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Foreign Observation of the Illegitimate Elections in South Ossetia and Abkhazia in 2019
FOREIGN OBSERVATION OF THE ILLEGITIMATE ELECTIONS IN SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA IN 2019 Anton Shekhovtsov FOREIGN OBSERVATION OF THE ILLEGITIMATE ELECTIONS IN SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA IN 2019 Anton Shekhovtsov Contents Executive summary _____________________________________ 4 Introduction: Illegitimacy of the South Ossetian “parliamentary” and Abkhaz “presidential elections” ___________ 6 “Foreign observers” of the 2019 “elections” in South Ossetia and Abkhazia ____________________________ 9 Established involvement of “foreign observers” in pro-Kremlin efforts __________________________________ 16 Assessments of the South Ossetian and Abkhaz 2019 “elections” by “foreign observers” _____________________ 21 Conclusion ___________________________________________ 27 Edition: European Platform for Democratic Elections www.epde.org Responsible for the content: Europäischer Austausch gGmbH Erkelenzdamm 59 10999 Berlin, Germany Represented through: Stefanie Schiffer EPDE is financially supported by the European Union and the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. The here expressed opinion does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the donors. Executive summary The so-called “Republic of South Ossetia” and “Republic of Abkhazia” are breakaway regions of Georgia that are recognised as independent sovereign states only by five UN Member States: Russia (which supports their de facto independence by military, economic and political means), Nauru, Nicaragua, Syria and Venezuela. Other entities that recognise South Ossetia and Abkhaz- ia as independent -
List of Persons and Entities Under EU Restrictive Measures Over the Territorial Integrity of Ukraine
dhdsh PRESS Council of the European Union EN List of persons and entities under EU restrictive measures over the territorial integrity of Ukraine List of Persons Name Identifying Reasons Date of listing information 1. Sergey Valeryevich DOB: 26.11.1972. Aksyonov was elected 'Prime Minister of Crimea' in the Crimean 17.3.2014 AKSYONOV, Verkhovna Rada on 27 February 2014 in the presence of pro-Russian POB: Beltsy (Bălţi), gunmen. His 'election' was decreed unconstitutional by the acting Sergei Valerievich now Republic of Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov on 1 March 2014. He actively AKSENOV (Сергей Moldova lobbied for the 'referendum' of 16 March 2014 and was one of the co- Валерьевич signatories of the ’treaty on Crimea´s accession to the Russian AKCëHOB), Federation’ of 18 March 2014. On 9 April 2014 he was appointed acting Serhiy Valeriyovych ‘Head’ of the so-called ‘Republic of Crimea’ by President Putin. On 9 AKSYONOV (Сергiй October 2014, he was formally ‘elected’ 'Head' of the so-called 'Republic Валерiйович Аксьонов) of Crimea'. Aksyonov subsequently decreed that the offices of ‘Head’ and ‘Prime Minister’ be combined. Member of the Russia State Council. 1/83 dhdsh PRESS Council of the European Union EN Name Identifying Reasons Date of listing information 2. Rustam Ilmirovich DOB: 15.8.1976 As former Deputy Minister of Crimea, Temirgaliev played a relevant role 17.3.2014 TEMIRGALIEV in the decisions taken by the ‘Supreme Council’ concerning the POB: Ulan-Ude, ‘referendum’ of 16 March 2014 against the territorial integrity of Ukraine. (Рустам Ильмирович Buryat ASSR He lobbied actively for the integration of Crimea into the Russian Темиргалиев) (Russian SFSR) Federation. -
International Crimes in Crimea
International Crimes in Crimea: An Assessment of Two and a Half Years of Russian Occupation SEPTEMBER 2016 Contents I. Introduction 6 A. Executive summary 6 B. The authors 7 C. Sources of information and methodology of documentation 7 II. Factual Background 8 A. A brief history of the Crimean Peninsula 8 B. Euromaidan 12 C. The invasion of Crimea 15 D. Two and a half years of occupation and the war in Donbas 23 III. Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court 27 IV. Contextual elements of international crimes 28 A. War crimes 28 B. Crimes against humanity 34 V. Willful killing, murder and enforced disappearances 38 A. Overview 38 B. The law 38 C. Summary of the evidence 39 D. Documented cases 41 E. Analysis 45 F. Conclusion 45 VI. Torture and other forms of inhuman treatment 46 A. Overview 46 B. The law 46 C. Summary of the evidence 47 D. Documented cases of torture and other forms of inhuman treatment 50 E. Analysis 59 F. Conclusion 59 VII. Illegal detention 60 A. Overview 60 B. The law 60 C. Summary of the evidence 62 D. Documented cases of illegal detention 66 E. Analysis 87 F. Conclusion 87 VIII. Forced displacement 88 A. Overview 88 B. The law 88 C. Summary of evidence 90 D. Analysis 93 E. Conclusion 93 IX. Crimes against public, private and cultural property 94 A. Overview 94 B. The law 94 C. Summary of evidence 96 D. Documented cases 99 E. Analysis 110 F. Conclusion 110 X. Persecution and collective punishment 111 A. Overview 111 B. -
Spinning Russia's 21St Century Wars
