Estonian national charged with terrorism over involvement in Kremlin-backed conflict in Donbas
Although 35-year-old Vladimir Polyakov’s lawyer has condemned the imminent trial as ‘political’, this was not the view of the Estonian courts who agreed to his extradition, and the charges are almost the same as those brought in the United Kingdom against Ben Stimson for his activities in Donbas …read more Source: Kharkiv Human...
Stargazing and Art in the North Caucasus
An art show in a remote observatory brings new perspectives on art, astronomy, and life in Russia. From The Guardian. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Too Much Corruption or Simply Too Much Talk of “Corruption”?
Making a distinction between informal transactions and truly destructive graft is crucial to understanding the challenge facing Ukraine. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Policy Memo to the President of Ukraine on the United States after 45th Presidential elections
IWP has developed 15 recommendations for the Ukrainian goverment in order to maintain its close relations with the US. The document was written by IWP analysts in the cooperation with former US Ambassadors to Ukraine John Herbst and Steven Pifer. …read more Source: Institute of World...
US Mission to the OSCE: Russia’s Ongoing Violations in Ukraine
The ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine appears to be unraveling, and violence has reached peak levels not seen since August 2015, while there are ongoing concerns about human rights abuse and Russian military buildup in occupied Crimea …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
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...
