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Trinity for Scrutiny: Council of Europe, Human Rights instruments and Citizens

11:18 11.03.2021 Nora Wolf

Trinity for Scrutiny: Council of Europe, Human Rights instruments and Citizens

Building on the tasteful piece written recently by Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic, this article will endeavour to explore further why the TromsøConvention(Norwegian International Convention on Access to Official Documents)[1], although adopted more than a decade ago, is in fact deserving of much more credit and fuss than it appears to have …

Revisionism and conservatism in world politics: who calls the shots?

11:16 10.03.2021 Andrey Torin

Revisionism and conservatism in world politics: who calls the shots?

The Valdai International Club recently hosted a “Whose Rules? Revisionists and Protectors in World Politics” online discussion, timed for the release of the Club's new report "Institutional revisionism in international politics: a product of an upswing, a child of decline, or something else?"During the event, prominent Russian and foreign experts …

Ostarbeiters: they preferred to keep silent about them

15:27 04.03.2021 Prepared by P. Zhuravlev based on the materials of the journal "Questions of History" and A. E. Gerashchenko's monograph "Belarus during the Great Patriotic War", 2020.

Ostarbeiters: they preferred to keep silent about them

In the post-war period, the topic of the fate of people taken to Germany or subjected to forced slave labor within the Soviet Union occupied territories was hushed up in the same way as the materials about Soviet war prisoners. Neither the so-called "Thaw", nor Khrushchev's revelations of Stalinist repressions …

No Human Rights without Right to Know

11:26 02.03.2021 Audrey Beaulieu , Eugene Matos de Lara

No Human Rights without Right to Know

“People have the right to know what those in power are doing” Dunja Mijatovic Council of Europe, Commissioner for Human Rights.Access to information legislation was first seen in 1766 in Sweden, with parliamentary interest to access information held by the King. Finland in 1951, the United States in 1966, and …

Caspian: Status, Challenges, Prospects

12:39 01.03.2021

Caspian: Status, Challenges, Prospects

An Analysis into the Legal Classification, Security and Environmental Concerns, Geopolitics and Energy Flow Impact of the Caspian PlateauHow has the world’s largest inland body of (salty) water escaped the economic and political notice for so long? And it is for a resource-rich area of a unique locality that connects …

The European Union and Russia: to talk or not to talk and about what?

19:24 24.02.2021 Rein Mullerson

The European Union and Russia: to talk or not to talk and about what?

The recent visit of the High Representative of the European Union Josep Borrell to Moscow was seen by those, who care about good-neighbourly relations between the EU and Russia, as a first step on the way of putting an end to their decline, since already for some time they were …

'External forces' won't decide the actions of New Delhi!

12:00 19.02.2021 Amrita Dhilon

'External forces' won't decide the actions of New Delhi!

India’s farmer's protest is in the news for a while for the obvious reasons. In a democracy there should be protests, it keeps the power balanced. However, in India, the protestors and the government are both facing a common challenge, that is the external influence. To which, Indian External Affairs …

Article by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov "Russia–Zimbabwe: Time-Proven Friendship", published by Zimbabwean Newspaper The Herald on February 18th, 2021

9:28 18.02.2021 Sergey Lavrov

Article by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov "Russia–Zimbabwe: Time-Proven Friendship", published by Zimbabwean Newspaper The Herald on February 18th, 2021

February 18thmarks the 40thanniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Zimbabwe.This date formalized the ties of friendship and cooperation between the two peoples, which are rooted in the history of the struggle of Zimbabweans for their independence. Our country offered its full …

Message by the Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of the Republic of Zimbabwe, retired Army major general, Dr. S.B. Moyo on the 40-th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Zimbabwe and the Russian Federation: 18 February 2021

10:32 17.02.2021

Message by the Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of the Republic of Zimbabwe, retired Army major general, Dr. S.B. Moyo on the 40-th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Zimbabwe and the Russian Federation: 18 February 2021

Today marks the 40th Anniversary of the establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Zimbabwe and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the predecessor state of the Russian Federation, on 18 February 1981.The establishment of diplomatic relations between our two countries was a formalization of the bonds of …

Cross-generational and cross-sectoral Recovery for the Union: Towards a New Independent authority?

12:12 16.02.2021 Nora Wolf

Cross-generational and cross-sectoral Recovery for the Union: Towards a New Independent authority?

The first address of the European Commission since the pandemic was one highly anticipated by all the citizens of the EU block. On September 16,President Ursula van der Leydentook it upon herself to reveal the EU’s roadmap for a post-Covid (C-19) world following the approval of the recovery funds last …

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