Research Article This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative The RUSI Journal Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivatives License (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Spinning Russia’s 21st Century Wars Zakhar Prilepin and his ‘Literary Spetsnaz’ Julie Fedor In this article, Julie Fedor examines contemporary Russian militarism through an introduction to one of its most high-profile representatives, the novelist, Chechen war veteran and media personality Zakhar Prilepin. She focuses on Prilepin’s commentary on war and Russian identity, locating his ideas within a broader strand of Russian neo-imperialism. he Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 brand of militarism that has come to pervade the and the war in the Donbas which began Russian media landscape, Prilepin warrants our T that same year have been accompanied by attention. Studying his career and output can help a remarkable drive to mobilise cultural production to illuminate the context and underpinnings of the in Russia in support of a new brand of state- domestic support for the official military doctrine sponsored militarism. Using a variety of media and policy that is more commonly the subject of platforms and reaching mass popular audiences, scholarship on Russian military and security affairs. a range of cultural celebrities – actors, writers, This article focuses on Prilepin’s commentary rock stars, tabloid war correspondents – have on the nature of war and Russian identity, locating played a key role in framing and shaping domestic his ideas within a broader strand of Russian perceptions of Russia’s 21st Century wars. Despite neo-imperialism in which war is claimed as a vital their prominence in Russian media space, their source of belonging, power and dignity.1 It shows activities have received surprisingly little scholarly how the notion of a special Russian relationship attention to date. -
Where-The-East-Meets-The-West-1.Pdf
ICIT Contributor Series Where the East Meets the West: How Western Internet and Modern Communications Technology Helped Soviet-style Propaganda in Donbass October 2018 By: Ms Jamila Mammadova, Research Assistant at the Henry Jackson Society A publication is supported by the Institute’s CCIOS initiative: 1 The ICIT Contributor Series publishes original content from national security and cybersecurity contributors around the world in support of ICIT’s mission. The views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent that of the Institute or its Fellows, members, donors or other contributors. The author(s) have confirmed to ICIT the originality of this body of work and have provided all citations where appropriate. Copyright © 2018 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology 2 Where the East Meets the West: How Western Internet and Modern Communications Technology Helped Soviet-style Propaganda in Donbass “We must spread our priciples, not with words but with deeds, for this is the most popular, the most potent, and the most irresistible form of propaganda”1 - Mikhail Bakunin (1870) Perhaps nowhere has information warfare been as pronounced and aggressive in the last couple of years as in Ukraine. Since 2014, the Ukrainian government in Kyiv has been battling against separatists in Donbass on both the military and informational fronts. There should be no surprise therefore, that the country has turned into a “cyber safe haven”, with the ongoing political, economic and military crises providing little hope that Ukraine will climb down in the world's top cyber crime list in the foreseeable future.2 The separatists have not only managed to disrupt the central government's infrastructure and its presence in the digital space. -
Annex-To-Ukraine-News-Release-26-September-2016.Pdf
ANNEX TO NOTICE FINANCIAL SANCTIONS: UKRAINE (SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY) COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 2016/1661 AMENDING ANNEX I TO COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 269/2014 AMENDMENTS Individuals 1. KONSTANTINOV, Vladimir, Andreevich DOB: 19/11/1956. POB: (1) Vladimirovka (a.k.a Vladimirovca), Slobozia Region, Moldavian SSR (now Republic of Moldova/Transnistria region (2) Bogomol, Moldaovian SSR, Republic of Moldova Position: Speaker of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Other Information: Since 17 March 2014, KONSTANTINOV is Chairman of the State Council of the so-called Republic of Crimea. Listed on: 18/03/2014 Last Updated: 23/03/2016 17/09/2016 Group ID: 12923. 2. SIDOROV, Anatoliy, Alekseevich DOB: 02/07/1958. POB: Siva, Perm region, USSR Position: Chief of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) (Since November 2015). Commander, Russia’s Western Military District Other Information: Former Commander, Russia's Western Military District. Listed on: 18/03/2014 Last Updated: 21/09/2015 17/09/2016 Group ID: 12931 3. KOVITIDI, KOVATIDI Olga, Fedorovna DOB: 07/05/1962. POB: Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR Position: Member of the Russian Federation Council from the annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea Listed on: 29/04/2014 Last Updated: 21/09/2015 17/09/2016 Group ID: 12954. 4. PONOMARIOV, Viacheslav DOB: 02/05/1965. POB: Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast a.k.a: (1) PONOMAREV, Viacheslav, Vladimirovich (2) PONOMARYOV, Vyacheslav, Volodymyrovich Other Information: Former self-declared ‘People’s Mayor’ of Sloviansk (until 10 June 2014). Listed on: 12/05/2014 Last Updated: 23/03/2016 17/09/2016 Group ID: 12970. -
