UN Calls on Ukraine to Conduct Census

UN Calls on Ukraine to Conduct Census

Ukraine needs to conduct a census as the exact size of its population is unknown, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Osnat Lubrani said at the international Ukraine Reform Conference in Vilnius. "One […]
Belarus Blocks Nasha Niva Website, Detains Editor-in-Chief

Belarus Blocks Nasha Niva Website, Detains Editor-in-Chief

The security officers of the Main Directorate for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption of Belarus conducted searches in the editorial office of the Nasha Niva media outlet. According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists, searches were […]
Chatham House Article on Oligarkhiya in Ukraine

Chatham House Article on Oligarkhiya in Ukraine

"Ukraine’s system of crony capitalism: The challenge of dismantling ‘systema’” is the newest publication by John Lough, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme in Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. The […]
Russian Repression

Russian Repression

On 1 July 2020, Putin introduced a new time system for Russia. He began the "chronicle of the new time" with the "new" year 1937. Having reset presidential term limits to zero, the now "lifelong" […]
UN Recording Torture and Persecution in Occupied Crimea

UN Recording Torture and Persecution in Occupied Crimea

The UN Secretary-General's interim report on the human rights situation in Crimea occupied by Russia, which will be presented at the 21 June session of the UN Human Rights Council, records torture and persecution. "The report […]