How many Crimean Tatars will Russia declare ‘extremists’ ?
Nobody expected real court hearings on Russia’s execution of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, yet the level of legal nihilism demonstrated has still been staggering. Crimean ‘Prosecutor’ Natalya Poklonskaya has just announced that she is suspending the activities of the Mejlis until the court ruling – just in case anybody was in...
IWP will present “Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine-Hungary”
On April 20 the Institute of World Policy is going to hold a public discussion and present the research paper on the Hungarian-Ukrainian relations within the project “Ukraine’s Foreign Policy Audit”. …read more Source: Institute of World...
Russian Internet Tycoon Reaching for the Stars
Milner pledges $100 million and enlists Hawking and Zuckerberg in space quest. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 12 April 2016
SUMMARY Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall cross-border traffic increased at both BCPs. OPERATIONAL REMARKS The OM is currently operating with 21 permanent international staff members (incl. the Chief Observer). The Mission is supported...
OSCE meeting in Vienna to focus on policies and strategies to further promote tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 13 April 2016 – Representatives from the 57 OSCE participating States, civil society and international organizations will meet in Vienna tomorrow to open a two-day conference on promoting tolerance and non-discrimination. The meeting, organized jointly by the German 2016 OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions...
Constitution Making in Ukraine: Refocusing the Debate
Ukraine’s reformers have largely ignored the key issue of the separation of powers. The EU should help put this important priority back on the agenda. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Zhirinovsky for Eternity
Controversial Russian nationalist politician cast in bronze. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Donald Trump Challenges Washington’s Bipartisan War Lobby: Developing a Foreign Policy for America
Doug Bandow Donald Trump has become this season’s campaign phenomenon. He’s broken all the rules. Yet he could become the Republican presidential nominee and maybe even president. GOP elites are in a frenzy. The Neoconservatives and ultra-hawks who have dominated Republican foreign policy for more than a decade are considering...
The Baltics Versus Russian Media
Latvians bans another Russian media outlet while Estonia says it will just monitor, for now, and Lithuania is the victim of a cyberattack. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Dutch Unease: Why the Netherlands Turned Away From Ukraine
The Dutch didn’t reject the EU’s Association Agreement with Ukraine because they are sympathetic to Russia. They rejected it because they believe that Ukraine, like Russia, is unprepared to join the European community. | Русский …read more Source: Carnegie Moscow...
