The United States joining the “Normandy format” will have negative consequences for Ukraine
If the United States joins negotiations in the “Normandy format”, it may be unfavourable for Ukraine since the country risks becoming a bargaining chip in negotiations. This opinion the expert of the Razumkov Centre, Mykola Sungurovskyi told the News of Ukraine. He said that US joining negotiations can bring both positive and negative...
After French elections, one should expect changes to the “Normandy” format
After the presidential elections in France, the nature of “Normandy format is likely to change – an opinion stated by Co-Director for Foreign Policy and International Security, Mikhaylo Pashkov to the Observer. “Ukraine has to be ready that a candidate who wins the elections in France will stand for improving relations with Russia,...
The Body Politic
Are recent intrusions from Russian authorities into issues of private choice part of a grand “biopolitical” approach or just run-of-the-mill, moral posturing? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Militants stage ‘public repentance’ spectacle with supposed teenage ‘saboteurs’
Kremlin-backed militants have produced yet another propaganda ‘pardoning’ stunt involving two ‘Ultra’ football fans, while threatening that two very young men could face 20-year ‘sentences’ for so-called ‘state treason, spying &‘desecration of the state flag’ …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
Raw Fear in Separatist-Controlled Donetsk
November was unseasonably warm this year in Donetsk, an eastern Ukrainian city under pro-Russian separatists’ control. As you walk down Pushkin Boulevard, watching golden leaves gently drop to the ground, stop by a fancy coffee wagon and inhale the autumn aromas mixed with the intoxicating smell of freshly ground coffee beans; it’s...
Dancing With the Yellow Star
The wife of Vladimir Putin’s top spokesman has the internet up in arms over a Holocaust-themed ice dance. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s Ousted President Testifies in Court
November 28, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Saakashvili Launches New Political Movement
The former president of Georgia and recently resigned Odessa governor vows to ‘make Ukraine great again.’ …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s Visa Liberalization Saga
Visa-free access to EU countries is a major attraction for Ukrainians. But delays in the process risk eroding the much-needed support of pro-EU movements in Ukraine. …read more Source: Carnegie...
The Western War On Truth
The “war on terror” has simultaneously been a war on truth. For fifteen years—from 9/11 to Saddam Hussein’s “weapons of mass destruction” and “al Qaeda connections,” “Iranian nukes,” “Assad’s use of chemical weapons,” endless lies about Gadaffi, “Russian invasion of Ukraine”—the governments of the so-called Western democracies have...
