Latvia Responds to Western Uncertainty, Russian Aggression By Increasing Special Forces Troops
The unsettled nature of America’s election process and a clear waver in Europe’s will have set the Baltics on edge. First, it was Estonia nervously replying to American presidential candidate Donald Trump’s declaration that the United States should only help those countries that help the United States, by reminding the world...
Russia upholds Mejlis ban in a move to all-out war against Crimean Tatars
Only a miracle remained, and it didn’t happen. Russia has formally banned the Mejlis, or self-governing body of the Crimean Tatars, the main indigenous people of Crimea which Russia invaded and annexed two and a half years ago. An escalation in repression seems inevitable, with a number of Mejlis leaders in immediate danger. …read...
Crimean Tatar Elected Body Banned in Russia
Today, Russia’s Supreme Court confirmed a lower court ruling declaring Mejlis, a Crimean Tatar elected representative body, an extremist organization and banned its activities in Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea. The decision is outrageous but not surprising: Human Rights Watch has documented a steady curtailing of basic freedoms in...
Criminalization of Crimean Tatars Deepens Human Rights Crisis
Press ReleasesCriminalization of Crimean Tatars Deepens Human Rights Crisis September 29, 2016Russia’s Supreme Court upheld the banning of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis and designated it as an “extremist organization.” …read more Source: Freedom...
Ukraine Reform Push Would Pave Way to Support From New U.S. President: Pritzker
September 29, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ukraine: new regulator of the energy sector
The Ukrainian parliament adopted a law on the appointment of a new National Commission for the Regulation of the Energy Sector and Communal Services. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Israeli President Criticized for Repeating ‘Soviet Myth’ of Babi Yar at Ukraine’s …
Ukraine’s involvement in the WWII massacre and how to honor all the victims remains a contentious topic. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia Implicated in Shooting Down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Over Ukraine
September 28, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Options after Brexit
Bruegel Director Guntram Wolff gave an oral testimony to the French Senate’s working group on Brexit. The video of the testimony can be watched here. In his presentation Dr Wolff drew heavily on ideas from the recent paper ‘Europe after Brexit: A proposal for a continental partnership‘, of which he was one of the authors. Further discussion...
Russia Outrages Romanians with Measly Donation to Buy Brancusi Statue
The 100 euro donation, and a video accompanying it, brought back memories of a Romanian treasure yet to be returned from Moscow. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
