NATO Set for Major Expansion
Alliance tries to allay concerns of unpreparedness in the face of Russia’s aggressive European policy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukrainian-Jewish Cultural Encounters in the Early Soviet Union
In the history of Ukrainian-Jewish relations, it’s the dark moments that often dominate collective memory. Yet, throughout much of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Russian and Soviet empires, Ukrainians and Jews had much in common that brought them together. The panelists will discuss the richness, diversity, and sheer...
Lithuania Proposes Huge Ukraine Recovery Package
EU officials could consider the initiative at Eastern Partnership summit. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
UN Warns Of Humanitarian Impact Of Increased Hostilities In Eastern Ukraine
The United Nations has raised “extreme” concern that an escalation of fighting near water infrastructures in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk could lead to a deadly chlorine gas disaster. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia wages major offensive against Crimean Tatar civic activists in occupied Crimea
One Crimean Tatar activist has been jailed for a legal solitary picket last month, another fined and several subjected to armed searches and interrogation in a new offensive against the civic initiative Crimean Solidarity and all those trying to publicize rights abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
The Creation of ‘Russia-Gate’
The two sources that originated the allegations claiming that Russia meddled in the 2016 election — without providing convincing evidence — were both paid for by the Democratic National Committee, and in one instance also by the Clinton campaign: the Steele dossier and the CrowdStrike analysis of the DNC servers. Think about that for a minute. We...
The Future Germany Envisions
By Antonia Colibasanu Since the 2008 financial crisis, Germany has been the de facto leader of the European Union. It has been a voice of calm, urging unity and coordination through the ensuing turbulence, from the financial troubles of Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Spain to the political troubles in the wake of last year’s Brexit vote....
Fresh Sanctions Take Aim at Russia’s Defense Industry
Security At the end of October, United States Department of State produced a list of 33 Russian companies from the country’s defence industry. As of January next year, these companies will be banned from making major transactions with western companies. The list was issued under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions...
Disinformation, ‘fake news’ and the EU’s response
Written by Naja Bentzen, © ommbeu / Fotolia The impact of the online spread of mis- and disinformation – including false news posing as factual stories – became increasingly visible in the context of the crisis in Ukraine, and gained notoriety as a global phenomenon during the 2016 presidential election campaign in the United States. Ahead of the...
Fresh sanctions against the Russian defense industry
Security Since late January 2018, major transactions (as assessed by the US State Dept.) have been banned with respect to 33 Russian defense industry companies which appear on a list published by the United States Department of State in late October 2017. The list was issued under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act...
