Russia’s Peacekeeping Proposal in Ukraine Is a Sham
Russia has introduced a United Nations draft resolution for peacekeepers in Ukraine amid acclaim by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel and the chairman of the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia bans Crimean Tatar Football Match in Occupied Crimea, yet allowed to host 2018 World Cup
Police controlled by the country which is hosting the World Football Cup in 2018 banned young Crimean Tatars from holding a football match on September 16, and forced them to remove the Crimean Tatar flag. The match which had already begun was not allowed to continue, and three people were taken aside for ‘questioning’, including the...
Ukraine: Woman Detained, Held Incommunicado, Tortured
(Berlin) – Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) arbitrarily detained a Ukrainian woman, held her incommunicado, and tortured her, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities charged the woman, Daria Mastikasheva, with treason, and a court in Dnipro has ordered her pretrial detention pending investigation. Mastikasheva, 29, a Ukrainian...
Lessons from Lenin
Those advocating for removing historical statues in the U.S. would be well-served to examine the debates in the former Soviet Union about tearing down the figures of the past. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Netflix Rolls into Poland as Russia Slams the Gate
Internet TV giants make slow progress in CEE market, but locally made content remains a rarity. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Saakashvili Vows to March on Ukrainian Capital
‘Kyiv needs to be saved,’ says the firebrand without a country. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Crimea: Baseless Conviction of Crimean Tatar Leader
Expand Akhtem Chiygoz speaks to then Tatar deputy of the Ukraine’s parliament, Mustafa Jemilev. © 2006 Reuters (Kyiv) – A Russian court in Crimea on September 11, 2017, found a prominent Crimean Tatar leader guilty on charges of organizing “mass riots” following an unfair trial, Human Right Watch said today. The court sentenced the Crimean...
G-Men on the Trail of Russian Media
Russian media could find themselves subject to Washington’s version of the notorious Russian ‘foreign agent law,’ reports suggest. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia Mystified by Wave of Bomb Threats
The false alarms have been blamed on Ukrainian terrorists, ISIS, ultra-Orthodox fanatics, even Russian security. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Watch List Findings: Sept. 16, 2017
What follows are the preliminary findings for issues identified in the daily Watch Lists this week. We are only sending findings that we regard as significant or potentially significant to keep this list manageable. We have findings for all the Watch List items. Should you be interested in findings not listed here, please contact us and we will...
