Human Rights Council: Urge Parties in Eastern Ukraine to Protect Civilians as Fighting Resumes
Human Rights Watch welcomes the new periodic report and update by the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Several concerns described in the report have been areas of extensive Human Rights Watch research. First, we are gravely concerned about the safety of civilians living along the line of contact between areas controlled by the Ukrainian...
Lecture on Human Rights in Occupied Territories: The Case of the Crimea (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
This study of the 2014 Ukrainian crisis focuses on the activities of separatist forces in the Crimean peninsula and on their support by Russia. A chronological summary of the antecedents and consequences of the Ukrainian president’s deposition is followed by the analysis of arguments for and against the conduct of the self-proclaimed...
How Russia is preparing for Putin’s victory in the 2018 presidential election
How Russia is preparing for Putin’s victory in the 2018 presidential electionThe Kremlin is hesitant about allowing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to run for presidency. He might be seen as both a tool of attracting voters to the polling stations and a troublemakerThe Kremlin is hesitant about allowing Russian opposition leader...
More Revelations Emerge of Huge Money Laundering Operation
Four-year scheme channeled $20 billion, maybe much more, on a wild ride from Russia to Moldova to Latvia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
To counter Russian propaganda, the West will need to rebuild its ability to mobilize ideas: Brian Lee Crowley in the Citizen
Macdonald-Laurier InstituteMacdonald-Laurier Institute – Canada’s leading public policy think tank The West dismantled much of its capacity to oppose Russian propaganda after the Cold War. Now an emboldened Vladimir Putin is leaving us… To counter Russian propaganda, the West will need to rebuild its ability to mobilize ideas:...
McCain and Montenegro: The Anatomy of a Conspiracy Theory
Just in case you thought the conspiracy theory that Russia secretly controls the US government is exclusively an affliction affecting the Democratic party, Sen. John McCain’s recent performance on the floor of the US Senate should disabuse you of this optimistic notion. Responding to Sen. Rand Paul’s blocking of a vote in favor of the...
Lukashenka Lambastes Western ‘Fifth Column’
Protest groups plan more anti-government demonstrations this week. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Curling Players Switch Curling Stones for Cars
Vehicles participating in the Yekaterinburg tournament were safety-proofed to prevent accidents. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Islamic Banking Could Be Coming to the North Caucasus
A newly launched business association will try to navigate between Islamic law and Russian legislation. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Asylum System in Spain: Guaranteed Right to Protection?
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators filled central Barcelona on February 18th to demand that European governments fulfil their obligations. They demanded compliance with the relocation quotas from Greece and Italy. But they called for more, insisting that the right to asylum must be guaranteed with safe means of entry, that asylum procedures...
