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...
The Significance of High Readiness Forces for NATO Credibility
Even though the U.S. has in the last decade reduced the number of its troops in Europe from 98,000 to about 70,000, NATO’s ability to deter Russia and to perform expeditionary missions is largely based on American military resources. After the withdrawal of the last armoured brigade from Europe in 2013, just two U.S. Army brigades (airborne...
What Russia Wants
Russia wants to be recognised as a great power. But in the face of criticism over its actions in Ukraine, Syria and elsewhere, Moscow asserts that its legitimate strategic interests are being ignored and the nature of its foreign policy is deliberately misrepresented. Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Australia HE Mr Grigory Logvinov gave a...
Vigilantes in military gear accused of new attack on Roma in Kyiv
A family who recently spoke out publicly about disturbing measures to drive out Romani residents of Kyiv have been set upon by a group of former soldiers whose civic organization was organized under the patronage of an adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
