No Trump cards for Moscow
“Life in Russia has never been as hard as under President Obama”. This humorous remark began circulating in Moscow in 2015 when US-Russia relations hit new lows over the crisis in Ukraine. Back then, Russian TV blamed the conflict in Ukraine and Russia’s own economic woes on the West, while vitriolic attacks against the US surpassed those...
Ukraine Halts All Cargo Traffic With Separatist-Held Territory
March 15, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Crackdown on Belarusian Protesters Escalates
Minsk has been heavily criticized for its handling of peaceful demonstrations against President Lukashenka. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Riot Cops in a Kindergarten
Restrictions on missionary work imposed by recent anti-terror laws mean that religious minorities now potentially face jail or fines for practicing their faith in Russia. From Global Voices. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
It’s time to bring Russia in from the cold
This debate will be filmed for later broadcast on BBC World News. Enough sabre-rattling against Russia! For years, the cold warriors of the Western establishment have been banging the drum against Putin’s resurgent ‘evil empire’. But now there’s a new man in the White House, and he’s got a different approach. President...
Moldova Needs to Continue Reforms, EU Report Says
Although implementation of Association Agreement has progressed, more efforts are needed to “improve the rule of law and the business environment.” …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Crimea. The battle of myths
Russia / Europe Three years have passed since Russia took Crimea from Ukraine. After that, the Donbas was invaded, then came the Malaysia Airlines incident and the military campaign in Syria. Initially, Russian TV channels broadcast all this as a sequence of events to reinstate Russia’s geopolitical influence, and then it was all reversed....
Крым. Битва мифов
Russia / Europe Прошло три года с того момента, как Россия аннексировала украинский Крым. За полуостровом последовало вторжение на Донбасс, “Боинг», военная операция в Сирии – российские телеканалы поначалу транслировали все это как череду событий, восстанавливающих российское геополитическое влияние. А затем начался обратный процесс....
Ukraine Takes Russia to Court
A pending court case between Ukraine and Russia is a political act by Kyiv to raise its international profile-and is more important than many might think. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Putin gives military award to Russian soldier for Donbas battle
Further evidence has emerged of Russian military personnel directly involved in the battle for Debaltseve in February 2015 …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
