Russia makes new ‘Crimean Saboteur’ Arrests’ with old Right Sector card as ‘proof’
Three more Ukrainians have been arrested in Russian-occupied Crimea accused of ‘sabotage’ for Ukrainian military intelligence, with the Russian media shown a ‘Right Sector business card’ that caused Internet mirth 2 years ago as ‘evidence’ …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Make Russia’open interference a Pyrrhic Putin – Trump victory
Why Russia should be so openly celebrating Donald Trump’s election, and even flaunting the consultations Trump’s team denied, is clear. Whether painless and ongoing triumph is guaranteed must be less so. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Judge seized by Kremlin-backed Donbas militants after arriving for his father’s funeral
Kremlin-backed militants from the so-called ‘Luhansk people’s republic’ [LNR] have taken Vitaly Rudenko , a judge from the Luhansk Regional Court of Appeal, prisoner and are threatening to try him for ‘state treason’ …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Crimean Tatar who sued Putin over annexation ‘deported’ from Russian-occupied Crimea
Nedim Khalilov, a Crimean Tatar activist who in February 2016 filed a civil suit asking for the actions of the occupation regime and Russian President Vladimir Putin to be declared illegal, has been ‘deported’ from his homeland and is being forcibly sent to Uzbekistan …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
What Europeans Should Want From the Trump Administration
Transatlantic TakeBRUSSELS – It is commonplace to claim that external shocks jolt Europe into action. There have been plenty since 2008 — external and internal — and none seem to have had that effect. It is beyond question that Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election is a wake-up call. In Europe, despite its history...
Moscow Says It Foiled Another Ukrainian Plot in Crimea
Ukraine issues fierce denials of Russian claim to have apprehended a group of saboteurs in Sevastopol. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Conflict in Eastern Ukraine: The Role of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission
Wed30NovInvitation OnlyResearch EventThe Conflict in Eastern Ukraine: The Role of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission30 Nov 2016 – 10:30 to 12:00Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, LondonRussia and Eurasia Programme, Ukraine ForumParticipantsAlexander Hug, Head, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in UkraineRasa...
Donald Trump’s win shakes Ukraine
Alyona Getmanchuk’s comment for Politico …read more Source: Institute of World Policy
Why the EU must fashion a tough pre-Trump agenda
Lulled by the opinion polls and its own wishful thinking, Europe expected US foreign policy continuity following a Hillary Clinton victory. Now, Europeans must awaken to the unpredictable change and volatility a Donald Trump presidency will bring. The EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini tweeted her reaction only minutes after...
China Laughing on the Sidelines
Wednesday, November 9, 2016BY AMB. MARTIN FLEISCHER, JASMIN GONG For years, Europe has been running from one crisis into the next, the Greek financial disaster, the Ukraine conflict, the refugee inflow, the terrorist attacks, the Brexit, the rise of right-wing populism, the Italian banking trouble … the EU and European countries are in continuous...
