Politically Independent Cossacks Warned About Becoming Labeled ‘US Agents’
Mikhail Vederinkov, the presidential plenipotentiary for the North Caucasus Federal District, told a meeting of senior Cossack officials that they must clear any candidates for the position of ataman (chieftain) with him in advance or face charges that they are agents of the US Department of State (Gorodskoitelegraf.ru, April 14). Vederinkov said...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 21 April 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and security considerations, with SMM patrols restricted from moving freely in government-controlled areas around Mariupol and in areas under “Lugansk People’s Republic” (“LPR”)...
OSCE Representative calls for immediate investigation of death threats against journalists in Skopje
VIENNA, 22 April 2015 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the authorities to immediately investigate last night’s death threat against the editor of NOVA TV Borjan Jovanovski and his family. “This horrendous act adds to the already fragile media environment situation in the country and sends yet...
The Disintegration Of The World
Image credit: pedrosek, ShutterstockOther Mediaquoting Michael McFaulvia The Atlantic“Was ExxonMobil worried about a skirmish in Georgia? I doubt it, but now companies like that one care a lot about the details of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The conflict in Donetsk is being closely watched day by day by multinational corporations and is...
Russia needs a Middle East crisis: Will delivering S-300s to Iran help?
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision on lifting the ban on delivering to Iran the S-300 surface-to-air missiles took many experts by surprise, but U.S. President Barack Obama noted with perfect indifference that for him the only surprise was “that it held this long.” In fact, Putin’s timing was impeccable, since nobody could...
From Putin, a New Tune on Ukraine?
Vladimir Putin’s annual call-in show is not where I usually look for important statements of Russian policy. Most of the four-hour event is devoted to semi-comical political pandering (Mr. Putin presenting himself as the friend of struggling dairy farmers, for example). Still, last week’s extravaganza contained unmistakable hints of a...
Albanian Militants Stage Incident on Macedonian Border, Life Sentences for Russian Nationalist …
Plus, Azerbaijan considers Iran’s weapons offer in sign of growing rapport; Turkmenistan bans privately owned satellite dishes. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The EU is not ready to waive the visa regime with Ukraine beacuase of the war in Donbas
Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykhailo Pashkov told the Gordon.ua website about the barriers to Ukraine getting visa-free regime with the EU. Most likely, at the Riga Summit, the progress of Ukraine towards meeting the requirements of the European Union to get visa-free regime will...
Ukrainian economy requires the production of goods with high value added
Development of the Ukrainian domestic market is hampered by limitations in business, wage freeze, lack of investment, and high interest rates. This was stated by Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn, informs the magazine Tyzhden’. According to him, currently there are no factors at the expense of which the...
Chief Monitor in Ukraine to report to OSCE Permanent Council
VIENNA, 22 April 2015 – Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan will report tomorrow to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on the situation on the ground and activities carried out by the Mission in responding to the crisis. Apakan’s report to the OSCE decision making body will cover the...
