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About Obolon Corporation
sales UAH 4,559 mln. in 2010 total payments (taxes, excise tax, charges) UAH 991 of Obolon Corporation in 2010 mln. despite the crisis, Obolon Corporation UAH 90 closed 2010 with a profit mln. investments in the company’s own malt plant in Chemerivtsi UAH 500 (Khmelnytskyi Oblast) mln. the share Obolon Corporation % holds in Ukrainian 80 beer exports staff of all corporate entities 6,500 of Obolon JSC people this is the equivalent of plastic waste that Obolon 23 recycles a year mln. plastic 1-liter bottles the number of visitors to the brewery 11,982 in Kyiv last year people share of the Obolon brand % in the Ukrainian 16,8 beer market in 2010 total reduction in new waste 21% at Obolon JSC in 2010 water consumption as compared 2,7 to product output liters of water per liter of the finished product output per UAH employee at 1,181,000 Obolon JSC ЗМІСТ 3 Executive introduction 6 About the Sustainability Report 7 ABOUT OBOLON CORPORATION 8 The Structure of Obolon Corporation 9 Anti-Corruption Practices 10 Economic Results and Impact of the Crisis 11 Main News of the Company and its Brands 12 PRODUCTS 14 Brands of Obolon Corporation 14 Position in the Domestic Market 16 Exports 18 Comprehensive Quality Assurance System 20 Relations with Suppliers 22 and Consumers STAFF 24 Working Conditions and Staff Development 25 Occupational Health and Safety 28 Corporate Culture and Volunteers 30 COMPREHENSIVE 34 ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURE Workflow Ecology 35 Innovative Environmental Projects 38 Promotion of Environmental Awareness 40 SOCIAL INVESTMENTS 42 -
UNIVERSITY of BELGRADE FACULTY of POLITICAL SCIENCE Regional Master's Program in Peace Studies MASTER's THESIS Revisiting T
UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Regional Master’s Program in Peace Studies MASTER’S THESIS Revisiting the Orange Revolution and Euromaidan: Pro-Democracy Civil Disobedience in Ukraine Academic supervisor: Student: Associate Professor Marko Simendić Olga Vasilevich 9/18 Belgrade, 2020 1 Content Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………3 1. Theoretical section……………………………………………………………………………..9 1.1 Civil disobedience…………………………………………………………………………9 1.2 Civil society……………………………………………………………………………... 19 1.3 Nonviolence……………………………………………………………………………... 24 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………… 31 2. Analytical section……………………………………………………………………………..33 2.1 The framework for disobedience………………………………………………….…….. 33 2.2 Orange Revolution………………………………………………………………………. 40 2.3 Euromaidan……………………………………………………………………………… 47 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………… 59 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………… 62 References……………………………………………………………………………………….67 2 INTRODUCTION The Orange Revolution and the Revolution of Dignity have precipitated the ongoing Ukraine crisis. According to the United Nations Rights Office, the latter has claimed the lives of 13,000 people, including those of unarmed civilian population, and entailed 30,000 wounded (Miller 2019). The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees adds to that 1.5 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), 100,000 refugees and asylum-seekers (UNHCR 2014). The armed conflict is of continued relevance to Russia, Europe, as well as the United States. During the first 10 months, -
Kremlin-Linked Forces in Ukraine's 2019 Elections
Études de l’Ifri Russie.Nei.Reports 25 KREMLIN-LINKED FORCES IN UKRAINE’S 2019 ELECTIONS On the Brink of Revenge? Vladislav INOZEMTSEV February 2019 Russia/NIS Center The Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri) is a research center and a forum for debate on major international political and economic issues. Headed by Thierry de Montbrial since its founding in 1979, Ifri is a non-governmental, non-profit organization. As an independent think tank, Ifri sets its own research agenda, publishing its findings regularly for a global audience. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Ifri brings together political and economic decision-makers, researchers and internationally renowned experts to animate its debate and research activities. The opinions expressed in this text are the responsibility of the author alone. ISBN: 978-2-36567-981-7 © All rights reserved, Ifri, 2019 How to quote this document: Vladislav Inozemtsev, “Kremlin-Linked Forces in Ukraine’s 2019 Elections: On the Brink of Revenge?”, Russie.NEI.Reports, No. 25, Ifri, February 2019. Ifri 27 rue de la Procession 75740 Paris Cedex 15—FRANCE Tel. : +33 (0)1 40 61 60 00—Fax : +33 (0)1 40 61 60 60 Email: [email protected] Website: Ifri.org Author Dr Vladislav Inozemtsev (b. 1968) is a Russian economist and political researcher since 1999, with a PhD in Economics. In 1996 he founded the Moscow-based Center for Post-Industrial Studies and has been its Director ever since. In recent years, he served as Senior or Visiting Fellow with the Institut fur die Wissenschaften vom Menschen in Vienna, with the Polski Instytut Studiów Zaawansowanych in Warsaw, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik in Berlin, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Johns Hopkins University in Washington. -