Memorial on Admissibility on Behalf of the Government of Ukraine
Ukraine v. Russia (re Eastern Ukraine) APPLICATION NO. 8019/16 Kyiv, 8 November 2019 MEMORIAL ON ADMISSIBILITY ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1. The Russian Federation has consistently denied its involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, and has sought to evade international legal responsibility by adopting a series of measures to disguise and “outsource” its military aggression in eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin’s denials of direct involvement were implausible from the outset, and were roundly rejected by the international community. All of the relevant international institutions rightly hold Moscow responsible for a pattern of conduct that has been designed to destabilise Ukraine by sponsoring separatist entities in the use of armed force against the legitimate Government and members of the civilian population. Almost from the outset, the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the European Union, and the G7 all re-affirmed Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders, and condemned the Russian Federation’s continuing proxy war in eastern Ukraine. As the conflict has continued, the evidence of Russia’s direct and indirect involvement in the violent rebellion in Donbass has become more and more apparent. Despite Russia’s crude attempts to conceal its involvement, the proof of Russian State responsibility has steadily mounted. In the face of the obvious truth, Russia’s policy of implausible deniability has fallen apart completely. 2. Ukraine submits that the human rights violations committed by Russian forces and their proxies, as particularised in this application, fall directly within Russia’s extra-territorial jurisdiction for the purposes of article 1 of the Convention. -
Nombre Autor
ANUARI DE FILOLOGIA. LLENGÜES I LITERATURES MODERNES (Anu.Filol.Lleng.Lit.Mod.) 10/2020, pp. 83-92, ISSN: 2014-1394, DOI: 10.1344/AFLM2020.10.6 UKRAINIAN ANTHROPONYMY IN THE SOCIOPOLITICAL CONTEXT OF THE POST-TOTALITARIAN PERIOD OLEH BELEY Wrocław University [email protected] ORCID: 0000-0003-3762-5111 ABSTRACT The article is devoted to the distribution of anthroponyms in the Ukrainian language in the post-totalitarian period, which is divided in two subperiods: 1991-2013, 2013 till today (beginning of 2020). The second subperiod is conditioned by the following factors: sociopolitical events connected with the war in the Donbas, the process of Ukraine’s European integration, intensification of work migration, growth of consumerism and popularity of the Western standards of living. In the sphere of official anthroponyms, i. e. names and surnames, there are two parallel tendencies of transformation: patriotic domestication and exotic novelization. Whereas in the sphere of unofficial anthroponyms —nicknames— there is a clear reaction to the war in the Donbas. KEYWORDS: Ukrainian anthroponymicon, proper name, surname, military nickname (call sign). Radical changes in the sociopolitical life of post-totalitarian Ukraine influenced the structure and functions of the contemporary Ukrainian language, which subsequently modified the system of Ukrainian proper names of the post-soviet period. Democratization, rule of law, the multifacetedness of economy, the official status of the Ukrainian language, and the autonomy of the national minorities —these are the extralinguistic factors which intensified systematic transformation in the sphere of contemporary Ukrainian onomasticon after 1991. The extralinguistic factors of influence on the onymic structure of the contemporary Ukrainian language bring different effects in different subsystems. -
Of 9 February 2015
16.2.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 40/7 REGULATIONS COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/240 of 9 February 2015 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 of 17 March 2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine (1), and in particular Article 14(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) On 17 March 2014, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 269/2014. (2) In view of the continued gravity of the situation on the ground in Ukraine, the Council considers that additional persons and entities should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014. (3) Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The persons and entities listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be added to the list set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 269/2014. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February 2015. It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 February 2015. -
NASKAH PUBLIKASI (376.3Kb)
