Ukraine’s Past Isn’t Going Away Without a Fight
The official “decommunization” drive and conflicting allegiances lead to clashes during wartime commemorations. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine Accuses Yandex of Spying for Russia
Russian social media and internet operators are already under sanction as potential cyberthreats. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
President Donald Trump Spoiled NATO Party in Brussels and Americans Should Thank Him
Doug Bandow NATO leaders gathered yesterday. The meeting didn’t go as planned. To his credit, President Donald Trump put America first when he addressed them. That’s certainly not what they expected. There was much scuttlebutt about how the Europeans planned to play President Trump. Push simple ideas, make him think he won something....
Chisinau Expels Five Russian Diplomats
President Dodon accuses the West of orchestrating the move, which follows a junior coalition party’s departure from government over graft allegations. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moscow Honors Scholarly Peer Reviewers
Quirky new monument unveiled in the Russian capital is in all likelihood the only piece of art anywhere dedicated to a neglected band of academics. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
New Fighting in Ukraine’s Language War
If Kyiv draws new battle lines in the country’s language war, Moscow is ready to restart its side of this conflict. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Judges double as prosecutors to jail Ukrainian activist in Russian occupied Crimea
There needed to be exceptional circumstances to extend Ukrainian activist and political prisoner Volodymyr Balukh’s imprisonment beyond 6 months. There were none, just an FSB order and a judge with no scruples. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia Reportedly Investigating Chechen Gay Purge
Human Rights Watch says Chechen officials approved the brutal roundup and torture of dozens of men. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia afraid to call key defence witness in political trial of Crimean Tatar leader
A court in Russian-occupied Crimea has rejected the defence’s application for Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader Refat Chubarov to give testimony in the ongoing ‘trial’ of Chubarov’s Deputy, Akhtem Chiygoz. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
France Could be the Gateway Between the U.S. and Europe
Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer gave an interview for Les Echos on the main stakes of the May 25th NATO meeting. She discussed the role of the French president Macron in NATO saying that his priority is to preserve and reinforce the US-French special relationship in terms of defense cooperation. France’s military leadership in fighting terrorism...
