NATO considers whether potential members can bring more security to the alliance
Co-director of Foreign relations and international security programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk appeared on Ukraine Today’s Viewpoint discussing perspectives and obstacles of Ukraine’s membership in NATO. – I would ask you how far is Ukraine on the way to its membership in NATO? Up to now, I think Ukraine is still on the...
Civilians in Donbas face challenges in access to justice, says report by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
KYIV, 24 December 2015 – A new report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) highlights access to justice challenges faced by people residing in both government and non-government-controlled areas in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The report, Access to Justice and the Conflict in Ukraine, identifies difficulties in attending court...
Best of TOL for 2015
Our favorite stories of the year. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moscow-Ankara Row Dims Luster at Turkic Song Contest
Performers from Russia’s many Turkic-populated regions have their hopes dashed as authorities suspend ties with the contest’s backer. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kyiv, Rebels Agree New Year Truce
Each side accuses the other of repeatedly breaking the shaky Minsk cease-fire, meant to end a war that has caused more than 9,000 deaths. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Destruction of Donbas Economy Supports Local Russia-Backed ‘Insurgency’
Maksym Bugriy, a research fellow of foreing relations and international security programmes at the Razumkov Centre, and Tetiana Tretiak, an independent Ukrainian political and economical analyst, have contributed to the Eurasia Daily Monitor published by the Jamestown Foundation. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Stalin Center Opens in Russian Provincial City
Local Communists say Soviet model the answer to halting Russia’s economic, moral decline. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 21 December 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM recorded a low number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region – mostly around Horlivka – and only one instance in Luhansk region. It experienced no specific freedom-of-movement restrictions during the reporting period. The SMM observed high numbers of people crossing the contact line,...
Russian Activist Jailed for Separatism
Another Kremlin critic is sentenced for attending unsanctioned public events. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
This Religious Calendar is the Cat’s Meow
Some faithful are perplexed, but a Russian Orthodox spokesman says a publication featuring priests and their cats is no ‘big sin.’ From Global Voices. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
