon Could Cripple U.S. Security (From Forbes)
After Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine, pretty much everybody in Washington agreed that the U.S. military needed to stop using Russian rocket engines for launching its satellites. However, because the Russian engines were available, there hasn’t been much funding of [Read More…]The post Friendly Fire: Killing Russian Rocket...
Two Years Later, Kremlin’s Lethal Lies about Odesa Fire Still Motivate Donbas Recruits
Forty-eight people lost their lives in clashes between pro-unity supporters and pro-Russian backers and a fire in Odesa on May 2, 2014. Only hours later, Russia attempted to portray the mass riots and ensuing fire as a massacre, and that has continued regardless of several investigations, including one by the Council of Europe’s...
Russia Questions Inflation Goals Derided as `Numerical Fetishes’
After the crisis in Ukraine erupted more than two years ago, the Bank of Russia missed its inflation target in 2015 for a fourth straight year and already conceded the goal is at risk for 2017 after turmoil in the oil market and the ruble. Economy Ministry forecasts, backed by the government last week, show […] …read more Source: The...
Quantum of silence
Vladimir Putin appears to have lost any interest he once had in a rapprochement with the West, and in the east of Ukraine the bullets still fly. The thinking runs, an isolated Russia could turn yet more unpredictable and dangerous. Better, surely, to talk. Newsweek: Quantum of silence …read more Source: The American Center for a European...
Ukraine’s ex-officer tells how he helped Russian invaders seize Crimea
A former member of Ukraine’s Interior Affairs Ministry, who defected to Russia during the Crimea occupation, reveals details how the Black Sea was seized by the Russian military. He headed “militants” and stormed the airport in Simferopol with the Russian regular forces. UAT: Ukraine’s ex-officer tells how he helped Russian invaders...
Ukraine Marks 30 Years Since Chernobyl
April 26, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
