On October 11, the officials of a Russian prison in Vladimirskaya Oblast, which is located about 60 miles east of Moscow, designated the opposition leader Alexei Navalny as a “terrorist” and an “extremist” according to Reuters. He was given these designations after the same commission revoked his previous status as an “escape-risk,” a status which necessitated more tedious “accounting.”
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Chatham House, an international affairs think tank, hosted a panel discussion on October 5 called Memory Politics: The Challenge of Commemoration in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. The panel was moderated by L’ubica Pollakova of Chatham House and featured Dr. David Wood, a professor from Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Dr. Hans Gutbrod of Ilia State University, and Dr. Olesya Khromeychuk of the Ukrainian Institute London.
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Aid diversion from rural agricultural communities continues as systemic corruption corrodes what is left of Eastern European democracy
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NBC reporter and Today host Megyn Kelly landed a rare, nearly hour-long interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, discussing the 2016 US Presidential Election.
Read MoreInsufficient resources and limited space in ‘entrance’ countries often leads to chaotic relocation and asylum processes, which have made certain countries reluctant to accept any migrants.
Read MoreThe “stability” under Lukashenko’s tight grip on power is a major source of the president’s public support, especially when the political situation in Belarus is compared to that of neighboring Ukraine.
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