Section: The Netherlands
Serbia expels US neo-Nazi after investigative website Bellingcat outed his location
Robert Rondo believed to have been living in Serbia since early 2020Fascist graffiti in Serbia defaced by antifascist group was changed from “Put migrants into dustbins” to “Refugees welcome.” Photo by Antifascist Action Novi Sad, used with permission. Serbia has expelled Robert Rundo, the “American neo-Nazi and founder of the notorious...
Capturing the mood on both sides of the Ukraine-Russia conflict in Donbas
New survey finds trust levels low and the future uncertainPeople rush to the bus stop at the border crossing point in Mayorsk, Donetsk area on December 27, 2016. Photo by Anastasia Vlasova for UNDP Ukraine on Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0). On Valentine’s Day 2021, three Ukrainian soldiers died from an exploding landmine in the Donbas, the region of...
Security concerns and legal ambiguities threaten the future of Ukraine’s ‘State in a Smartphone’
Data security concerns abound over the country’s digital governance reformThe “state in a smartphone” project is one of the most ambitious developments of the current Ukrainian government. Photo by JESHOOTS-com on Pixabay. One year ago, the Ukrainian government released the revolutionary mobile application Diia (Ukrainian for “action”), a...
‘How do you live here?’ A local podcaster takes on misconceptions about eastern Ukraine
Nika Perepelitsa’s podcast tells stories from a troubled region in rebirth Local administrative building in Slavyansk, eastern Ukraine. Photo (c): Nika Perepelitsa. Used with permission. For the people of Slavyansk, “How do you live here?” is not an uncommon question. Given the tragedies this eastern Ukrainian city has endured — economic...
Who is selling Ukrainians’ personal data online and for what purposes?
An activist uncovered a Telegram chatbot selling personal dataImage by Gerd Altmann, Pixabay. Following a number of highly publicized leaks of citizens’ sensitive personal information, Ukrainians are slowly waking up to the importance of data protection. Yet, with the local elections approaching on October 25, a trove of voters’...
Sixth anniversary of MH17 disaster commemorated digitally today
Six years ago today flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. Due to the coronavirus, their loved ones can’t gather physically to commemorate this anniversary. Instead the physical commemoration will only be attended by a handful of people and broadcast live so that others can remember the victims from...
Viktor Tsoi: The undying icon of Soviet dissident rock
“And there is nothing else / All is within us.”The Viktor Tsoi wall in central Minsk, where the Chinese character “崔” is used to write his Korean surname. Photo by Filip Noubel, used with permission. June 21, 1962, is the birth date of Viktor Tsoi, a Korean-Russian rock star from the late years of the Soviet Union who now enjoys cult status...
Bellingcat: top KGB commander authorised transfer of MH17 missile
A senior KGB official authorised the transportation of the missile that shot down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, online… …read more Source::...
Did Thierry Baudet take Russian money? He says messages were ironic
Dutch far-right politician Thierry Baudet, one of the main backers of the 2016 referendum on Ukraine and the EU, has… …read more Source::...
No coronavirus cases in Donetsk and Luhansk, say separatist authorities
Ukraine’s breakaway territories are in a state of lockdown and uneaseOlga Dolgoshapko, Minister of Healthcare of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, gives a press conference about the status of the coronavirus epidemic, March 24, 2020. Screenshot from Министерство информации ДНР’s YouTube video: “Подтвержденных...
