OSCE Chairperson-in-Office strongly condemns deadly attack on bus in eastern Ukraine, urges immediate ceasefire
BELGRADE, 14 January 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister IvicaDačič today strongly condemned yesterday’s deadly incident in which several people were killed and wounded on a bus near a government-controlled checkpoint in Buhas, eastern Ukraine. “I condemn in the strongest terms this attack on...
Swallowing South Ossetia
Russia and South Ossetia are about to sign a “Treaty of Alliance and Integration.” The Kremlin is confronting the same dilemma it faces in Moldova and Ukraine: the closer it holds on to separatist territories, the further it pushes the big state away from Russia and towards the West. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Nuland Starts European Tour in Romania
US Assistant Secretary is due in Romania to discuss worrying regional developments concerning Ukraine and Russia before joining John Kerry in Bulgaria. …read more Source: Balkan...
OSCE Chief Monitor in Ukraine calls upon all sides to exercise maximum restraint in eastern Ukraine
KYIV, 13 January 2015 – The Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, today called upon all sides to exercise maximum restraint in eastern Ukraine. Over the past 24 hours the situation has significantly deteriorated, especially near the Donetsk airport; more civilian casualties have been...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 12 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). According to the JCCC a significant increase of ceasefire violations was witnessed. The SMM, while monitoring the JCCC first...
It is very unlikely that the SBU got rid of all Russian spies
235 agents, including the former counterintelligence chief and his cousin, and hundreds of other operatives believed to be working for Moscow, have been arrested and 25 high treason probes against Yanukovych-era SBU officials have been launched. After the arrests, Nalyvaichenko boldly stated that “all traitors” have been purged from the SBU – a...
Russia facilitates opening of the problem parts of the border with Ukraine
According to experts, the main problem along the Ukrainian-Russian border is that the demarcation line between the countries is constantly violated because Russia doesn’t make any effort to prevent dangerous elements from travelling into Ukraine from its territory, the Southeast European Times writes. “The main problem of border control is...
Ukrainian Soldier in Russian Prison Continues Hunger Strike, Russian Soldier Held in Armenian …
Plus, Ukraine’s fugitive former president ends up on Interpol’s list, and the Czech crown is this year’s laggard. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Why we like Ike
In a recent column, Commentary’s Seth Mandel contends that Dwight Eisenhower was no great model for conservatives — that, in fact, his foreign policy was “muddled, improvised, confused, and often shallow.” Mandel further contends that there is already a robust, reigning GOP foreign-policy consensus, which Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) does...
Croatians Elect First Woman President, Warsaw Launches Airlift Operation in Ukraine
Plus, NATO’s chief says disputed eastern Ukraine is calmer, and Baku accuses Armenia of repeated truce violations. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
