Head of Moldova’s Beleaguered Central Bank Resigns
IMF team due in Chisinau for talks on a possible bailout. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Given 14 Years in Prison for Treasonous CV
Wider legal definition behind rise in treason trials. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Ideology After Crimea
Following the annexation of Crimea in March 2014, the Russian public has embraced an increasingly conservative and nationalistic ideology. Any repudiation of this ideology, let alone the transformation of the country as a whole, will only happen if demand for change from the bottom coincides with a desire for modernization from the top. | Русский...
Nord Stream Two in Ukrainian Perspective
At Russia’s initiative, the Nord Stream Two natural gas pipeline project has advanced from agreements of intent to a binding agreement; and Gazprom has formed the project consortium with several major European energy companies. Planned to connect Russia with Germany through the Baltic Sea by 2019, Nord Stream Two would double the Nord...
Netanyahu Goes to Moscow
On September 21, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow against a backdrop of major developments in the Syria war. While Washington signals that it is still not planning to play a major role in the conflict, the Kremlin is further stepping up its direct support for the Assad regime. Following...
Human rights have to be at the centre of policy on migration crisis, say speakers at OSCE conference in Warsaw
WARSAW, 21 September 2015 – OSCE participating States have to ensure the protection of the human rights and dignity of migrants in addressing the current crisis in Europe, speakers said at the opening in Warsaw today of a two-week OSCE conference focusing on democracy and human rights. “At a time when thousands of people are risking their...
Protesting Tatars Block Roads to Ukraine from Crimea
Tatars stage economic blockade to protest violations of minority rights since Russian annexation. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Soldiers Refuse ‘Secret’ Deployment to Syria
Refusniks claim army official said they’d be sent to Latakia under a ‘secret decree’ and may have to fight. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia will be blackmailing Ukraine with possible invasion for a long time
Russia is building not one but several military bases near the Ukrainian border. This was stated by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk, informs the news agency Radio Liberty. “This is definitely not the last base that will be built there. As we can see, Russia will continue...
Russian involvement in Syria doesn’t mean the loss of control over Ukraine
Not that Russia’s support for the Assad regime is new, but now it’s official. And with the giant Antonov strategic airlifters flying daily to Syria, the satellite footage of airfield expansion and construction, and the reports of Russian tanks, artillery and personnel already in Syria, this is the biggest deployment of Russian forces...
