Parliamentary Elections in Georgia
A few days ago, the Georgian population elected a portion of the 9th parliament since the country’s independence. In more than 50 single-member districts a second round of elections is scheduled. A few days ago, the Georgian population elected a portion of the 9th parliament since the country’s independence. (In more than 50...
Tatars Mark One Year of Blockading Crimea
A few hundred protesters vow not to let up the pressure until the peninsula is back in Ukrainian hands. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Citizen’s attitudes to the situation in Donbas
Survey Results The survey was conducted by the Razumkov Centre Sociological Service in the period from 9 to 14 September 2016. Responses were obtained from 2,018 respondents aged 18 and above across all Ukrainian regions, except for Crimea and the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions on the sample that is representative of adult...
British Bank Closes Russian Broadcaster RT Accounts
UK government denies any role in NatWest’s unexplained move to close the Kremlin’s English-language mouthpiece. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin and the West: What Next?
Just when relations between Russia and the West seemed to have reached an all-time low, things have taken a turn for the worse this fall. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Watch List Findings: Oct. 15, 2016
What follows are the preliminary findings for issues identified in the daily Watch Lists this week. We are only sending findings that we regard as significant or potentially significant to keep this email manageable. We have findings for all the Watch List items. Should you be interested in findings not listed here, please contact us and we will...
The New Deterrent? International Sanctions Against Russia Over the Ukraine Crisis: Impacts, Costs and Further Action
Publication date: 14th October 2016 …read more Source: NATO...
PACE & Kremlin-backed militants acknowledge direct Russian control in Donbas
It seems denial is now passé, with everybody – Russia, the militants themselves, and Europe – fairly openly acknowledging the direct control that Russia wields over the militants in Donbas, and their so-called ‘Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics’ …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Another Crimean Tatar faces 5-year sentence for opposing Russian occupation of Crimea
Russia is literally accusing Suleyman Kadyrov, as it has Ilmi Umerov and journalist Mykola Semena, of ‘separatism’ for opposing Russian occupation of their homeland, with the article of the criminal code – 280.1 carrying a possible 5-year term of imprisonment …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Putin admits to Russian military involvement in Donbas
It is possibly no coincidence that the admission follows what seems like a major campaign to convince the West that we’re on the brink of world war and an extremely obvious attempt via Vladimir Zhirinovsky to link peace with a victory in the US elections by Donald Trump …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
