Chechnya’s Unexpected Friends in Israel
Muslim leaders gathered in Grozny issue divisive rules favoring the Chechen leader’s brand of Islam. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia Blocks Access to Popular Porn Sites
As alternative to streaming porn, country’s media watchdog suggests meeting real people. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The IWP presented the survey on the priorities of Ukraine’s foreign policy
On September 14th, the Institute of World Policy presented the results of the sociological survey “What should be Ukraine’s foreign policy?” …read more Source: Institute of World...
Russian Hackers Release Medical Records of Top U.S. Athletes
Revelations about Simone Biles and Williams sisters clearly meant as payback for the doping ban that prevented dozens of Russian athletes from competing in Rio. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Keystone of the system. Old and new oligarchs in Ukraine
More than two years after the Maidan revolution, it is fully justified to say that the oligarchic system remains a key mechanism in Ukraine’s political and economic life. While it is true that the influence of the formerly most powerful oligarchic groups has eroded during this period, no such group except for the Family, i.e. the oligarchic...
Judy Asks: Can Ukraine Turn the Corner?
A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Russian Mining Giant Takes Blame for Turning River Red
Norilsk Nickel has admitted that spillage from a dam caused the Daldykan River near the city of Norilsk to turn blood red. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s Government Proposes to Ban Import of ‘anti-Ukrainian’ Books from Russia
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has tabled a draft law proposing that books imported from Russia be checked for any ‘anti-Ukrainian’ content. Similar measures earlier targeted specific books and elicited protest. The new draft bill seems more sweeping in its potential scope, and dangerously vague. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human...
Another Landslide Win For the Status Quo in Belarus
But the elections also brought an unexpected win for the opposition, which won two seats in parliamentary election for the first time in 20 years. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Zrada Card
A sense of destitution and forlornness among Ukrainian journalists led to the prevalence of the zrada (‘betrayal’) and peremoha (‘victory’) themes in the local media. From The London Review of Books. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
