Måned: august 2018

Source: Figure of the Week: 9 – EU vs DISINFORMATION

Source: Old disinformation finds fresh ground in Serbia, targets the EU – EU vs DISINFORMATION

Nikolai Polozov has just returned from Crimea and reports that even those who earlier supported Russia’s annexation are now disillusioned.  The promised prosperity has not eventuated, and you can’t even come out onto the streets to protest anymore

Source: Russian lawyer reports mounting disillusionment with Russia in occupied Crimea – Human Rights in Ukraine

Ukraine has lodged a vital inter-state application with the European Court of Human Rights over Russia’s persecution of 71 Ukrainians illegally held prisoner in Russia or occupied Crimea.  It is the sixth inter-state application filed against Russia since its invasion of Crimea in early 2014, but the first to specifically address Russia’s ever increasing number of Ukrainian political prisoners, and the abductions, torture and other human rights violations committed against them and other Ukrainian

Source: Ukraine takes Russia to European Court of Human Rights over 71 Kremlin hostages – Human Rights in Ukraine

There can be no good reason for Russian military trucks to be travelling to and from militant-controlled Donbas by dirt roads at night, avoiding official border crossings, unless they have something to hide.  It was precisely such behaviour that an OSCE drone recorded late in the evening on 7 August, with the considerable footage showing that the trucks were travelling in both directions.

Source: OSCE catches Russia bringing war to Donbas by night – Human Rights in Ukraine

Source: Kremlin’s distortions of history keep Russians in the dark

Source: Reuters: U.S. warns Russia against ‘harassment’ of ships headed to Ukraine | UNIAN

Source: Latvian military train to repel «Ukrainian scenario» at Namejs 2018 drills | UNIAN