THE EXIGENCY OF IMMEDIATE RESPONSE OF NATO TOWARDS UKRAINE CRISIS Raden Bagas Andanito International Relations Department, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Email : [email protected] Abstract Ukraine Crisis is a conflict that occurs between Russia, Western Ukraine, and Eastern Ukraine. Historically speaking, the conflict somehow contain linguistic, and political matters. Back to the 17th century, Catherine The Great of Russia starts a several programs which was allegedly called “Russification”, the means of the program is to put a huge number of Russians in the eastern part of Ukraine. In addition, Catherine The Great also enforces the people of eastern Ukraine to use Russian language as their daily language which has caused people in eastern Ukraine who predominantly speaking in Russian language and most of them are Russian-descendants. However, after getting overshadowed by Russia, Ukraine gains their first liberty in 1918 after the first world war ends, but it does not happen for a long period, when The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and Communism came into power under Vladimir Lenin. A few years later, Stalin has begun to continue to „Russifying‟ Ukraine once again. In addition, the tension between both Russia and Ukraine were already high eversince the Russification began but it was exacerbated by Russian decisions to annexed Crimean peninsula. This thesis aims to examines how the real conflict is and how to examine it thoroughly and it is simply because most of people see the Ukraine crisis as a territorial dispute and an aggression or some sort of annexation done by Russia, but it is just an over-simplification and the truth is way beyond of it. -
Hate Speech in the Media Landscape of Crimea
HATE SPEECH IN THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE OF CRIMEA AN INFORMATION AND ANALYTICAL REPORT ON THE SPREAD OF HATE SPEECH ON THE TERRITORY OF THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA (MARCH 2014 — JULY 2017) Kyiv — 2018 UDC 32.019.5:323.266:327(477.75+47 0) Authors: Oleksandr Burmahyn Tetiana Pechonchyk Iryna Sevoda Olha Skrypnyk Review: Viacheslav Lykhachev Translation: Anastasiia Morenets Proofreading: Steve Doyle Hate Speech in the Media Landscape of Crimea: An Information and Analytical Report on the Spread of Hate Speech on the Territory of the Crimean Peninsula (March 2014 – July 2017) / under the general editorship of I. Sedova and T. Pechonchyk. – Kyiv, 2018. — 40 p. ISBN 978-966-8977-81-7 This publication presents the outcome of documenting and classifying facts on the use of hate speech on the territory of the occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and city of Sevastopol from April 2014 to July 2017. This publication uses material from mass media that have been disseminated in the territory of Crimea since the occupation of the peninsula by the Russian Federation, as well as information from open sources, including information resources from the authorities of Ukraine, Russian Federation and Crimean de-facto authorities, Crimean Human Rights Group and Human Rights Information Centre. This publication is intended for the representatives of state authorities, educational and research institutions, diplomatic missions, international, non-governmental and human rights organizations Crimean Human Rights Group (CHRG) — is an organization of Crimean human rights defenders and journalists aimed at promoting the observance and protection of human rights in Crimea by documenting the violations of human rights and international humanitarian law on the territory of the Crimean peninsula as well as attracting wide attention to these issues and searching for methods and elaborating instruments to defend human rights in Crimea. -
Ukrainian Media Landscape - 2017
29 UKRAINIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE - 2017 OLEKSII MATSUKA SERHII TOMILENKO OLEKSII POHORELOV OLES HOIAN ANDRII YURYCHKO TETIANA LEBEDIEVA VITALII MOROZ UKRAINIAN MEDIA LANDSCAPE -2017 Konrad Adenauer Foundation, The Academy of Ukrainian Press. (2017). Ukrainian media land- scape -2017. Analytical report. Ivanov V.F. (Ed.). Kyiv. Ukrainian media landscape -2017 is analytical report dwelling on the development dynamics of Ukrainian media outlets for the period of 2016-2017, a survey of Ukraine's media institutions and market. Prominent experts in the field became the authors of publication. Published with the support of Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Responsibility for the information set out in this report lies entirely with the authors. Cover Photo: GETTY © П редставництво Ф о н д у К о н р а д а а д е н а у е р а в у К р а ї н і , 2 0 1 7 Ф о н д К о н р а д а а д е н а у е р а в у л . а К а д е м і К а Б о г о м о л ь ц я , 5 , о Ф . 1 0 1 0 2 4 , К и ї в w w w . k a s . d e / u k r a i n e o f f i c e . u k r a i n e @ k a s . d e 2 CONTENTS FOREWORD (GABRIELE BAUMANN) ............................................................................ 4 EDITOR’s noTE (VALERIY IVANOV) ........................................................................... 6 SECTION 1. MEDIA COVERAGE AT THE TIME OF WAR IN UKRAINE ................................ 8 UKRAINIAN JOURNALISM IN THE POST-TRUTH ERA (OLEKSII MATSUKA) .......................................................