Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Court in occupied Crimea demands 3-year suspended sentence for journalist over criticism of Russia’s annexation
The prosecution in Russian-occupied Crimea has demanded a three-year suspended sentence for Mykola Semena, the 67-year-old journalist on trial for expressing his opinion – and the position of international treaties which Russia remains a party to. De facto prosecutor Svetlana Petrovna Budinskaya also proposed to ban Semena from engaging in...
Human rights in the territory controlled by the Government of Ukraine along the delimitation line and in so-called Luhansk People’s Republic and Donetsk People’s Republic (2017)
Human rights in the territory controlled by the Government of Ukraine along the delimitation line human rights on so-called Luhansk People’s Republic and Donetsk People’s Republic, main problems in investigation of grave HR violation …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Investigative News Startups Talk Membership Models
Many people don’t trust media giants. That’s what we’ve been hearing in the past two months of interviews with a wide variety of European publishers with membership models. These upstart publishers represent different newsroom and audience sizes, focus areas and geographies. Yet they’re hearing similar complaints around...
Trudeau Delivers Rallying Cry to Save Global Order
Canadian prime minister, South Korean president, pianist Lang Lang receive Atlantic Council’s Global Citizen Award Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister and the recipient of the Atlantic Council’s 2017 Global Citizen Award, on September 19 delivered a passionate rallying cry to protect the alliances that have underpinned...
The European Security Order and the Future of NATO
Co-hosted with the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), George Washington University. Since Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and intervention in Eastern Ukraine, Europe has been seeking a response to Moscow’s muscular foreign policy and provocative behaviour in the former Soviet Union. While the West did...
Kleptocracy Daily: September 18, 2017
Compiled by Nate Sibley Trump/Russia: KI Advisory Council member Michael Weiss investigates the finances of Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. Kyle Freeny, a former Justice Department lawyer who worked on the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, has joined Robert Mueller’s investigation. Squire...
Russia’s Peacekeeping Proposal in Ukraine Is a Sham
Russia has introduced a United Nations draft resolution for peacekeepers in Ukraine amid acclaim by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel and the chairman of the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Russia bans Crimean Tatar Football Match in Occupied Crimea, yet allowed to host 2018 World Cup
Police controlled by the country which is hosting the World Football Cup in 2018 banned young Crimean Tatars from holding a football match on September 16, and forced them to remove the Crimean Tatar flag. The match which had already begun was not allowed to continue, and three people were taken aside for ‘questioning’, including the...
Lessons from Lenin
Those advocating for removing historical statues in the U.S. would be well-served to examine the debates in the former Soviet Union about tearing down the figures of the past. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Netflix Rolls into Poland as Russia Slams the Gate
Internet TV giants make slow progress in CEE market, but locally made content remains a rarity. …read more Source: Transitions Online...