Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 3 September 2015
This report is for the media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The SMM observed one explosion in Donetsk region and recorded no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region....
False Flag Alert on Refugee ‘Crisis’?
In the past week, the flood of undocumented and unregistered Middle Eastern and African migrants into the EU has become an inundation. The high water mark of the human tide is located in Hungary, which is not a logical outcome despite the country’s geographical position at the center of Europe. Understanding why is the key to understanding...
Reform #1. Why Ukraine has to reform its gas sector
In April 2015, the Ukrainian parliament passed a long-awaited law on the gas sector which paves the way for the extremely difficult process of reforming and de-monopolising the Ukrainian gas sector. The law will come into force on 1 October 2015 and involves the break-up of the state-owned company Naftogaz, the current monopolist, and the gradual...
Ukraine is divided over constitutional reform
The proposed amendments to the constitution provide for a fundamental reform of the political system. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Ukraine is losing economic sway over the rebel zones of Donbas
Before the war in Donbas, the separatist regions were subsidized by Ukraine, with about $2.6 billion a year going to pensions and an additional $3.2 billion to coal subsidies. Now, rubles from Russia’s own strained budget are filling that subsidy gap, buying influence along the way, the New York Times newspaper reports. “When we speak of...
IMR to Present Report ‘An Invasion by Any Other Name: Russia’s Dirty War in Ukraine’ in Washington, D.C.
On September 17, the Institute of Modern Russia and the Atlantic Council will co-host the presentation of a new report titled “An Invasion by Any Other Name: Russia’s Dirty War in Ukraine,” prepared by the editorial team of The Interpreter, an IMR special project. The report offers evidence proving that Russia is behind the unrest in the...
Cinco países han utilizado las municiones en racimo en 2015
Sin embargo, el tratado que prohíbe su uso se fortalece, más países se adhieren a él y destruyen sus reservas (Ginebra) – En 2015, las municiones en racimo han sido utilizadas en Libia, Sudán, Siria, Ucrania y Yemen, causando daños inaceptables a civiles, dijo hoy Human Rights Watch durante la presentación del documento Monitor de Municiones en...
استخدام ذخائر عنقودية في خمس دول في 2015
المعاهدة باتت أقوى مع انضمام دول جديدة وتدمير المخزونات (جنيف) ـ قالت هيومن رايتس ووتش اليوم، بمناسبة نشر تقرير مراقبة الذخائر العنقودية لسنة 2015، إن هذا النوع من الذخائر استخدم في ليبيا والسودان وسوريا أوكرانيا واليمن، ما تسبب في إلحاق أضرار غير مقبولة بالمدنيين. يُذكر أن جميع هذه الدول لم تنضم إلى الحظر المفروض على هذا النوع من الأسلحة. يستعرض...
If Russian Soldiers Aren’t Dying In Ukraine, Why Did Putin Make Casualty Stats A State Secret?
Image credit: istockAnalysis and Commentaryvia ForbesIf you want to enrage Vladimir Putin, publish an article on Russian casualties in Ukraine. Putin unequivocally declared, on his Direct Line broadcast to the Russian people on April 16, that “the question of whether Russian troops are present in Ukraine…I can tell you outright and unequivocally...
Russia, Belarus and Serbia Staging Anti-Protestor “Slavic Brotherhood” Drills
The countries’ airborne forces will work on preventing anti-government ‘Maidan’-style riots …read more Source: Transitions Online...
