Since the occupation of the Crimean Peninsula by Russian invaders in 2014, the situation of human rights in Crimea has been getting worse and worse day after day. It refers especially to Crimean Tatars as they constitute the main opposition of the occupation authorities. The ban of Mejlis in April 2016 became the most vivid […]
St. Petersburg International Economic Forum: Afterword
On June 16-18, 2016 the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was held. This time the Russians were surprised by its pathos and international community – by high-ranking European politicians having attended the forum. For the first time after the Crimea annexation politicians of such a high level visited this Forum. The Russians were extremely […]
Moscow is interested in BSEC discreditation
Many times has the world community been convulsed by resentment over inadequate and illegal actions of Russia. Many times have the summits, meetings, conferences been held in order to appease the aggressor, as well as have economic and political sanctions introduced, however, they were not rough enough in order to bring down imperial ambitions of […]
Law or force, what will BSEC choose?
The activity of international regional Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) is aimed at development of lasting and close cooperation among the countries of Black Sea region. This organization integrates 12 states of Black Sea region: Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. Three states – Greece, Bulgaria and Romania […]
2018 World Cup may be used for alcoholic business expansion
Russian officials keep actively use preparations to the football World Cup in their corruption schemes for their own benefit. Except for “exploitation” of milliards when building infrastructure objects for the World Cup the combination was designed to receive benefits for import of alcoholic products in Russia. That is implied in the draft decision of the […]
Crimea for Russians: “face off“ project
Just after Crimea accession to Russia there were a lot of talks about the multiple-vector Crimea development. Russian government laid down plans regarding tourism, medicine, winemaking, infrastructure, energetic development. A lot of promises were heard to solve the problems with water supply and purification, with transport connection, etc. The plan of establishing a recreation, entertainment […]