49 Crimean Tatars detained for legal pickets demanding an end to persecution
Crimean Tatars have reacted to the new arrests on ‘terrorism’ charges of civic activists in Russian-occupied Crimea by holding single-person pickets with placards reading: “Crimean Tatars are not terrorists. Give children their fathers back” and “Fabricating criminal cases – it’s this that’s TERROR”. . …read more Source:...
Kleptocracy Daily: October 13, 2017
UK: London kleptocracy tours continue to highlight the dark side of globalization, writes Emanuele Midolo. (Property Week) Russia: Mark Galeotti, Lilia Shevtsova, Vladislav Inozemtsev, and KI Advisory Council member Hannah Thoburn explain how kleptocracy informs the Kremlin’s foreign policy. (NED) Senators McCain and Cardin chastised the...
The world’s first CosmoHack: space projects, high technologies and art
On October 4-5 Space and Future Forum continued at KPI University and Kyiv Planetarium. The world’s first CosmoHack started at Sikorsky Challenge premises where young enthusiasts worked in Teams of the Future on research and applied project proposals. Within the framework of the Forum, the Beginning of the Space Era Round Table was held in...
The Deep State’s Bogus ‘Iranian Threat’
Yesterday we identified a permanent fiscal crisis as one of the quadruple witching forces arising in October 2017 which will shatter the global financial bubble. Today the Donald is on the cusp of making the crisis dramatically worse by decertifying the Iranian nuke deal, thereby reinforcing another false narrative that enables the $1 trillion...
Russia flouts European Court, refuses to allow doctors to see abducted Ukrainian Pavlo Hryb
In direct breach of a request from the European Court of Human Rights, Russia has prevented Ukrainian doctors from visiting Pavlo Hryb in a Krasnodar SIZO [remand prison]. It seems likely that Russia is using Pavlo’s medical condition to put pressure on him and international attention is critically needed …read more Source: Kharkiv...
Abandoning the Iran Deal Is Just One Example of Irrational U.S. Diplomacy
Ted Galen Carpenter All signs indicate that President Trump will rescind Washington’s adherence to the nuclear agreement reached between the leading international powers and Iran in 2015. That agreement, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), placed significant restrictions on Tehran’s nuclear program—at the very least...
Mass detention for reporting armed searches and arrests in Russian occupied Crimea
Armed searches began early in the morning of October 11 in a number of Crimean Tatar homes in Bakhchysarai. This was a clear attempt at intimidation, with the six Crimean Tatars primarily people who have taken a firm civic stand and demonstrated solidarity where others faced searches and arrests …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights...
The reform of the justice system in Ukraine – Roundtable
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Space and Future Forum and the first CosmoHack
International Youth Space and Future Forum and the CosmoHack were conducted in Kyiv, Ukraine on October 3-5, 2017. On October 3, the grand opening of the International Youth Space and Future Forum was held at the Kyiv City Municipal Administration. The organizers of the Forum were the Ukrainian Youth Aerospace Association Suzirya, UkraineIS,...
Russification or Expanding Opportunity?
As Georgian-language schools disappear in South Ossetia, supporters say the move will expand the horizons of local pupils, while critics claim discrimination. From JAMnews. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
