Russia’s Military Preparations Raise Concerns in Europe, Ukraine
MOSCOW— Russia this week held surprise, massive military exercises as members of NATO, the wester… …read more Source: American Security Council...
Stronger OSCE field presence, civil society co-operation and human rights focus recommended at PA seminar
COPENHAGEN, 28 May 2015 – The OSCE needs a strengthened presence on the ground, closer co-operation with civil society and a rededication to human rights commitments to help realize its goal of achieving comprehensive security, said participants in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Helsinki +40 seminar today in Belgrade. (PHOTOS available...
Due to decentralisation, raion and oblast councils will get executive committies
Legal Research Fellow of the Razumkov Centre Viktor Musiyaka told the UNN news agency about possible alterations of the local government under decentralization. If decentralisation is introduced at the level of raions and oblasts, instead of administrations, there will be councils, within which executive committees will be created. Locally, there...
The 12 People Who Ruined Ukraine
Image credit: ThinkstockOther Mediavia PoliticoWhen Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down to plot his invasion of Ukraine in February 2014, he didn’t have to start from scratch. Generations of Russian rulers have invaded Ukrainian lands to starve, deport and enslave the native populations, and Putin has drawn avidly from their...
Russia Sends Troops, Equipment to Ukraine Border; Probe Questions Azerbaijan Privatization
Plus, Putin says the FIFA arrests are U.S. overreach and another Kremlin critic falls gravely ill. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
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...
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...
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...
