Russia to recruit young Crimean kids for Internet propaganda about Crimea
Crimean youth are to be enlisted for filling the Internet with ‘correct information’ about life in Russian-occupied Crimea, with the occupiers determining just what content is ‘correct’, and what is to be dubbed ‘fake’ …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Interrogantes ante la nueva victoria de Putin
Vladímir Putin va a ganar las elecciones presidenciales del 18 de marzo y renovará su mandato por seis años más hasta el 2024. De hecho, su victoria es tan inevitable que sus críticos se resisten a calificar los comicios de elecciones y optan por fórmulas como plebiscito, celebración, espectáculo o performance. Si se cumplen las previsiones,...
A Moscow Apartment House, Possessed by History
Czarist tycoons, revolutionary artists, and Soviet squatters all feature in Russian scholar Dmitry Oparin’s new book. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia Threatens Sanctions Over Latvia’s Education Reforms
Riga makes Latvian the only language of instruction in high schools, triggering accusations of violating minority rights from the Russian parliament. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Six People Sentenced for Plotting to Kill Moldovan Oligarch
Decision comes a year after a series of international raids allegedly foiled an attempt on the life of Vladimir Plahotniuc. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Vloggers With a Cause
Belarusian YouTube vloggers are free to talk about what they want – at their own risk. From Belarus Digest. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Petition regarding the ongoing failure to allow Azerbaijani journalist Fikret Huseynli to leave Ukraine
The Prosecutor’s office has effectively stolen Azerbaijani journalist Fikret Huseynli’s passport despite a court ruling which makes it possible for him to leave Ukraine …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia uses hate speech to stir up fear and hatred of Ukrainians in occupied Crimea
Russia is deliberately creating an atmosphere of fear and aggression in occupied Crimea with Ukraine and Ukrainians pitched as ‘the enemy’ …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Kremlin’s Hybrid Warfare Strategies Revealed
An unpublished report based on an analysis of leaked Kremlin emails reveals the Russian government’s hybrid warfare tactics in Ukraine, some of which are applied in the West as well. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin’s Post-Election Policy Priorities
Vladimir Putin again secured the country’s presidency for another six-year term. In the lead up to the elections, the rhetoric from Moscow indicated little reason to expect a change in behavior, but the Kremlin’s post-elections foreign policy direction will have significant implications for the transatlantic partners and the global...
