Russia Offers to Extend Ukraine’s Debt Payments
Move comes as West opens channels to Moscow in wake of Paris atrocity. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Kremlin: Terrorist Attack Downed Russian Plane Over Sinai
Putin vows to find and punish bombers, launches ‘revenge’ airstrikes in Syria. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Klitschko Re-elected Kyiv Mayor
Former boxer and Maidan leader defeats ex-Right Sector spokesman by wide margin. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The renewal of attacks in Donbas may be associated with changes in the Kremlin
In his column for the website Novoe Vremia, Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi described the possible causes of the renewal of attacks at the Ukrainian military by the separatists in Donbas. Yesterday, pro-Russian militants in Donbas attacked the positions of the Ukrainian military in all the sectors of the...
Keeping NATO at Bay in the Caucasus
Russia and Armenia plan to boost air defense capabilities, but the deal does not cover Azerbaijan. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
West Urges Russia to Focus Fight in Syria on IS
Obama, Cameron will try to persuade Putin that a Syria deal protecting Moscow’s interests is possible. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Duma Speaker Blasts Baltics Over Russians’ Rights
Sergei Naryshkin slams Europe for ignoring ‘massive human rights violations’ against Russian minorities. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Propaganda Wars in the Czech Republic
Better that Czech teenagers learn about Russian propaganda in school than be hit by it unprepared. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 13 November 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”, including the Addendum. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The SMM observed a relatively tense general situation in Donetsk region. It also...
OSCE PA President condemns ‘inhuman’ Paris attacks
COPENHAGEN, 14 November 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today issued the following statement on the 13 November terror attacks in Paris: “The attacks that struck Paris last night were not just vile and heinous. They were inhuman. Their epicenter was the French capital, but they were an assault on the...
