Pavlensky says he will not pay fine after his unexpected release
A Moscow court on June 8 rather unexpectedly released Pyotr Pavlensky from custody, after finding him guilty and fining him for damaging what was referred to as a ‘site of cultural heritage’, namely a door to the FSB building on Lubyanka Square …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Rehearsing for World War III
As I write this, US troops are building a bridge across Poland’s Vistula river, and conducting a nighttime helicopter assault to secure the eastern part of the country against a Russian assault.Has World War III started? Well, not quite yet, although it’s not for want of trying.This is Operation “Anakonda 16.” Thirty-one thousand...
Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-France
On June 14, the Institute of World Policy will present a discussion paper “Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-France”. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Frenchman Plotted Attacks at Euro 2016, Kyiv Says
Ukraine arrested man with big weapons cache, but French prosecutor says he was likely just a gunrunner. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Initial Situation Before Conducting Security Sector Reform in the Ukraine
Maksym Bugriy, a research fellow of foreign relations and international security programmes at the Razumkov Centre, co-authored the article on security sector reforms in Ukraine. This article appeared in Security Sector Reform: Global Case Studies, ed. Robert Ondrejcsak, 2016. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 5 June 2016
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM observed more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region both on 4 and 5 June as compared to 3 June, and observed a similarly high number of ceasefire violations in Luhansk region on the night of 3 June – compared to the previous night and fewer during the remainder of the reporting period –...
Poland Asks: Does the EU Matter for Anything?
As has been true for almost a decade now, the European Union has seen better days. With the British seriously considering “Brexit” — a British exit from the union — and the various PIIGS dramas submerged but always lurking beneath the surface, the economy in malaise, and the European Central Bank torn between independence and the biggest players...
Ukraine’s PM: I Am My Own Man, I Will Fight Corruption, and Other Things No One Believes
Separating Ukraine’s numerous problems into coherent strands is the work of a lifetime: Does corruption cause economic self-destruction, or economic malaise cause corruption? Why does Ukraine’s economy struggle on when other, similarly-sized countries, equally distant from communism, prosper? Why is “politician” a well-established...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 2 June 2016
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM observed more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer ceasefire violations in Luhansk region compared with the previous day. The Mission continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons and noted heavy weapons in violation of withdrawal lines. The SMM also noted armoured combat...
OSCE/ODIHR delivers workshop on understanding and countering hate crime for civil society organizations in Romania
244721 Enhancing the capacity of civil society organizations to prevent and respond to hate crimes was the focus of a workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Bucharest on 2-3 June 2016. Over the course of event, 18 participants explored the key elements of hate crimes, and strengthened their...