Seventh Periodic Report of Ukraine on Implementation of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment
SEVENTH PERIODIC REPORT OF UKRAINE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT • KHARKIV KHARKIV HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION GROUP 2021 This publication was made as part of the project “Promoting freedom from torture and the right of prisoners to medical care in Ukraine on the basis of international human rights standards”, funded by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ukraine. and the European Union Project “Fight against torture, ill-treatment and impunity in Ukraine” Seventh Periodic Report of Ukraine on Implementation of the Convention against Tor- ture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment / Y. Zakharov, G. To- karev: compilation; CO «Kharkiv Human Rights Protection group». — «Kharkiv: 2021. — 102 p. © Y. Zakharov, G. Tokarev, compilation, 2021 © CO «Kharkiv Human Rights Protection group», 2021 SEVENTH PERIODIC REPORT OF UKRAINE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT Contents Page ABBreVIatIONS/GLOSSary ....................................................................................................................... 4 INtroDuctION ............................................................................................................................................ 5 FOLLOW-up QueSTIONS froM the preVIouS reportING cycLE ...................................................... 6 Questions 1–9 — Responses to UN issues “List of issues before the reporting” -
International Crimes in Crimea
International Crimes in Crimea: An Assessment of Two and a Half Years of Russian Occupation SEPTEMBER 2016 Contents I. Introduction 6 A. Executive summary 6 B. The authors 7 C. Sources of information and methodology of documentation 7 II. Factual Background 8 A. A brief history of the Crimean Peninsula 8 B. Euromaidan 12 C. The invasion of Crimea 15 D. Two and a half years of occupation and the war in Donbas 23 III. Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court 27 IV. Contextual elements of international crimes 28 A. War crimes 28 B. Crimes against humanity 34 V. Willful killing, murder and enforced disappearances 38 A. Overview 38 B. The law 38 C. Summary of the evidence 39 D. Documented cases 41 E. Analysis 45 F. Conclusion 45 VI. Torture and other forms of inhuman treatment 46 A. Overview 46 B. The law 46 C. Summary of the evidence 47 D. Documented cases of torture and other forms of inhuman treatment 50 E. Analysis 59 F. Conclusion 59 VII. Illegal detention 60 A. Overview 60 B. The law 60 C. Summary of the evidence 62 D. Documented cases of illegal detention 66 E. Analysis 87 F. Conclusion 87 VIII. Forced displacement 88 A. Overview 88 B. The law 88 C. Summary of evidence 90 D. Analysis 93 E. Conclusion 93 IX. Crimes against public, private and cultural property 94 A. Overview 94 B. The law 94 C. Summary of evidence 96 D. Documented cases 99 E. Analysis 110 F. Conclusion 110 X. Persecution and collective punishment 111 A. Overview 111 B. -
Connecting the Dots of PMC Wagner Strategic Actor Or Mere Business Opportunity? Author: Niklas M
University of Southern Denmark 1 June 2019 Faculty of Business and Social Sciences Connecting the dots of PMC Wagner Strategic actor or mere business opportunity? Author: Niklas M. Rendboe Date of birth: 04.07.1994 Characters: 187.484 Supervisor: Olivier Schmitt Abstract Russia has commenced a practice of using military companies to implement its foreign policy. This model is in part a continuation of a Russian tradition of using non-state act- ors, and partly a result of the contemporary thinking in Russia about war and politics as well as a consequence of the thorough reform process of the Russian military which began in 2008 under Anatolii Serdiukov. By using the subcontracting firms of business leader Evgenii Prigozhin as a channel for funding Wagner, the Kremlin has gained an armed structure which is relatively independent of its ocial military structures. The group was formed as part of a project to mobilise volunteers to fight in Ukraine in 2014- 15. The following year, Wagner went to Syria and made a valuable contribution to the Assad government’s eort to re-establish dominance in the Syrian theatre. Since then, evidence has surfaced pointing to 11 additional countries of operations. Of these, Libya, Sudan, Central Africa and Madagascar are relatively well supported. In all these coun- tries, Wagner’s ability to operate are dependent on Russia for logistics, contracts and equipment. Wagner is first and foremost a tool of Russian realpolitik; they will not win wars nor help bring about a new world order, but they further strategic interests in two key ways; they deploy to war where Russia has urgent interests, and they operate in countries where the interests of Russia are more diuse and long-term to enhance Rus- sian influence. -
Country Advice
