OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities assesses inter-ethnic situation in south-eastern Ukraine
Report of the Human Rights Assessment Mission on Crimea (6–18 July 2015) Language and identity in Ukraine OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors visited Ukraine from 2 to 6 November 2016, including trips to Kyiv as well as Mariupol, where she …read more Source:...
OSCE/ODIHR Director Link to present findings of report on the human rights situation of detainees at Guantanamo at event in Vienna on Thursday
VIENNA, 10 November 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), will present the findings of the ODIHR report, The Human Rights Situation of Detainees at Guantanamo, on Thursday, 12 November, at the Hofburg Conference Centre in Vienna. The report contains the findings of the...
Romanian President Rejects Moldova Loan
Chisinau left almost bereft of potential aid donors. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia Charges Suspected Mastermind of Nemtsov Murder
The suspect is an officer in a security force described as Chechen ruler Kadyrov’s private militia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Participation in program “Georgia/South Caucasus between the European Union, eastern partners and the Eurasian Economic Union”
Expert of Economic Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Markevych Kateryna took part in Program “Georgia/South Caucasus between the European Union, eastern partners and the Eurasian Economic Union” that was held on 2-5 November 2015 in Georgia. Representatives of governmental, political and scientific organizations from Azerbaijan, Belarus,...
Security sector of Ukraine is largely disordered and unworkable
The state-owned UkrOboronProm arms factory this year is expected to churn out 40 of its Oplot main battle tank, and next year will make 120. That’s a 2,300 percent increase over the five the factory produced last year, the Miami Herald writes. Despite the gains, Mykola Sunhurovskyi, the director of military programs at the Razumkov Center,...
Moldovan Justice: Fast and Furious
Politics make for strange bedfellows, but politicians of all stripes see one man, Vlad Plahotniuc, a billionaire ‘gray eminence’, as having orchestrated their arrests or prolonged detentions. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Sports Anti-Doping Body Calls for Russia’s Suspension
Explosive report accuses Russia of running a ‘state-sponsored doping’ scheme. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
SIPRI Yearbook 2014 launch
On November 9, 2015 Razumkov Centre presented the 15th edition of the Ukrainian version of the SIPRI Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. SIPRI Yearbook 2014 covers the period up to the end of the year 2014 – the moment when the Russia-Ukraine crisis, which radically changed the European and global security environment...
Can Washington move beyond “Ukraine fatigue” ?
Language English Chroniques américainesAs a result, the U.S. had to reaffirm its involvement in the security of its NATO and bilateral allies. Can the United States find ways forward to improve both the situation in Eastern Europe and its relationship with Russia? Military operations in Syria, now conducted by the two countries with a modicum of...
