Tense relations between Russia and Kazakhstan
The relations between Russia and Kazakhstan are getting tenser. Meeting in June in St. Petersburg while they both attended an economic forum, Kazakh president Tokayev publically criticized Putin over his leadership and of sowing discord between their countries. It is worth noting that he did this while sitting next to the Russian president. The Kazakh […]
Ukrainian ambassador in Stockholm awarded royal order
Yesterday, the ambassador of Ukraine in Sweden, Mr. Andrii Plakhotniuk, was awarded the Royal Order of the Polar Star. In a decree issued by His Majesty The King, Plakhotniuk was appointed Commander 1st Class of the order. It is common that an ambassador receives the order from the King at the end of the diplomatic […]
Another Russian opposition leader detained
Ilya Yashin, former leader of the Russian liberal party PARNAS, has reportedly been detained in Russia. The party PARNAS, now led by former Russian prime minister Michail Kasyanov, is considered one of the most stable actors within the liberal opposition movement in Russia. One of his aides said that he was charged with disobeying police […]
Lithuania Defends Sanctions on Some Goods to Kaliningrad
Two days ago, Lithuania decided to bar rail transit from Russia to a Russian Baltic Sea exclave of goods hit by European Union sanctions, in a move that drew Moscow’s strong anger amid high tensions in the region. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said Lithuania was simply implementing the sanctions imposed by the EU, of […]
Navalny transferred to maximum-security prison
This week, the lawyers of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny were denied meeting him as as planned since long. Upon their arrival to the penal colony where Navalny has been held for months, Russian authorities explained to the lawyers that Navalny simply was not there, since he had been transferred to a new maximum-security prison. […]
EU Commission: It is a moral duty to make the EU membership possible for Ukraine
A couple of days after Russia launched a war on Ukraine, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy officially signed his country’s request for EU membership. Last week, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen explained that the Ukrainian people are fighting bravely because they know exactly that they want their society to be […]
Professor Nenad Stojanovic: Nationalist politics might cause new conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina still contains of nationalistic tensions since the war in the 90s, because of the ruling partys continuation to operate a nationalistic agenda. ”The thing that should worry us the most is when we see that some of these policies are proto-fascist, because they advocate the ideology of “blood […]
EU will play a fundamental role in the prosecution of Putin’s crimes
The illegal invasion of Ukraine has resulted in huge international condemnation and a call for accountability for the brutal actions made by Vladimir Putin. ”Of all Ukraine’s partners, however, the European Union is best poised to ensure maximum possible accountability, and it can do so by backing a special war crimes chamber within the courts […]
Victory Day speeches from Zelenskyy and Putin
On Victory Day, May 9, both president Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin talked more about the present than the past. Both of them insisted that their respective enemies today were the heirs of the Nazis, and they gave their promise that their countries would succeed in what both of them said was a defensive war […]
Concerning explosions in Transnistria
Early on April 25, as Easter was celebrated in Moldova, several explosions were heard in the separatist region of Transnistria. According to officials in the separatist region, the explosions were heard at the state security ministry building. Moldovan president Maia Sandu has convened a meeting of Moldova’s supreme security council after the explosions. They have […]