Email Hack Leads to Threats Against Journalists in Ukraine
Journalists in Ukraine, especially those covering the armed conflict in the east, often put their safety on the line to get their stories out. But in recent months their job became even riskier, and not because of bullets and mortar fire. They are increasingly a target for Ukrainian nationalist groups that enjoy the explicit support of some...
Why Turkey’s Disapproval of the West’s Response to the Coup Has Limited Merit
10 August 2016 Fadi HakuraAssociate Fellow, Europe Programme Although Turks across the political and ideological spectrum are seething at the West’s apparently lukewarm condemnation of the abortive coup on July 15, there are valid reasons behind the response A Turkish flag attached to helium balloons as people gather to protest at Konak...
Russia Accuses Ukraine of Armed Crimea Incursion, Says Two Killed
August 10, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Pipeline Plan Beneficiary of Rekindled Russian-Turkish Relationship
Shelved last year after a diplomatic spat, TurkStream is back on, potentially jeopardizing other pipeline projects in the region. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Guns of August: Fears of Full-Scale War Return as Casualties Mount in Ukraine
There are signs of both sides going back to a war footing: Kyiv is on high alert and has deployed special-forces units and battle-hardened battalions to the front, while Russia has reportedly amassed large amounts of military hardware in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula it seized from Ukraine in March 2014. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human...
Turkish Leader Pledges Closer Relationship With Russia
In St. Petersburg, Erdogan is expecting praise for his crackdown at home, and understanding of his Syria policy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 4 August 2016
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared to the day before including more than 520 explosions. In Luhansk region the SMM noted a decrease in recorded ceasefire violations compared to the previous day. On the night of 4 August, the SMM heard single shots of small-arms...
Poland Won’t Lift Restrictions on Kaliningrad Border
Residents of Russian exclave deprived of visa-free regime for an unspecified period of time over security concerns. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine Rejects Russia’s Proposed Ambassador to Kiev
August 4, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Dispatches from Red Square: reporting Russia’s revolutions then and now
“No news from Petrograd yesterday”, was the headline in the Daily Mail on March 14, 1917. The story – or non-story – which followed, was only a few dozen words: “Up to a late hour last night the Russian official report, which for many months has come to hand early, had not been received”, it ran. So why publish it? The non-appearance of the daily...
