Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Trump’s new image-maker honed his ‘dark’ arts in Ukraine
The hiring of Manafort was an attempt to change the image of Yanukovich’s Party of Regions “from that of a haven for mobsters into that of a legitimate political party” by “tapping into the deep pockets of Donetsk clan godfather Rinat Akhmetov”. Soon after Manafort was hired, Yanukovich underwent a makeover. “Manafort dressed up Yanukovich,...
Fool me once
Mrs Merkel has become a steadfast ideological opponent. She has taken a firm stand against Russian aggression in Ukraine, and the campaign of lies deployed to legitimise it. Mr Putin cultivates links with parties on both the extreme right and the extreme left. Mr Putin excels at exploiting other countries’ weaknesses. Economist: Fool me...
Protesters Barricade City Hall in Ukraine’s Odessa
April 26, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
The Empire Trolls Back: How the U.S. Can Respond to Russian Propaganda
The goal of U.S. public diplomacy should be to establish the United States as a more credible, truthful, and honest broker of information than Russia. April 26, 2016 By Sean Keeley For the past two years, the Ukraine crisis has provoked a profound reassessment of the U.S.-Russian relationship. Western diplomats have been particularly troubled by...
Russia bans Mejlis, declares war on Crimean Tatar people while the West watches
A Crimean court has formally completed its criminalization of the Mejlis, or self-governing body of the Crimean Tatar people. There have been no serious threats of sanctions or other measures from European structures and western countries although this is a direct attack on the main indigenous people of Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv...
Putin on the Prowl
By Congressman Tom Cole Insert_paragraph_text_here The world has rightfully taken notice of Russia’s role in the violence that is visibly escalating in the Middle East at the hands of ISIS. However, that unrest is not the only cause for international concern. More than two years after Russia forcibly annexed Crimea, it maintains a violent...
Ukraine’s New Concept Paper on Security and Defense Reform
Maksym Bugriy, a research fellow of foreign relations and international security programmes at the Razumkov Centre, has contributed to the Eurasia Daily Monitor published by the Jamestown Foundation on the reform of Ukraine’s security and defense sector. Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 13 Issue: 79 …read more Source:...
Ukraine commemorates 30th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear accident
Ukraine today (26 April) marks 30 years since the world’s worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl killed thousands and forced a global rethink about the wisdom of relying on atomic fuel. …read more Source:...
BBC Accuses British, Russian Media of Skewing MH17 Reporting
The BBC has issued a rare defense of an upcoming documentary about the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine, accusing British media of distorting its report about a tragedy that killed 298 passengers and crew in July 2014. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
From Concealment to Half-Truths about the Chornobyl Disaster
With so much media attention now, it is hard to imagine the terrible silence & dearth of information in 1986, when virtually nothing was reported, and no advice given on fundamental safety measures and when communist officials, who had evacuated their own children, sent others onto the street for May Day ‘celebrations’ …read more...
