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Tipoffs: Ukraine Newsletter for 2026-04-13 ( 8 items )  
Center for European Policy Analysis Issues Commentary: Disastrous Paradox of Russian Fear (10)
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on April 10, 2026, by non-resident senior fellows Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan: * * * The Disastrous Paradox of Russian Fear Putin and his coercive security services have created a problem among ordinary Russians that has no easy solution. Russia is being haunted by a new and very strange phenomenon: thousands of ordinary people -- teenagers and pensioners alike -- have been arrested after co more PR

Center for European Policy Analysis Posts Commentary: Ukraine's Africa Campaign - Fighting Russia on Europe's Southern Border (10)
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on April 10, 2026, by American defense contractor Michael Albanese: * * * Ukraine's Africa Campaign: Fighting Russia on Europe's Southern Border Kyiv is disrupting Russia's African networks. That reduces Moscow's ability to raise money and to pressure Europe's most vulnerable frontier. * Russia's war against Ukraine is increasingly being contested in Africa, where Ukraine has begun targeting Russ more PR

CSIS Issues Commentary: Reining in the Export Control Arms Race (10)
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 10, 2026, by director Philip Luck and deputy director Kate Koren, both of the Economics Program and Scholl Chairs in International Business, deputy director Ilaria Mazzocco and senior adviser Scott Kennedy, both Trustee Chairs in Chinese Business and Economics: * * * Reining in the Export Control Arms Race Export Controls on the Frontline of the Trade War Export controls are a  more PR

Senator Call on Trump Administration to End Putin's Oil Profit Windfall Ahead of Tomorrow's Sanctions Waiver Deadline (10)
WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Call on Trump Administration to End Putin's Oil Profit Windfall Ahead of Tomorrow's Sanctions Waiver Deadline * [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) wrote Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent today calling on the Trump Administration to allow its waive more PR

Sens. Shaheen, Schumer, Warren Issue Joint Statement Urging Trump Administration Not to Extend Sanctions Relief for Russian Oil (10)
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following joint statement on April 10, 2026, with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee: * * * Shaheen, Schumer, Warren Joint Statement Urging Trump Administration Not to Extend Sanctions Relief for Russian Oil Today, U.S. Senators Je more PR

Sens. Warren, Shaheen, Schumer Release Joint Statement Urging Trump Administration Not to Extend Sanctions Relief for Russian Oil (10)
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following joint statement on April 10, 2026, with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York: * * * Warren, Shaheen, Schumer Release Joint Statement Urging Trump Administration Not to Extend Sanctions Relief for Russian Oil Today, Senators more PR

Viktor Orban's defeat 'a defining moment' in Europe. What comes next? (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 12 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: * * * Viktor Orban's defeat 'a defining moment' in Europe. What comes next? * Orban acknowledged Sunday evening that he was too far behind to stage a comeback against Tisza party challenger Peter Magyar, who will take over as Hungary's prime minister. by Tanner Stening April 12, 2026 Sunday's defeat of Viktor Orban, a populist far-right leader and Hungary's longest-serving prime minister, signals a monu more PR

Wealth largely absent from IMF tax guidance, benefiting the rich (10)
OXFORD, England, April 13 [Category: Sociological] -- Oxfam International issued the following news release: * * * Wealth largely absent from IMF tax guidance, benefiting the rich * Only 3 percent of the more than 1,000 tax recommendations made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to governments in recent years focus on taxing wealth and income from wealth, new analysis by Oxfam reveals ahead of the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C. Oxfam examined the IMF's tax adv more PR