Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Ukraine Must Fully Implement IMF Program, says Former Finance Minister
Ukraine’s new government must fully implement the International Monetary Fund’s financial assistance program and undertake “painful reforms,” the country’s former Finance Minister, Natalie Jaresko, said on April 14. Jaresko spoke at an event hosted by the Atlantic Council hours after learning she had lost her job in a government...
Response from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Bellingcat Regarding Fakery Allegations
On April 6th 2016 Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova made the following statement about Bellingcat: Bellingcat as an instrument to divert attention from investigating the tragedy of the Malaysian Boeing over Ukraine We took note of an interview with Bellingcat representatives for the BBC in which they sarcastically spoke about some...
One Year Later: Islamic State Continues to Expand Inside Russia
The so-called Islamic State (IS) is increasingly infiltrating Russia, threatening its security (Lenta.ru, June 24, 2015). It has been less than one year since the IS claimed to have a “province” in the North Caucasus (Polit.ru, June 24, 2015), and now the organization claims to have expanded beyond the “Caucasus Velayat.” The IS went on to...
Putin’s Main Target in Syria: Helping al-Assad Win the Civil War
On March 14, President Vladimir Putin surprised both friend and foe by announcing that the Russian military mission in Syria was “mostly accomplished” and ordering the withdrawal of “most of our forces” (Kremlin.ru, March 14; see EDM, March 17, 21). A month later, it became apparent Russia’s engagement in Syria still continues and that...
The United States in German Foreign Policy
Since it first emerged in 2013 that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), together with the British Government Communication Headquarters, had carried out a massive program of surveillance of German citizens, there has been much talk of a crisis in relations between Germany and the United States. The revelations, which were made by a former...
Ukraine’s Parliament Approves New Prime Minister in Vote
April 14, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russian Police Seek Readers of Dangerous Books on Ukraine
Borrowers checked out library books on the Ukrainian famine as long as 18 years ago. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Yerevan Protesters Denounce Russian Arms Sales to Azerbaijan
Kremlin says it will continue to supply arms to both sides despite renewed fighting in breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine: a counter revolution could be under way in Kiev
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s unruly parliament, voted on April 14 to accept the resignation of Arseniy Yatsenyuk, leader of the People’s Front party. The prime minister, who has been in post since the Euromaidan uprising in February 2014, reluctantly announced on April 10 that he intended to leave office. President Petro...
The Dutch have rejected the EU association agreement with Ukraine
The ramifications concerning the implementation of the EU association agreement with Ukraine following the result of the referendum will be limited. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
