Section: News & Summaries

      Ukraine Must Privatize Failing State-Owned Enterprises Quickly
      Sep02

      Ukraine Must Privatize Failing State-Owned Enterprises Quickly

      Privatization has generated controversy in every post-communist country. Ministers of privatization are usually accused of heinous crimes, regardless of how impeccably they have performed their jobs. Yet privatization is vital for all such nations, not least for Ukraine. The goal must be to limit state-owned enterprises so that the private sector...

      Russian Narrative of Ukraine Conflict Fails to Sway Opinions in Odesa
      Sep02

      Russian Narrative of Ukraine Conflict Fails to Sway Opinions in Odesa

      Eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region is strewn with remnants of Russian-made cartridges from AK-74U rifles, littered with the splintered, hollowed-out ruins of Russian-made BTR-80 armored personnel carriers, and scarred with the skeletons of Russian T-74B battle tanks. Yet the Kremlin’s incursion into Ukrainian territory is not isolated to...

      Frozen Conflict in Moldova’s Transnistria: A Fitting Analogy to Ukraine’s Hybrid War?
      Sep02

      Frozen Conflict in Moldova’s Transnistria: A Fitting Analogy to Ukraine’s Hybrid War?

      History is a great teacher, so it’s no surprise that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and his subsequent Kremlin speech justifying it brought back memories of the Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland in 1938. Parallels between Hitler and Putin abound, as do their motivations and the...

      Go fish for 800% return on Faroe

      The politics of the Faroe Islands is unlikely to pique your interest, but how about an 800 percent return on your investment? ||| The politics of the Faroe Islands is unlikely to pique your interest, but how about an 800 percent return on your investment? While the rest of Europe has seen its trade relations suffer through Russian sanctions, the...

      Italy shaken by tale of two migrants

      Italy is reeling after a migrant was accused of killing an elderly Sicilian couple, while another died trying to prevent an armed robbery. ||| Rome – One migrant is reviled, suspected of killing an elderly couple in Sicily; another has been hailed as a hero, killed after trying to prevent an armed robbery at a supermarket in Naples. The...

      Lithuania charges 66 over 1991 deaths

      Lithuania has charged 66 citizens of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine with war crimes and crimes against humanity over the deaths of 13 civilians in a Soviet crackdown. ||| Vilnius – Lithuania has charged 66 citizens of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine with war crimes and crimes against humanity over the deaths of 13 civilians in a Soviet crackdown...

      Guardsman killed in Ukraine protests

      A national guardsman was killed and nearly 90 others protecting Ukraine’s parliament were wounded by grenades hurled by protesters. ||| Kiev – A national guardsman was killed and nearly 90 others protecting Ukraine’s parliament were wounded by grenades hurled by protesters on Monday, the Interior Ministry said, as deputies...

      The appeal of the scientists and intellectuals to the President of Ukraine not to change the Constitution under pressure of foreign states
      Aug30

      The appeal of the scientists and intellectuals to the President of Ukraine not to change the Constitution under pressure of foreign states

      THE APPEAL to the President of Ukraine and Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine On July 16, 2015, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported the initiated by the President of Ukraine process of changing the Constitution of Ukraine in terms of decentralization of authority powers. In the bill proposed by the President of Ukraine, except the rules on proper...

      Ukrainian hostage freed, says Russia

      Dmytro Bilyi, a Ukrainian who was being held prisoner by Afghan militants, has been freed with Russian help. ||| Moscow – Dmytro Bilyi, a Ukrainian who was being held prisoner by Afghan militants, has been freed with Russian help, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The ministry said that Bilyi had been freed “as a...

      Russia’s latest land grab bid a farce

      The Kremlin is increasingly resorting to theatrics in an attempt to divert public attention from growing social and economic problems. ||| In the wake of Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine, many of Russia’s neighbors in the Arctic are feeling antsy. Yet some observers’ attempts to blast Moscow’s recent claim to 463,000 square...