Kremlin’s New Cybersecurity Bible Targets Foreign Threats
Russia needs to keep pace with rest of world in IT and set up a national internet control system, Putin says. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
V4 Defence Cooperation: A history of great ambitions paired with limited achievements
By Tomáš A. Nagy. Photo: Flickr|Defence Images, licensed by CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.If a serious financial crisis, an imperialist Russia and a migration crisis cannot motivate the member states of the Visegrad Four group to cooperate on defence, what can?Europe is going through one of the most testing periods in its recent history, and defence policy...
6 Months Solitary Confinement & new charges for reporting torture in Russian prison
Since recounting how he had been subjected to torture, Russian civic activist and prisoner of conscience Ildar Dadin has been threatened with criminal proceedings, a ‘defamation’ suit and has been placed in solitary confinement for 6 months …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Putin’s cynical lies about Oleg Sentsov debunked by International Criminal Court
President Putin’s claim that Russia is a law-based country and that Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years for ‘terrorism’ clash with the findings of the International Criminal Court on Russia’s invasion and ongoing occupation of Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukrainians Plan Cyberattack on Russian Banks, FSB Warns
As tensions between Russia and the West grow, each side prepares for cyberattacks and foreign spy games. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
December 2nd, 2016
CHINA Singapore May Prove a Tough Nut for China to Crack Over Regional Security Greg Torode and Marius Zaharia, REUTERS As the impounding of Singaporean troop carriers in Hong Kong exposes rising tensions between China and Singapore, the Lion City is unlikely to budge on core security interests concerning Beijing—its military relationship with...
Trainspotting Texts Land Two Russian Women in Prison
Latest trial ended with conviction on espionage and treason charges for text message about Russian military transport. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
“Deoligarchisation” in Ukraine
In 2015, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced a process of “deoligarchisation”. Not much has happened so far. Some of the oligarchs’ profit sources have run dry in the field of public procurement. Certain efforts have been made to curb the influence of oligarchs with respect to media legislation and financing political parties....
Russia accused of mechanisms of political repression in Crimea unprecedented since Stalin & Hitler
From political prisoners & punitive psychiatry to dissident writers being prevented from travelling abroad, the Soviet echoes in Russian-occupied Crimea are becoming increasingly pronounced. On Nov 28, Mykola Semena was not able to personally receive the Pavel Sheremet Journalism Award 2016 at a ceremony in Brussels …read more Source:...
Belarusian Pre-Selections for Eurovision 2017: Contest or Freak Show?
Even after multiple failures, and questionable performances, Belarus keeps hoping to steal the show at the upcoming Eurovision song contest. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