Country Advice Ukraine Ukraine – UKR38527 – Demographics – Political System – Sluzhba Bespeky Ukrayiny – Human Trafficking – Child Prostitution – Organised Crime – Mafia – State Protection – Corruption 29 April 2011 1. Please provide background information on Ukraine, including demographics and government. Relevant information and statistics from a variety of sources have been tabulated below: Population Approx. 46 million (2011) Ethnic Groups Ukrainian 78%, Russian 17%, Crimean Tatars, Polish, Hungarian, Romany, other 5% Languages Ukrainian is the official state language. Russian is widely spoken, particularly in the East and South. Other languages include Romanian, Polish, Hungarian, and Crimean Tatar. Religion Ukrainian Orthodox (Moscow Patriarchate) (10-12 million), Ukrainian Orthodox (Kiev Patriarchate) (2-3 million), Ukrainian Greek-Catholic (Uniate) (850,000), Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox (800,000), Jewish (70,000), Muslim, Evangelical Christian Political Parties Party of the Regions (Viktor Yanukovych) Our Ukraine – People Self-Defence (Viktor Yushchenko/Valentyn Nalyvaichenko) Batkivshchyna (Yulia Tymoshenko) Lytvyn Bloc Communist Svoboda (Freedom) President Viktor Yanukovych (since February 2010) Prime Minister Mykola Azarov Main Opposition Yulia Tymoshenko (former Prime Minister) Leaders Valentyn Nalyvaichenko (former SBU chief) Economy GDP = US$ 142.06bn (2007) US$ 136.6 (2010) GDP Growth = -15 percent (2009) +6 percent (2010) Unemployment= 8.4% (2010) Inflation = 9.8% (2010)1 2 3 4 1 UK Home Office 2008, Country of Origin -
Ukraine Handbook
KIEV, UKRAINE HANDBOOK Military Family Services Europe / MFS(E) Riga-Remote Team [email protected] www.cafconnection.ca / www.connexionfac.ca Date published: 20 June 2017 Date revised: 17 Feb 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS GREETINGS FROM YOUR MFS(E) RIGA-REMOTE TEAM 1 EUROPEAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ............................ 3 USING THIS GUIDE .................................................... 4 SOME HELPFUL RESOURCES ....................................... 1 OVERVIEW OF KIEV ................................................... 2 Maps ............................................................................................................. 2 Geography/Politics .......................................................................................... 4 Climate ......................................................................................................... 4 Languages ..................................................................................................... 4 Religion ......................................................................................................... 5 Cost of Living ................................................................................................. 5 Canadian/Expat Community ............................................................................. 6 Cultural Nuances, Etiquette and Traditions ......................................................... 6 Public Holidays ............................................................................................... 9 News .......................................................................................................... -
The Kremlin's Irregular Army: Ukrainian Separatist Order of Battle
THE KREMLIN’S IRREGULARY ARMY: UKRAINIAN SEPARATIST ORDER OF BATTLE | FRANKLIN HOLCOMB | AUGUST 2017 Franklin Holcomb September 2017 RUSSIA AND UKRAINE SECURITY REPORT 3 THE KREMLIN’S IRREGULAR ARMY: UKRAINIAN SEPARATIST ORDER OF BATTLE WWW.UNDERSTANDINGWAR.ORG 1 Cover: A Pro-Russian separatist sits at his position at Savur-Mohyla, a hill east of the city of Donetsk, August 28, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing or from the publisher. ©2017 by the Institute for the Study of War. Published in 2017 in the United States of America by the Instittue for the Study of War. 1400 16th Street NW, Suite 515 | Washington, DC 20036 understandingwar.org 2 Franklin Holcomb The Kremlin’s Irregular Army: Ukrainian Separatist Order of Battle ABOUT THE AUTHOR Franklin Holcomb is a Russia and Ukraine Research Analyst at the Institute for the Study of War where he focuses on the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian politics, and Russian foreign policy in Eastern Europe. His current research focuses on studying the development of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Russian-backed separatist formations operating in Eastern Ukraine, as well as analyzing Russian political and military activity in Moldova, the Baltic, and the Balkans. Mr. Holcomb is the author of “The Order of Battle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: A Key Component in European Security,” “Moldova Update: Kremlin Will Likely Seek to Realign Chisinau”, “Ukraine Update: Russia’s Aggressive Subversion of Ukraine,” as well as ISW’s other monthly updates on the political and military situation in Ukraine. -
Sustainable Development of Obolon Corporation Official Report
