Tightening the RuNet Screws
Russian lawmakers want to ban kids from social media, require ‘real name’ registration. From Global Voices. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Fake News in the Service of Post-Truth Belarus
The fate of the Independent Institute for Socio-Economic and Political Studies emphasizes the need to protect the few remaining independent sources of information in the country. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Mixed Motives
Smeared by some as mere mercenaries, a band of Georgians fighting in Ukraine says neither money nor revenge underlies their drive to battle Russia on all fronts. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Europe’s Eastern Crisis: The Geopolitics of Asymmetry
In recent years a series of crises have erupted on the European Union’s eastern borders. In response, the EU has begun to map its own form of ‘liberal-redux geopolitics’ that combines various strategic logics. …read more Source: Carnegie...
Ukraine: New Law Targets Anti-Corruption Activists, Journalists
(Kyiv) – Recent legislative amendment requires activists and journalists reporting on government corruption to file public declarations of their personal assets, Human Rights Watch said today. The new requirement is vague and could be used to deter or punish investigative journalists and partners of anti-corruption nongovernmental groups for...
The Battle for Ukraine: Leadership and Solidarity
Members 19 Apr 2017 – 09:30 to 10:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, London Petro Poroshenko, President, UkraineChair: Dr Robin …read more Source: Chatham...
Kyrgyz-Born Man Suspected in St. Petersburg Metro Attack
Poverty and lack of opportunity continue to drive millions of Central Asians to Russia in search of work. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
IMF Approves $1 Billion Loan To Ukraine
April 4, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
IMF Approves $1 Billion for Ukraine
Fund again chides Kyiv for slow progress on reforms meant to help Westernize country’s creaking economy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The New Russian Renaissance
Society Despite official statements from Russian officials about a “turn towards Asia” and the Russian media’s “anti-Western” rhetoric, the government’s cultural initiatives of the past few years tell another story: In the search for a national image, priority is accorded to anything portraying Russia as the “true” Europe, a European...
