Ukraine postpones controversial bill
Ukrainian parliament has delayed the vote on a religious bill which would impact on the Orthodox church thus outraging Moscow. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Says Poroshenko And Merkel Discuss Russia, Conflict In East
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s office says he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed her meeting last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine says lights-off to unruly separatists
Ukraine State officials along with State energy utility officials cut-off power to separatist Moscow-aligned regions last night to curb an alleged run-up of electricity debt which has reached 90 million euros …read more Source:...
OSCE says number of ceasefire violations in Donbass decreases
Over the past week, the number of ceasefire violations along the line of control in Donbass decreased by 17% compared to the previous week …read more Source:...
FTAC: Reprise: How ISIL Serves Moscow, Damascus, and Tehran
Again: Assad (w/ Putin and Khamenei looking on) incubated ISIL as a tool with several interesting functions: –A “jihadi” trap that has drawn thousands of fighters to itself, including from Chechnya, to serve as a “Kill Zone” for the type. Not a bad idea, eh? –However: the same ploy turns out for bribing the west — “Assad OR The Terrorists” in...
FTAC: Syria – “Expect ‘Mission Creep’”
Posted to YouTube by The New York Times, April 7, 2017. Comment: The public presentation of conflict may attempt to keep separate Syria, Ukraine, Russia, and Iran, but I don’t think the Kremlin (this is a good comment for Kremlin Watch) has an “Off” button in association with the defense of the autocratic feudal past that each dictatorship...
Reading Room: Return to Moscow
Given Russia’s return to the world stage in the Caucasus, in Ukraine and in Syria, plus the allegations of involvement in Trump’s election victory, it is timely to have a new analysis of Putin’s Russia. Tony Kevin, a former Australian diplomat, has written an interesting book, part political defence of Putin and part travelogue,...
A Global Argument About the Future
Medieval v Modern ♠ Medieval Political Absolutism v Modern Democratic and Checked Distribution of Power ♠ Medieval Dissimulation v Modern Integrity ♠ President Putin’s feudal Moscow has set the new low standard for the obliteration of human conscience, empathy, and reason. His state has defied the open democracies of the west by perverting...
Is Cyber Terrorism a Threat?
Recent cyberattacks and hacks in America and Ukraine have exposed the vulnerability of some of the world’s most sophisticated cyber-security networks. But what do we know about cyber-terrorism, and how real is the threat to Australia? The public imagination has been captured by the idea of terrorists potentially causing a massive loss of...
Fighting Erupts In Ukraine As Russian Backed Rebels Renew Attacks
While there has been somewhat of a lull in hostilities, massive fighting by Russian occupation forces has renewed, this time in the town of Avdiivka, which has been subject to massive shelling. All of this has its roots dating back to 2014, with the annexation of Crimea, seen by the international community as an illegal act violating...
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