French Hacking Trail Leads to Russia, Baku Blocks Amnesty Presentation
Plus, a Bosnian Serb who fought for the Muslims is arrested in Switzerland and Kazakhstan uses snow as its Olympic trump card. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Media Environment in Russia
25JunInvitation OnlyResearch EventMedia Environment in Russia25 Jun 2015 – 10:15 to 11:45Chatham House, London Russia and Eurasia Programme, Russia’s Domestic PoliticsParticipantsAlexei Venediktov, Editor-in-Chief, Ekho MoskvyDownload ResultsOverviewAlexei Venediktov will discuss the difficulties faced by media outlets in Russia and...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to hold news briefing in Kyiv today
KYIV, 11 June 2015 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) will hold its regular news briefing today in Kyiv. Michael Bociurkiw, the SMM’s Spokesperson, will talk about the recent Mission’s activities and the general security situation throughout Ukraine. Journalists are invited to attend the news briefing today, 11...
Mr. Putin Meets the Pope
Putin might be looking for a partner in Pope Francis, but the issues that divide them are many. With the Ukraine conflict again on the verge of escalation, that divide will likely only get larger. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Are Ukraine and the U.S. Allies or Not?
At this critical moment for the future of Ukrainian, European and U.S. interests in the region, the U.S.-Ukraine strategic partnership lacks both strategy and partnership. This much is clear after meetings with Ukraine’s political leaders, journalists, academics, civil-society activists and volunteers active in the conflict zone during our...
Maidan 3.0: Another Revolution in Ukraine?
Will Ukrainians take to the streets in sufficient numbers to overthrow their US-backed leaders? Over the weekend a large protest in Kiev was violently broken up by masked men while the police looked on. No word from the US condemning the violence. Elsewhere, the US admits sanctions are hurting Europe and not harming Russia, but still it presses...
Hungary Gets Tough on Migrants, Ukraine Rebels Try to Find Crimea
Plus, Albania seeks arrest of Italian investor/TV mogul and Chechnya’s strongman leader accused of running a private taxation racket. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian foreign policy: domestic constraints
President Putin is often presented by Western media as an autocratic leader free of checks and balances who imposes his will in foreign policy. If we could only climb ‘inside the head of Vladimir Putin’, to paraphrase the title of a recent book by French philosopher Michel Eltchaninoff, we could divine his intentions and predict his next...
Scrapping purdah biggest point of contention as EU Referendum Bill easily passes its second reading
Scrapping purdah biggest point of contention as EU Referendum Bill easily passes its second readingThe Government’s EU Referendum Bill yesterday passed its second reading by 544 votes to 53. During the debate, a number of backbenchers complained that the government’s intention to suspend the 28-day ‘purdah’ period – during which...
Putin’s pivot: The Russians are coming to Asia
Vladimir Putin has told the West that it has nothing to fear, yet the conflict in Ukraine is flaring again. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is warning his citizens of a full-scale Russian invasion. Contacts between NATO and Russian forces have increased markedly. Reports of Russian strategic bombers close to the UK, and of a Russian...
