Concern Mounts for Nadia Savchenko
Ukrainian pilot’s trial in Russia described as ‘farce’ by the EU, and a US diplomat. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
HCSS: Back to the Brink
High-stakes crises between states are dotting the world map. The annexation of Crimea locked Russia and the West into a standoff, while recent months witnessed flaring tensions between Turkey and Russia… …read more Source: The Hague Centre for Strategic...
Aftermath of the Maidan. Ukrainian society two years after the revolution
It is clear that hopes of a quick reconstruction and modernisation of the Ukrainian state as a political and institutional system have not been fulfilled. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
PARTNER EVENT Bloody East Europeans at Theatro Technis on 2 April
Sat 2 April @ 6 PM Theatro Technis, 26 Crowndale Road, London NW1 1TT Molodyi Teatr London joins the EU referendum campaign in the UK with a re-run of their explosive production IN or OUT? How will you vote in the referendum? Can you imagine your life without Bloody East Europeans? Come see our show before you make up your mind. They come over...
European Unity and Ukraine. Views from France and Greece
The Institute of World Policy will hold a Media Club with two prominent experts from France and Greece on March 16, 2016. The discussion is titled “European Unity and Ukraine. Views from France and Greece” …read more Source: Institute of World...
What threats the fulfilment of the Minsk Agreements poses to Ukraine
In his comment to the website Segodnia, Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk spoke about the threats which full compliance with the Minsk Agreement poses to Ukraine. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Russian Savchenko Trial Farce Ends. Bring on the Sanctions
If you think that Russia’s leaders can’t plummet lower, think again. Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister has explained that they reneged on the agreement to allow Ukrainian doctors to examine Savchenko because of her “defiant behaviour” in court and “her insulting pronouncements addressed at the court” …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Journalist Details Her 419 Days In Separatist Captivity
The separatists would tell Maria Varfolomeyeva that she had “resort conditions” in her captivity. “As if, when you don’t get beaten up, that’s a resort,” she said. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Two Faces of Russia’s Foreign Policy
To receive an email when a new post becomes available, please subscribe here. Originally many in the West tended to view Russia’s Syrian adventure as yet another one of “Moscow’s gambits.” Commentators described Ukraine and Syria in the same breath. But Russia is eager to demonstrate that the two projects could hardly be more...
Are We Incapable of Ending Wars?
(Image: Flickr / Ivana Vasilj) Jason Smith was both very unlucky and very lucky. His bad luck began on February 20, 2015, when he was walking back to his home in McAdoo, Pennsylvania on a very cold evening. He doesn’t quite remember what happened, but he thinks that he tripped and fell face down into the snow. He lost consciousness and...
