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Coronavirus: Few masks and little distancing as thousands pack Black Sea beaches in Russia & Ukraine
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UN: Russia doesn’t find perpetrators as Crimeans report repression
The UN has found in a report on the situation of human rights in Russian-occupied Crimea that Crimeans have complained about torture from law-enforcement bodies, but possible perpetrators have not been held accountable. …read more Source:: Baltic News...
Estonia sends 2,400 Makarov pistols to Ukraine
Estonia is sending over two thousand Soviet-era Makarov semi-automatic pistols (Makarov PM) to the Ukrainian Army, at Ukraine’s request. The firearms are coming from the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF). …read more Source::...
“It doesn’t make any sense”: fossil fuel companies and the capture of EU energy plans
Campaigners and the EU’s former climate commissioner say it’s time to scrap gas and power companies’ role in crafting regulations. Climate campaigners have long had a bone to pick with Entsog, the European Union body that advises where money should be spent to upgrade and expand Europe’s gas infrastructure. But this month,...
In a dismal year for queer rights, campaigners in central and eastern Europe are fighting back
Pride Month saw the movement innovate – and embrace other progressive causes. 2020 may well be been the worst year for LGBTQ+ rights in Europe in a decade. Even the countries that would once have led the way are now falling behind on the commitments. First, the Covid-19 lockdowns have been disastrous for queer people. Marginalised groups suffer...
How the Covid-19 crisis has left seafarers in a desperate plight
Crews across the world have been working without relief for up to 15 months – a situation that resembles forced labour. When Stephen Gudgeon stepped in to captain a ship for three weeks in March, to cover for a colleague who had to go home to Croatia to resolve some personal issues, he did not expect to be there three months later. Borders closed...
Putin, the Potemkin president
Leonid Ragozin is a freelance journalist based in Riga. On paper, Vladimir Putin has won: The outcome of last week’s vote on constitutional amendments allows him to stay in power until 2036. In reality, the Russian president’s legitimacy has been grossly undermined. There is a real chance that he may not last beyond his current term....
Ukraine’s Zelensky accused by ex-leader of hosting Russian ‘fifth column’
Ex-president Poroshenko sees Russian influence at work in the new administration. …read more Source::...
What Sweden can teach us about coronavirus
Elisabeth Braw directs the Modern Deterrence project at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Ever since the coronavirus swept into Europe, everybody’s had an opinion about Sweden. Specifically, the country’s decision not to impose a nationwide lockdown — a strategy that has resulted in a higher death...
Ukraine ready to put de-occupation of Crimea on agenda
In this week Russian constitutional referendum, a constitutional amendment considered as passed is one that sets forth “the inviolability of Russian borders». Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said to Radio Free Europe that the de-occupation of the Russian-annexed Crime is inevitable. …read more Source:: Baltic...