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[Ticker] MEPs urge Russia to free Ukrainian prisoners
MEPs in Strasbourg on Wednesday urged Russian president Vladimir Putin to free Ukrainian prisoners. One of them, Oleg Sentsov, received an EU human rights prize in absentia there the same day. Sentsov, a Ukrainian film maker from Crimea, was jailed on terrorism charges in a show trial in 2014. Putin should also free 23 Ukrainian sailors recently...
Russian propaganda raises alarm in Ukraine and France
Russian propaganda activity has raised alarm of further escalation in Ukraine, amid concern on Moscow’s role in French rioting. …read more Source:...
In accountability drive, Dutch seek targeted EU human rights sanctions
The Netherlands is on a mission to boost accountability — whether it be for EU governments undermining the rule of law or individuals committing human rights abuses in far-flung places. On Monday, the Dutch government will make its case in Brussels for a new EU global human rights sanctions regime. “The existing sanctioning mechanisms are...
Polish authorities under fire for denying entry to COP24 participants
KATOWICE, Poland — The United Nations’ climate chief on Saturday called for an “inclusive atmosphere” at the COP24 climate talks, after at least a dozen participants were denied entry to Poland. The U.N. “immediately engaged with the Polish presidency” to clarify the chain of events, said Patricia Espinosa, the executive secretary of the...
[Ticker] Report: EU to add 14 names to Russia sanctions list
EU ambassadors agreed Wednesday to add nine people to a Russia blacklist for their organisation of recent “elections” in Russia-occupied east Ukraine, the RFE/RFL news agency reports. The EU also aims to blacklist five others for violations of anti-chemical weapons accords in Russia’s use of a nerve agent to try to assassinate a...
[Ticker] Russia partly unblocks Ukraine ports
Russia has partly lifted its blockade of Ukrainian ports in the Azov Sea by letting through commercial vessels carrying agricultural products, Ukraine said Tuesday. The move came amid EU and Nato complaints, but did not address whether Ukrainian naval vessels could access the ports. Russia also continues to hold three Ukrainian ships and more...
Mike Pompeo says US will quit nuclear treaty in 60 days
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday gave Russia a 60-day deadline to correct alleged violations of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty or he said the U.S. would quit the accord. Speaking at a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, where he attended a meeting of the alliance’s foreign ministers, Pompeo...
Russia partially unblocks access to Ukrainian Sea of Azov ports
Russia partially restored traffic through the Kerch Strait towards Ukrainian ports on Monday, the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure announced. “The vessels are being stopped by the Russian side, they are still inspecting them, but partly the traffic has been restored,” the ministry quoted Infrastructure Minister Volodymer Omelyan as saying....
[Ticker] Nato ministers to focus on Ukraine crisis
Nato foreign ministers arrive in Brussels on Tuesday for a two-day meeting likely to focus on security around the Black Sea, after Russia fired on Ukrainian vessels last week in the Azov Sea and detained several Ukrainian naval personnel. Moscow has blamed Ukraine for what it called a “provocation”. Ukrainian president Petro...
Trump’s Moscow deal is exactly what the framers worried about
Michael Cohen’s guilty plea for lying to Congress about Trump’s Moscow project prompted a new frenzy of “Did the president commit a crime?” chatter among legal pundits. Finding—or refuting—a smoking gun of criminality has become the singular focus for the president’s supporters and critics alike, and his ex-lawyer’s plea...
