Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 26 May 2015
This report is provided for the media and the general public The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Relatively low-level fighting continued in and around Donetsk airport and in a number of locations in the Luhansk region. The SMM concluded heavy weapons were not in situ at...
OSCE Representative lauds UN Security Council Resolution on protection of journalists
NEW YORK, 27 May 2015 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović welcomed the UN Security Council’s passing today of Resolution 2222 on the protection of journalists. “With this Resolution, the UN Security Council puts focus on a very important issue for media freedom,” Mijatović said. “We are witnessing attacks on...
Brookings hosts Vice President Joe Biden for remarks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Event Information May 27, 2015 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM EDTOnline Only Live Webcast Video of this event will be posted here shortly. Sparked by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the current toxic state of Russia-Ukraine relations has been at the forefront of foreign policy...
Serbia’s Vucic in Historic Visit to Tirana, Kazakhstan’s Gay Propaganda Law Ditched for …
Plus, Russian scientists are outraged over a grant-making foundation’s inclusion on the ‘foreign agent’ list, and Putin’s New Russia dream founders on the rocks of reality. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Detention of the Russian military officers is another proof of participation of the Russian regular troops in the events in Eastern Ukraine
Deputy Director General and Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told the Glavred website about the international significance of detention of the the Russian military officers in Ukraine. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Due to the Russian aggression Ukrainians are becoming more pro-NATO
For the first time in more than a decade of polling Ukrainians on their attitudes toward the Western alliances, an absolute majority – 52% – said they favored steering Ukraine’s foreign policy toward the European Union, said Andriy Bychenko, Director of Sociological Service at the Razumkov Center, the Los Angeles Times writes. The share of...
What It’s Like to Be Hated Online in Russia
Four targets of abuse share their stories. From Afisha/the New East Network. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №17
This issue contains articles and interviews of the Razumkov Centre’s experts, dealing with most topical issues in Ukraine’s current affairs. In particular – domestic politics, security sector, the situation in the Ukrainian economy and energy sector. Read the Razumkov Centre Newsletter №17 …read more Source: Razumkov...
Judy Asks: Is the U.S. Wobbly Over Ukraine?
Every week, a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Will Putin Gamble All On A Broader Ukraine Invasion?
Westerners strain to predict Moscow’s next moves in Ukraine, and elsewhere. President Vladimir Putin may think that Russia can weather Western reactions if he decides to move beyond the occupied part of eastern Ukraine, perhaps seeking to forge a land bridge between Russia and Crimea. But will he consider economic and political constraints,...
