Ukrainian activist arrested on fabricated charges in Russian-occupied Crimea
Crimean activist Volodymyr Balukh has been arrested by the Russian FSB just 10 days after he hung a plaque on his home in memory of the people killed during Euromaidan. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Torture, threats & absurd ‘confessions’ in FSB’s new ‘Crimean saboteur’ plots
The FSB’s new Crimean ‘plots’, in their use of torture, televised ‘confessions’ and grandiose claims, bear an eerie similarity to the first Crimean arrests in May 2014 of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and other opponents of Russia’s occupation, but there are some key differences …read more Source: Kharkiv Human...
Information war monitor for Central Europe: November 2016 US Elections
By Lóránt Győri, Patrik Szicherle, Veronika Víchová, Daniel Milo, Katarína Klingová. Photo: Flickr|Darron Birgenheier, licensed by CC BY-SA 2.0.GLOBSEC Policy Institute’s bi-weekly overview of conventional and social media discourse in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia monitors propaganda and disinformation attempts, as well as...
A Grim Anniversary?
Twenty-five years after, the majority of Russians mourn the collapse of the USSR, and its reverberations into their private lives. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Work in Progress
Despite state funds earmarked for its activities, Ukrainian public broadcasting still hasn’t materialized. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Прес‐реліз: Центральній та Східній Європі потрібно диверсифікувати не тільки шляхи, але і джерела постачання природного газу
Диверсифікація не лише шляхів, а і джерел постачання газу до Центральної та Східної Європи дозволить створити новий ринок природного газу з вільною конкуренцією між постачальниками і свободою вибору для клієнтів. У світлі цього, рішення Європейської комісії, що дозволяє Газпрому розширити доступ до пропускної спроможності газогону OPAL і...
Ukrainian President Rebuffs Fugitive’s Explosive Claims
Former lawmaker Onyshchenko, facing embezzlement case, releases recording allegedly proving Poroshenko’s dirty dealing. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Syria, Ukraine, and the Failure of Western Diplomacy
Hand-wringing by Western foreign ministers over Syria and Ukraine is no substitute for dealing with the shortfalls of diplomacy-especially vis-a-vis Russia. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Far-right activist who ripped up Poroshenko portrait has sentence quashed
The Vinnytsa Regional Court of Appeal has quashed a 4.5 year sentence against activist Yury Pavlenko [Khort] which gained publicity, perhaps unwarrantedly, over the activist’s ripping up of a portrait of President Petro Poroshenko …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Bridge over Troubled Water
A village on the “border” of one of the self-proclaimed separatist areas shows the complexity of carrying out international plans to withdraw troops from Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
