Jailed & now subjected to punitive psychiatry for being Muslim in Russian-occupied Crimea
Muslim Aliev, a Crimean Tatar held in detention since armed and masked men burst into his home, terrifying his children, in February this year, has now been forcibly placed in a psychiatric clinic in Simferopol. There are fears that he and other political prisoners will face undisclosed ‘psychiatric treatment’. …read more Source:...
Economy Minister’s Downfall Sends Russian Liberals Reeling
Unprecedented arrest called ‘weird,’ ‘strange,’ ‘incomprehensible’ by Medvedev, business leaders. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Estonia Enjoys Most Internet Freedom, Uzbekistan Among Those With the Least
Freedom House Internet freedom report shows that internet freedom continues to decline, while digital activism grows throughout the world. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Influential EU Trade Committee Greenlights Controversial Trade Deal With Uzbekistan
Human right activists strongly oppose the draft legislation, seen as condoning the use of forced labor for harvesting cotton. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Mongolia, IMF Close to Agreeing Loan Deal
Government willing to accept external aid to rescue an export-driven economy that has been battered by low commodity prices and a backlog of old debt. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
U.S. Seeks ‘Humanitarian Parole’ for Uzbekistan Prisoner
Washington is appealing for amnesty for man whom rights groups call one of the Central Asian nation’s longest-serving political prisoners. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
From the Shores of Azov … to the Halls of Power?
A militarized corps that openly flaunts fascist symbols tries to transform itself into the leader of the ‘new right’ in Ukraine’s fractious political arena. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Trump and Putin Begin Work on US-Russia Reset
The Russian President Vladimir Putin made the long-expected phone call to the US president-elect Donald Trump on Monday. It stands to reason that the presidential spokesman in the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, one of Putin’s closest aides, travelled to New York last week ostensibly to attend a world chess event, but principally to prepare the...
“Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Lithuania”
On November 28, the Institute of World Policy and the Embassy of Lithuania will hold the public debate on Ukrainian-Lithuanian relations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mr. Linas Linkevičius. The event is dedicated to mark the 25th anniversary of the restoration of the diplomatic relations between Lithuania and Ukraine....
Evaluating the Sanctions Against Russia
Tue13DecInvitation OnlyResearch EventEvaluating the Sanctions Against Russia13 Dec 2016 – 14:00 to 15:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, LondonRussia and Eurasia Programme, Russia’s Domestic Politics, Russian Foreign PolicyParticipantsDr Sergey Aleksashenko, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and...
