Russia’s Supreme Court Questions USSR’s Role in 1939 Invasion of Poland
The court upheld the conviction of a blogger for a social media post describing Soviet-Nazi collaboration during World War II. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia’s Clandestine “Information War” in The Czech Republic
Russian intelligence services are the most active foreign intelligence service in the Czech Republic, a report by the Czech counterintelligence agency found. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
ADC “Memorial” and the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group welcomes the Concluding observations of the UN CERD addressed to the government of Ukraine
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination published its concluding observations and recommendations following consideration of the 22-23 State periodic report of Ukraine and the alternative materials from non-profit organizations …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia’s Supreme Court rules that the USSR did not invade Poland in 1939
Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of Perm blogger Vladimir Luzgin for reposting a text which states that both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland in 1939. The Supreme Court’s ruling came on September 1, 2016, the 77th anniversary of Hitler’s invasion of Poland, 17 days before the anniversary of the...
Crackdown Intensifies In Pre-Election Chechnya
In a new report, Human Rights Watch describes Kadyrov’s reign as “tyranny.” …read more Source: Transitions Online...
How to Get Started Investigating the Russian-language Internet
Bellingcat’s Aric Toler explains how investigating sources, images and stories originating in Russia and Eastern Europe can be challenging if you don’t know the tools required. From FirstDraftNews.com. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s Leaders Campaign Against ‘Pro-Putin’ Trump
August 29, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russia Opens Probe of Moscow Fire Tragedy
Deaths of 14 Kyrgyzstani migrants underline the often hard conditions that Central Asian workers face. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Joint HRW and AI Letter to Anatoly Matios
To: Chief Military Prosecutor, Anatoly Matios Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, Riznitska St, 13/15, Kyiv, Ukraine Cc: Chief of SBU, President’s Office, Ombudsperson for Ukraine From: John Dalhuisen, Director for Europe and Central Asia Regional Office, Amnesty International Rachel Denber, Deputy director for Europe and Central...
The Alternate Reality of Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Reading through a recent interview with former NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen, it becomes clear that his world is one in which US foreign policy has only ever made us all safer and the biggest risk we now face is diminished US power. The entire premise of his argument throughout the interview is that if the US steps back from...
