Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Lithuanian parliament under cyber attack
Lithuania’s parliamentary website came under cyber attack yesterday (11 April) just as a special session of the World Congress of Crimean Tartars was meeting to discuss mass violations of human Rights in Russian-occupied Crimea. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian prime minister quits, paving way for cabinet overhaul
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigned after weeks of pressure. His party will stay in the coalition allied with President Petro Poroshenko. Poroshenko’s party nominated parliament Speaker Volodymyr Hroisman to take over as premier. Political uncertainty and a failure to tackle graft have delayed disbursement of the IMF rescue...
In Odesa, Protesters Demand that Poroshenko Restore Honest Prosecutor
Several hundred protesters have camped out in front of the regional prosecutor’s office in Odesa for the past two weeks demanding that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko reinstate reformist Deputy Prosecutor General Davit Sakvarelidze, who also concurrently held the post of regional prosecutor of Odesa. Sakvarelidze’s replacement,...
Russian Opposition Picks Holes In State TV ’Exposé’ Of Navalny
Russian state TV says it has exposed Kremlin foe Aleksei Navalny as a paid agent of the West. Navalny and his allies in the opposition say they have exposed the program as a sloppy hit-job full of fabricated “evidence.” …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Misleading headlines over extradition of Sentsov & other Ukrainian hostages
The headlines announcing imminent release of Crimean filmmaker Oleh Sentsov and other Ukrainians held illegally in Russia were at very least premature. Statements about Nadiya Savchenko’s possible return also made the headlines earlier, but have yet to come to anything, despite the 34-year-old now being on a total hunger strike and demands...
Arrested in Ukraine for being Russian?
It is 4 months since Anastasia Leonova was arrested in Kyiv and concern is mounting that the 33-year-old Kremlin critic is in detention on ‘terrorism’ charges because Ukraine’s SBU needed a Russian. Not just one, with the grounds for detaining 2 other Russians also questionable. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russian Expert Community Introduces New Study on Electronic Warfare
In August 2015, the Russian official news agency TASS quoted United States Army Europe’s (USAREUR) commander, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, speaking on, among other topics, the growing robustness of Russian electronic warfare (EW) capabilities (TASS, August 19, 2015). What the US general said undoubtedly provided the Russians with...
Newly-Formed National Guard Cannot Dispel Putin’s Multiple Insecurities
The recent release of the “Panama Papers,” which revealed notorious cases of hidden money flows tied to the global elite, continues to cause a political stir across the world. But in Russia, this scandal was eclipsed by President Vladimir Putin’s sudden reshuffling of the law enforcement structures. The main element of this bureaucratic...
Planning next steps for Canada-Russia relations
After a decade at daggers drawn, the two largest countries in the world are on speaking terms again. Our government has abandoned Stephen Harper’s policy of vocal disdain and the attempted isolation of Russia. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Global Affairs Minister Dion emphasize that “Russia’s interference in Ukraine must cease” –...
Parliament Considers Bill that May Derail Ukraine’s Visa-Free Travel Again
While the chattering classes in Kyiv remain riveted by the startling revelations from the Panama Papers and the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Kyiv’s activists are fighting to prevent the Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, from passing a draft asset forfeiture law that could derail Ukraine’s ability to obtain...
