The Third Reich Revisited

What do the totalitarian policies of the Third Reich 80 years ago have in common with the modern imperial dimension of the Kremlin? In 2008 in an interview with Die Welt, the political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski equated the foreign policy of the then Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin with the actions of Hitler in…

Russia Seeks to Cut Off Ukraine by Sea

Black Sea

In the coming week, the Russian army will focus its main strategic efforts on the southern regions of Ukraine, seeking to directly threaten the country’s territorial integrity. The tactics of the Russian troops during the invasion revealed two strategic directions in which the Russian army concentrated its main forces and resources: an attack on Kyiv…

Protecting IP in Ukraine

Protecting Intellectual Property

The Commission and the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) worked together to define a first set of measures to safeguard protection of intellectual property in Ukraine.  In agreement with the Commission, the EUIPO has adopted the following measures: the EUIPO will safeguard Ukrainian intellectual property rights in the European Union by providing full support to…

Russian Propaganda Machine Working Overtime

Russian Propaganda

Russian propaganda has set a new agenda for its information attacks accusing Ukraine of running biological and bacteriological research under U.S. supervision. This narrative is actively circulating across Russian Telegram channels. In particular, the Readovka channel has spread allegations that a strain of bat coronavirus had been researched in such laboratories. Maps are being distributed…

Putin’s Three Mistakes

Putin is a cornered beast

The strategic goal of the military operation of the Russian leadership in Ukraine is not just the subjugation of a neighbouring state, but the satisfaction of the ambitions of  Kremlin chauvinists to seize the historical heritage of Kyivan Rus. For several centuries, Kyiv has been assigned the role of a “younger brother”, who, according to…