Section: Main news

      Putin Transformed from Stubborn Holdout to Star at G20
      Nov17

      Putin Transformed from Stubborn Holdout to Star at G20

      At the G-20 meeting in Antalya, Turkey, on November 16, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin proposed that Russia could restructure the $3 billion Eurobond that he lent former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in December 2013. It comes due on December 20.This was a sudden change of policy. Until that moment, the Kremlin had insisted on...

      US delivers artillery-locating radars to Ukraine
      Nov16

      US delivers artillery-locating radars to Ukraine

      US delivers artillery-locating radar to Ukraine. Can locate artillery, rocket and mortar attacks. pic.twitter.com/RY8Wjb2jFL — Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) November 15, 2015 Ukrainian armed forces receive advanced radar systems from the U.S. capable of stopping rocket and artillery attacks, states Reuters. “The U.S. is handing over two...

      The Economics of Rebellion in Eastern Ukraine
      Nov16

      The Economics of Rebellion in Eastern Ukraine

      New research demonstrates why the conflict has not spread beyond Donetsk and Luhansk In April 2014, angry mobs and armed men stormed administrative buildings and police stations in eastern Ukraine, waving Russian flags and proclaiming the establishment of “Peoples’ Republics” in Donetsk and Luhansk. At the time, some observers...

      Winning Energy Battle Just as Important as Fight in Eastern Ukraine
      Nov16

      Winning Energy Battle Just as Important as Fight in Eastern Ukraine

      The West has focused on Ukraine’s two existential crises: the war in the east and Ukraine’s troubled economy. It’s understandable, but now is the time for Ukraine to press hard on energy reform because Russia uses energy to exert influence over Ukraine and the energy sector has been a black hole of corruption in the country.Gas...

      Slowly But Surely Kyiv Comes Around
      Nov16

      Slowly But Surely Kyiv Comes Around

      How has Ukraine changed since the Euromaidan Revolution?In attempting to answer this question, I’ve used the governance-related categories in Freedom House’s Nations in Transit study, which tracks the reform record of post-Communist countries in Europe and Eurasia, and supplemented them with a few of my own. (Full disclosure:...

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants opened fire on ATO forces 23 times near Donetsk airport
      Nov16

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants opened fire on ATO forces 23 times near Donetsk airport

      Kyiv, November 15, 2015. Militants fired at Ukrainian positions from 120 mm mortars near Avdiivka. As a result one Ukrainian serviceman was killed and eight servicemen were wounded. A total of 23 militant provocations were recorded near Donetsk airport over the past day. Militants opened fire using small arms, under-barrel and hand grenade...

      The mafia of the digital age

      Through the dark world of cybercrime, its tentacles spread everywhere: stock manipulation, money laundering, gambling and more. ||| New York – Through the dark world of cybercrime, its tentacles spread everywhere: stock manipulation, money laundering, gambling and more.Nothing in the annals of corporate hacking compares to the portrait US...

      National Security and Defense Council:Activity of pro-Russian militant groups recorded in the Donetsk sector. One Ukrainian serviceman died and three were injured
      Nov13

      National Security and Defense Council:Activity of pro-Russian militant groups recorded in the Donetsk sector. One Ukrainian serviceman died and three were injured

      Kyiv, November 13, 2015. Combat activity was observed only in the Donetsk sector yesterday. The militants tried to assail our stronghold near Zaitseve north of Horlivka. Intensive fighting lasted around one hour with use of small arms and grenade launchers. About twenty provocations instigated by militants were recorded along the demarcation line...

      Key hacker MIA in US case

      A key figure is missing in the court documents outlining the biggest computer attack ever of the US financial system: the actual hacker. ||| Washington – A key figure is missing in the court documents outlining the biggest computer attack ever of the US financial system: the actual hacker. The Israeli mastermind of the crime syndicate with...

      Will Saakashvili’s Defeat in Odesa Be His Ukrainian Waterloo?
      Nov11

      Will Saakashvili’s Defeat in Odesa Be His Ukrainian Waterloo?

      Odesa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov trounced Solidarity Party’s Sasha Borovik by 53-26 percent in Ukraine’s local elections October 25. Observers reported carousel voting, multiple voting lists, exit poll workers agitating for candidates, and a suspiciously slow vote count.The race for Odesa mayor was a proxy war between Oblast Governor...