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      Russia prepares new criminal charges as Crimean Tatar leader refuses to be silenced
      Dec21

      Russia prepares new criminal charges as Crimean Tatar leader refuses to be silenced

      Russia appears to be concocting yet another criminal prosecution against 59-year-old Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader Ilmi Umerov over statements expressing the same position on Russia’s occupation of Crimea as that set out in resolutions from the UN General Assembly, Council of Europe and all democratic countries …read more Source:...

      The Year Putin Won
      Dec20

      The Year Putin Won

      To receive an email when a new post becomes available, subscribe here. The year 2016 felt like the third year since 2014 rather than, say, the 25th since the collapse of the Soviet Union. When peering into Russia’s future from a Russian vantage point, one has to mark the year 2014 as a major threshold. It changed international politics and...

      Watch List: Dec. 20, 2016
      Dec20

      Watch List: Dec. 20, 2016

      The items listed below represent potential emerging issues that our analysts are tracking. These can be long term or short term, but will be updated daily. If an item on our Watch List becomes critical, we will email you a full analysis explaining its significance. Each Saturday, we will follow up our daily Watch List for each week with our...

      Putin and Trump: Where From Here?
      Dec20

      Putin and Trump: Where From Here?

      They might outwardly seem willing to wheel and deal. But it’s increasingly difficult to see how any agreement might actually look. …read more Source: Transitions Online...

      Turkey and Russia’s relationship is strong enough to survive ambassador’s murder
      Dec20

      Turkey and Russia’s relationship is strong enough to survive ambassador’s murder

      When Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, was shot dead during a photo exhibition in the Turkish capital of Ankara, it threatened to deal a terrible blow to one of the world’s most important and most sensitive diplomatic relationships. During the attack, the gunman, 22-year old Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, shouted about...

      Operation “Oblivion”
      Dec20

      Operation “Oblivion”

      Society In Russia, as in much of the post-Soviet space, the past is the present. From Ukraine, to Belarus, to Poland and Lithuania, historical narratives of communism, World War II, the Holocaust, and the Holodomor—Ukraine’s Terror-Famine—are being reviewed, revised, and in many cases manipulated to serve new ideological trends. In Russia,...

      Ukraine Army ‘Repulsed Rebel Attack’ Near Debaltseve in East
      Dec20

      Ukraine Army ‘Repulsed Rebel Attack’ Near Debaltseve in East

      December 20, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...

      The Vicious Circle of Arms Control and Regional Conflict
      Dec20

      The Vicious Circle of Arms Control and Regional Conflict

      A recent decision by the OSCE to revive arms-control talks is unlikely to achieve much without simultaneous efforts to resolve protracted conflicts in Eastern Europe. …read more Source: Carnegie...

      Crime and Punishment is 150 – and its politics are more relevant than ever
      Dec20

      Crime and Punishment is 150 – and its politics are more relevant than ever

      Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It is now 150 years since the publication of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. An incredibly influential novel, Crime and Punishment also has a particularly contemporary political significance. The plot hinges on how, one summer’s day in St Petersurg, a penniless student, Raskolnikov, murders an old woman...

      GIJN Welcomes Seven New Members from Six Countries
      Dec20

      GIJN Welcomes Seven New Members from Six Countries

      The Global Investigative Journalism Network is delighted to welcome seven new member organizations. We are especially pleased to welcome for the first time groups from Ireland and Malawi. Also among the new members are investigative centers from India, Ukraine, and Slovenia, a journalism fund from Ireland, and a collaborative news site that...