2013–2014 Sustainable Development of Obolon Corporation official report © Obolon Corporation, 2014 1 CONTENTS CORPORATION PRODUCTION PEOPLE 2 Appeal from the President 29 Production Facilities Structure 46 Working Environment 3 Social Mission 36 Brand portfolio 51 Life and Health 5 Reputation 39 Quality Management 54 Ethics and Equal Rights 7 Business Operations Standards 44 Innovations 56 Personnel Development 10 Corporate Structure 45 Technologies 58 Incentives and Motivation 18 Corporate Management 21 Stakeholders ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY 60 Financial and Economic Results 69 Efficient Use of Resources 74 Development of Regions 62 Production Indicators 72 Wasteless Production 87 Promotion of Sports 63 Efficient Activity 90 Educational Projects 66 Risks 92 Sponsorship and Volunteering 96 Report overview 97 Sustainable development plans 99 Contacts 100 GRI © Obolon Corporation, 2014 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF OBOLON CORPORATION OFFICIAL REPORT 2013/14 2 CORPORATION APPEAL FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Partners, I am pleased to present Obolon Corporation's sixth Sustainability Report. This document summarizes the company's information on all socially important initiatives in the eight regions of Ukraine and presents the corporation's specific achievements in raising community life quality, minimizing environment impact, and improving employment practices over the year 2013 and the first half of 2014. This year's report is the first one to demonstrate the social, environmental and economic impact of Obolon Corporation in the regions where its facilities are located. Since the publication of the first Non-Financial Report, the Obolon Corporation has made significant progress on its way to sustainability. The commitment of our employees, implementation of several products and organizational innovations, as well as significant reduction of its environmental impact allowed the Corporation reinforce its status as a reliable and responsible member of the Ukrainian community and strengthen its market positions. -
The Occupation of Crimea: No Markings, No Names and Hiding Behind Civilians
THE OCCUPATION Analysis OF CRIMEA: NO MARKINGS, NO NAMES AND HIDING BEHIND CIVILIANS Кyiv 2019 Регіональний центр прав людини © Українська Гельсінська спілка з прав людини, 2019 THE OCCUPATION OF CRIMEA: NO MARKINGS, NO NAMES AND HIDING BEHIND CIVILIANS CONTENTS Abbreviations 5 Preface 5 Introduction 9 Methodology 11 1. Instances of the use of human shields during the surrounding, blocking off and capture of military bases of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 13 2. Instances of the use of «little green men» – soldiers in unmarked uniforms 23 3. Instances of perfidy and unlawful use of emblems and uniforms of the adversary during the blocking off and capture of military bases of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 30 Conclusion 33 no markings, no names and hiding behind civilians UHHRU • 2019 3 Abbreviations: ARC, Crimea, Crimean Peninsula Autonomous Republic of Crimea AFU Armed Forces of Ukraine AFRF Armed Forces of the Russian Federation IHL International Humanitarian Law GC IV IV Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 GC III III Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of 12 August 1949 AP I to GC Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 8 June 1977 ICC International Criminal Court ICTY International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia 10th Brigade 10th Naval Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy UN United Nations RCHR Regional Center for Human Rights UHHRU Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union BSF Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation 4 UHHRU • 2019 THE OCCUPATION OF CRIMEA Foreword Anton KORYNEVYCH Kyiv, Ukraine Candidate of Law Sciences, Permanent Representative of Ukraine’s President in the AR Crimea IN EARLY 2014, UKRAINE encountered challenges it had not known since gaining independence in 1991. -
The Negative Consequences of Proportional Representation in Ukraine
THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION IN UKRAINE SERHIJ VASYLCHENKO POLITICAL GEOGRAPHER Abstract: Ukraine has changed its electoral law numerous times. The first two elections to the parliament in 1990 and 1994 employed a single-member district majoritarian system. The Verkhovna Rada elections in 1998 and 2002 used a mixed system with single- member districts and proportional representation. The parliamentary elections in 2006 and 2007 were purely proportional representation. Finally, the elections in 2012 went back to the mixed system. This article argues that the use of proportional representation has facilitated extensive manipulation in the Ukrainian political system through the creation of “party projects” and by severing the link between parliamentarians and their constituents. fter Ukraine gained its independence in 1991, it faced an urgent need Ato reform its electoral legislation to address new political realities – most importantly, the development of a multiparty system in place of the previous one-party system that had ruled the Soviet Union. According to the existing law adopted during the Soviet era, parties other than the Communist Party of the Soviet Union had no legal basis. That law laid out a first past the post majoritarian system in which the winner had to win an absolute majority of the votes.1 The opposition national-democrat deputies in the People’s Rada group in the first years of independence supported electoral law reform Serhij Vasylchenko is an independent political geographer in Ukraine, [email protected]. 1 Law “On elections of the people’s deputies of the Ukrainian SSR” from October 27, 1987, Vedomosti Verkhnoi Rady USSR, 1989 addendum to N 45, article 626 <http://zakon4.rada.