South Ossetia Emerges as Financial Center for Ukrainian Rebels
Key bank there likely used to facilitate payments from Russia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Crimean Tatar activist prosecuted for Facebook birthday greeting to Mustafa Dzhemilev
Rustem Mennanov has become the latest Crimean Tatar to be fined or jailed for innocuous social network posts. Such prosecutions are often pretexts for persecution, but also a form of intimidation and warning that even posts from years before Russia’s invasion of Crimea will be used for repressive purposes. …read more Source: Kharkiv...
Push the Alarm Bell Already
It’s time to put the catastrophic state of the region’s media freedom front and center. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Cultural Undercurrents in the Post Soviet Space
Society Most analytical work on Russia and the wider post soviet space defines the region in terms of democratic transition. Research questions largely hinge on why Russia, and many of its ex-soviet neighbours, have not successfully become democratic, or how long will it take for these countries to accomplish their transition, if ever. More...
Ukraine Claims Early Arbitration Victory over Gazprom
June 1, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Belarus: With Friends Like These. . .
Belarus and Russia share strong historical ties, but differences between the two countries following the annexation of Crimea call into question how durable this partnership is today. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Kremlin muffles question to Macron & Putin about jailed Ukrainian journalist
The Kremlin’s record of questions put to the Presidents of France and Russia at their joint May 30 press conference omits any message of imprisoned Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko. Human rights are also given a wide berth although they were also certainly raised at question-time. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Saying Farewell to the Transatlantic Academy
Last week marked the closing conference of the Transatlantic Academy. For the last nine years, the Transatlantic Academy has brought together scholars and policy experts to explore different dimensions of the transatlantic relationship. For the final year, we focused on the relationship between Germany and the United States. The launch of the...
Detention Of Bard-Loving Boy In Moscow Sparks Outrage
The boy’father said his son has a speech defect and that his therapist advised him to recite literature in public, which is why he was reading Shakespeare on the street. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Your Dishonour as title for many judges in failed Ukraine Supreme Court reform?
Ukraine’s first-ever ‘open competition’ for vacant Supreme Court judge posts is in danger of turning into farce. The Commission which chooses successful candidates has ignored 80% of the negative assessments issued by the Public Integrity Council and is rejecting calls for vitally needed transparency …read more Source: Kharkiv...
