Ukraine: Attacks, Military Use of Schools
Protect Students, Schools by Joining Safe Schools Declaration(Berlin) – Hostilities in eastern Ukraine have damaged or destroyed hundreds of schools, many of which were used by parties to the conflict for military purposes, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. February 11, 2016Report Studying Under Fire Attacks on Schools, Military...
Political instability adversely affects the hryvnia exchange rate
Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn encourages not to draw direct parallels between the depreciation of the hryvnia and the words of the head of the National Bank of Ukraine that currently there are no sufficient grounds for the revaluation of the national currency, informs the website Segodnia. “I am not sure...
Ukraine’s Got a Real Army Now. But Is It Preparing to Fight the Last Battle?
The prolonged stalemate of Minsk II has provided the Ukrainian military ample opportunity to address a series of longstanding challenges stretching back to the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych. While it is clear that the Ukrainian military has improved since its disastrous defeat at Debaltseve in February 2015, evaluating the real effect of...
Russia ‘Not Responsible’ for Syrian casualties
The Kremlin insists no concrete evidence has been put forward to prove it is guilty of killing civilians in air strikes. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
UN Says Rights Record of Belarus Remains Dismal
The dismal human rights record of Belarus shows no sign of improvement after October’s elections, UN says. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
UK Baltic Deployment Amid Fears Over Russia
Britain to contribute a large contingent of troops to a new NATO force bordering Russia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan and German OSCE Chairmanship present priorities for co-operation in 2016
DUSHANBE, 10 February 2016 – Holger Green, Germany’s Ambassador to Tajikistan and Markus Mueller, Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan today discussed the priorities of Germany’s 2016 OSCE Chairmanship. Meeting at the OSCE Office’s premises in Dushanbe, Ambassador Green said that the Chairmanship’s top priorities will be...
Russian Royals to Get ‘Game of Thrones’ Treatment
Russian producers plan 144-episodes TV series on the rise, glory, and bloody downfall of the House of Romanov. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Should Vladimir Putin be concerned about the Russian economy?
In March 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin will likely be running in the country’s next presidential election. Putin has been in power for 16 years, and by March of 2018, he will have become the second-longest serving head of state in post-imperial Russian history, after Joseph Stalin and ahead of Leonid Brezhnev. Although the 2018...
Why on Earth Would Russia Attack the Baltics?
Doug Bandow When the Cold War closed many people believed that history had ended. Peace had descended upon the earth. The lion was about to lie down with the lamb. The Second Coming seemed on its way. Europe was certain to be free and undivided. Alas, it hasn’t worked out that way. But no worries. At least NATO officials are happy....
