Boxing for a European Kyiv
Mayor of Kyiv and former world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko finds a few minutes in his busy schedule at MIPIM 2018 to talk to Emerging Europe’s Craig Turp about how the future of Kyiv – and all Ukraine – is inside Europe. Boxing for a European Kyiv was originally published on Emerging-Europe.com. …read more Source:...
Russian spy attack: how likely is a British cyber offensive against Putin’s regime?
The tension between the UK and Russia following the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia has escalated – with British prime minister Theresa May apparently indicating that a cyberattack could be one option of retaliation against the alleged involvement of Vladimir Putin’s regime. Serious concerns have been expressed...
The UK should accept that it is in a new Cold War with Russia
It’s becoming likely that the Russian state has been involved in another killing in Britain. Regardless of the detail, Russia has malign intent to this country. We should respond in three ways; accept, understand and act. First, we need to accept that we are in a new cold war, with the Russian Federation. This is not a pleasant fact. We may...
Dead Souls for Putin: Even Death Statistics are Fiddled in Russia
There has been a significant fall in the number of deaths from cardio-vascular illness, tuberculosis and cancer in Russia. That’s if you believe the Potemkin statistics, and don’t ask too many questions about the increase in deaths from a number of other illnesses, as well as from ‘unknown causes’ since one of Putin’s ‘May...
Ukrainian Negotiator Named in Big Terror Plot
Kyiv also reportedly believes pro-Russian groups in the country are using cryptocurrency to support rebels. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Return of Punitive Psychiatry
Society Over the past decade, particularly since the outbreak of war in Ukraine in 2014, the political use of psychiatry in the former Soviet Union has been on the rise. A recent report by the Federation Global Initiative on Psychiatry (FGIP) lists more than 30 new cases – from 2012 to April, 2017 – where journalists and activists have been...
Sergei Skripal and the long history of assassination attempts abroad
Whitehall sources have claimed that the suspected poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal is being treated as a state-sponsored Russian assassination attempt. Along with his daughter Yulia and a police officer who attended the scene in Salisbury where they were found, Skripal was taken to hospital critically ill after being...
Moldova Should Reinvent Itself to Fight Corruption
Moldova is on the brink of another serious political crisis. Soon to be immersed in another general election cycle, Moldova is paying a very high toll due to corruption, impunity and a deficit of good governance. One of the most glaring examples of impunity is related to the evaporation of 1 billion US dollars from the banking system in 2014,...
Ukraine at a Crossroads: Scenarios for the Reintegration of Donbas
The priority now is not only a ceasefire, but also the articulation of strong political incentives for the breakaway regions to finally begin disarmament and reintegration. This is first and foremost a task for the Ukrainian authorities, who will have to overcome the taboo and establish a legal framework for reintegration. | Русский …read...
Ukrainian anti-corruption journalists attacked, then charged with ‘invading privacy’ of Putin associate Medvedchuk
Ukraine’s National Police have initiated a criminal investigation into claims that journalists from the Skhemy anti-corruption program violated the right to privacy of controversial Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk. The move comes soon after criminal charges were brought against guards who tried to prevent the journalists from...
