Moldovan Ex-MP Jailed as Russian Spy
Lithuania also engrossed as a parliamentarian quits amid allegations of working for Russian interests. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Conflicting Realities in Russia and the EU’s Shared Neighborhood
Precisely because the conflict with Georgia now has a lower profile than Ukraine, the EU and Russia might start exploring ways to minimize the risk of confrontation and even test approaches for accommodation. Using the provisions of the Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement signed with Georgia EU can underscore...
Ukraine is putting persecuted journalist’s life in danger
“If I am killed or kidnapped or extradited to Azerbaijan in the near future, all responsibility lies with the Ukrainian authorities”. Azerbaijani journalist Fikret Huseynli had serious grounds for making this sombre warning, and for asking bitterly how he has deserved such appalling treatment from Ukraine. He is not the only journalist whose...
Ukraine: Authorities Should Respond to Attacks Targeting Peaceful Demonstrations
Press Releases Ukraine: Authorities Should Respond to Attacks Targeting Peaceful DemonstrationsMarch 14, 2018Participants in several women’s rights marches in Kyiv, Lviv, and Uzhgorod, have been threatened, beaten, and attacked by opponents. …read more Source: Freedom...
MEPs back Ukraine-style ‘association’ deal for post-Brexit UK
MEPs have backed a Ukraine-style “association agreement” as the model for future EU-UK relations after Brexit. …read more Source:...
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...
