Don’t be fooled: Joining NATO doesn’t mean Montenegro has changed
Montenegro’s NATO membership has been in the pipeline for years. But only in the past few months, since Montenegro adopted tough EU-led sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, has Russia raised concerns. Though the government in Podgorica has maintained that its move is in no way “expressing an anti-Russian mood”, Moscow called the final...
Ex Crimea volunteer battalion Azov leader arrested & accused of working for Russia
Ukraine’s Security Service have arrested Stanislav Krasnov, close friend of Crimean political prisoner Oleksandr Kostenko and himself wanted on politically motivated charges in Russian-occupied Crimea. The SBU accuse the former commander of the volunteer Krym Battalion and now leader of the Azov Crimea Civic Corps of spying for...
Ukraine’s shame if vital Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR now closes
It is almost a year since Russia tried to silence the unique Crimean Tatar television channel ATR, forcing it to close in Russian-occupied Crimea. Relaunched in Kyiv, the channel is now again in danger and, gallingly, this time it is inaction from the Ukrainian government which is jeopardizing the channel’s existence …read more...
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Language Ukrainian Коридор школы № 3 в Красногоровке со следами от осколков.© 2015 Юлия Горбунова / Хьюман Райтс Вотч Alt Text Коридор школы № 3 в Красногоровке со следами от осколков. Copyright © 2015 Юлия Горбунова / Хьюман Райтс Вотч Region / Country Ukraine Русский …read more Source: Human Rights...
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Language Ukrainian Ученикам школы № 2 в Станице Луганской, уничтоженной в августе 2014 г., приходится заниматься в небольшом одноэтажном здании, где прежде размещалась редакция газеты.© 2015 Бид Шеппард / Хьюман Райтс Вотч Alt Text Ученикам школы № 2 в Станице Луганской, уничтоженной в августе 2014 г., приходится заниматься в небольшом...
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Language Ukrainian Член батальйону “Донбас” влаштовується на ночівлю в школі, яку перетворено на базу, 18 серпня 2014 р. в невеликому містечку Попасна. © 2014 AFP/Getty Images/Анатолій Степанов Alt Text Член батальйону “Донбас” влаштовується на ночівлю в школі, яку перетворено на базу, 18 серпня 2014 р. в невеликому...
The Rule of Law in Contemporary Ukraine
Ukraine’s Euromaidan protest movement, which brought about the fall of President Yanukovych in 2014, has led to a comprehensive process of reforms. However, this process is being hampered and delayed by a large number of internal and external hurdles. There are particularly significant obstacles to establishing a state governed by the rule...
Thousands March to Honor Slain Kremlin Critic Boris Nemtsov
On anniversary of opposition figure’s murder, Muscovites take to streets with banners saying ‘Heroes never die’, ‘Russia will be free!’. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Prospects for U.S.-Russian nonproliferation cooperation
Russia—An Increasingly Unreliable Nonproliferation Partner • Russia is inevitably a player in most nonproliferation issues by virtue of its many roles: as one of three NPT depositary governments, a leading member of the IAEA board, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, and a participant in both the Iranian-P5+1 talks and Six-Party Talks...
The future of U.S.-Russian arms control
Introduction The United States and Russia concluded the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 2010. New START entered into force in 2011, and by February 2018 each side is required to reduce its strategic forces to no more than 1,550 deployed warheads on no more than 700 deployed strategic missiles and bombers. Since the conclusion of New START,...
