Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00 (Moscow time), 28 January 2015
This report is for media and the general public. SUMMARY Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). Overall cross-border traffic flows slightly increased at both BCPs. The OM continued to observe a number of persons in military-style clothing crossing the...
West Mulls Response to Escalation in Ukraine, Azerbaijan Extends Reporter’s Detention
Plus, warnings of a ‘new authoritarianism’ in the Balkans and mounting repression in Kazakhstan. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine: War in East, Crimea Occupation
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The war in eastern Ukraine has had a devastating impact on civilians, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2015. The armed conflict between Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian government forces broke out during the most turbulent year in Ukraine’s post-independence period, which also included...
Mijatović welcomes eased restrictions for commercial television channels in Russia, but reiterate call for complete lifting of ban
VIENNA, 28 January 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said she welcomed the softened restrictions for commercials on pay television channels, but she also reiterated her call ending the ban completely. On 27 January the State Duma adopted a bill easing the restrictions for commercials for pay cable and...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 27 January 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). In Donetsk the SMM observed damage caused by recent shelling. The SMM went to the border crossing points between Ukraine and...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to hold news briefing in Kyiv tomorrow
KYIV, 28 January 2015 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) will hold its regular news briefing tomorrow in Kyiv. Michael Bociurkiw, the Spokesperson of the SMM, will talk about the recent Mission’s activities and the general security situation throughout Ukraine. Journalists are invited to attend the news briefing...
Notes on a Conspiracy
Ratings agencies, the UN, Hollywood, the Saudis – are they all against Russia? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
U.S. Gives Military Hardware to Uzbekistan, New Outbreak of Violence in Pristina
Plus, the murder trial of a fugitive Kazakhstani tycoon is postponed, and Belarus rediscovers its own language. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
OSCE PA President calls on Russia to close border with Ukraine
COPENHAGEN, 27 January 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today called on Russia to close its international border with Ukraine to help counter the alarming increase in violence in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks. “Russian leaders have spoken of their support for a peaceful resolution to the conflict in...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić voices concern over recent developments on Armenian-Azerbaijani border and Line of Contact
BELGRADE, 27 January 2014 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić expressed concern at recent developments on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the Line of Contact. “I would like to urge the sides to ensure a full ceasefire and cessation of hostilities as stipulated in the May 1994 agreement,” he...
