The Politics Beneath Rosneft’s Bottom Line
Economy Rosneft is the world’s largest publicly-traded oil producer and one of the foremost instruments of Russian foreign policy. It is arguably the single most important factor in Russia’s relationship with Iraq. Venezuela is deeply indebted to the firm and Rosneft’s CEO Igor Sechin is a longstanding supporter of the Chavista...
War Hero Accused of Plotting to Destroy Ukrainian Parliament
Nadezhda Savchenko fires back, says government is responsible for the disasters in the east, plans presidential run. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine Wants to Build Spaceport in Australia
State space agency hopes potential collaboration results in launch station that could become Asia’s main spaceport and help replace lost business after Crimea annexation. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine: Justice Needed for Former Secret Prison Detainees
(Kyiv) – Victims of arbitrary detention in government-controlled secret prisons in eastern Ukraine face new, serious obstacles to justice, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. At least five detainees held in secret facilities run by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) in 2015 and 2016 filed complaints against the...
Vladimir Putin Secures Fourth Presidential Term
The incumbent wins landslide victory with record amount of votes after his most serious opponent is banned from running in the election. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The EU and Ukraine: a Partnership Tested by Reforms
Invitation Only Research Event 26 March 2018 – 12:00 to 13:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, London Peter Wagner, Head of the EU’s …read more Source: Chatham...
Dynamism Hallmark of China-Russia Relations
China and Russia have been cooperating closely over the past three decades. But since the Ukraine crisis, the process has become more dynamic. Moscow and Beijing are now coordinating their policies on a wider range of issues. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
No Alternatives
Russians are starved of different viewpoints by their media’s united anti-Western front. From The Conversation. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Shameful Putin ‘Election’ Farce Legitimized by the OSCE
What will the OSCE say at their 19 March press conference in Moscow after agreeing to observe a ‘presidential election’ in which the main opposition candidate had been prevented from running, and which was being illegally held in occupied Crimea?. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Fearless Leader or Lame Duck?
Putin’s certain triumph heralds fresh uncertainty. From The Conversation. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
