A Window to Europe for Crimean Tatars
The European Parliament’s resolution on the human rights situation in Crimea was important also as the first time a major international democratic body has explicitly acknowledged Crimean Tatars as ‘indigenous people of Crimea’. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Crimean Tatar Mejlis criminalized for opposing Russian occupation of Crimea
Russia has formally begun the procedure of banning the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People citing as formal grounds the law on countering ‘extremism’, while claiming, in Soviet style, that this is because of requests from Crimean Tatar organizations. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Key reformer quits over ’total corruption’ & ’lawlessness’ in Prosecutor General’s Office
Vitaly Kasko, who has resigned as Deputy Prosecutor General, had earlier warned that while the Prosecutor General spends so much time in the President’s Administration, you can forget about real reform …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Ukraine-Russia Truck Dispute at Impasse
Moscow could extend its ban on Ukrainian trucks to other forms of transport, PM Medvedev warns. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
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Language English Mailing List Options Subscribe or change your contact information to receive information on student seminars, teacher workshops and learning resources. Unsubscribe to remove yourself from our mailing list. We value your privacy and will not share or distribute your …read more Source: Fraser...
Letting go, but not giving up: Implementation of Minsk II
Approaching its one-year anniversary date, the February 2015 Minsk II settlement agreement to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass is not faring well. All of its provisions were to have been implemented by Dec. 31, 2015. Few were. Still, Minsk II remains the only settlement arrangement on offer, and it continues to command at least...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 11 February 2016
The SMM observed numerous ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In Luhansk region the two ceasefire violations observed were attributed to training exercises. The SMM continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons. The Mission facilitated and monitored demining and repair works on both sides of the contact line. The SMM encountered...
Resignation of Abromavicius may have serious consequences for Ukraine’s government
Deputy director general, Director of Political and legal programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko joins Viewpoint talk-show on Ukraine Today to discuss the impact of the high-profile resignation of Ukraine’s Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius on the political situation in Ukraine. According to Mr. Yakymenko, resignation of...
Russian, Catholic Church Leaders in Historic Meeting
The generalissimos may talk of reconciliation, but will their armies march in step? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia will not dare to attack Donbas now because of the threat of the strengthening sanctions
Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi considers the intensification of attacks to be psychological pressure on Ukraine in the trilateral contact group, informs the news agency Radio Liberty. The expert stated that Russia was more likely to start intense hostilities “closer to autumn, when a larger-scale...
