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Written by Council of Europe on 09 June 2023. Posted in Headlines.

Russia is not complying with the Court's rulings, including the non-payment of just satisfaction

Strasbourg, June 08.– The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has reiterated the Russian Federation’s unconditional legal obligation to implement judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and to pay ‘just satisfaction’ awarded by the Court.

The President of the Committee of Ministers made a statement on this issue, and the Council of Europe Secretary General sent a further letter to the Russian Foreign Minister, following the Committee’s latest quarterly meeting on the execution of judgments from the European Court.

Four groups of Russian cases and two Georgia v. Russia interstate cases were examined by the Committee at the meeting. They concerned violations found in the Transdniestrian region of the Republic of Moldova and inadequate preparation of hostage-rescue operations resulting in loss of life and injuries in both the Dubrovka Theatre and in the hostage-taking crisis in Beslan in 2004, as well as criminal convictions based on an unfair trial and an arbitrary application of criminal law in cases concerning Aleksey Navalnyy.

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Written by Financial Times on 08 June 2023. Posted in Headlines.

Assault with German-made Leopards is the first heavily armored attack of Kyiv’s summer push.

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The combat against Russian positions south of Zaporizhzhia included western-supplied tanks and armored vehicles and infantry backed by artillery. Ukrainian units were reported breaking through in the Orihiv-Tokmak sector, which blocks the route to the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol – a key objective for Kyiv. Intense fighting is taking place outside of the town of Tokmak, a key Russian logistical hub.

Kyiv, June 8.– Kyiv has committed German-made tanks into battle against Russian positions in south-eastern Ukraine, launching the first heavily armored assaults of its long-anticipated counter-offensive.

Two army personnel, two Western officials in Kyiv, and military analysts said the moves were a clear sign that, after months of preparations and training, Ukraine’s summer push to liberate occupied territory had begun in earnest.

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Written by The Guardian on 07 June 2023. Posted in Headlines.

Kherson, June 6.– The dam is located upstream from the city of Kherson on the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine. Russia controls territory on the left bank of the river. The right bank is held by Ukraine.

The 2km-long dam has a road running along its top and is about 30 meters high. It powers the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant, a major energy producer, and holds back a reservoir containing 18 cubic km of water, which in turn feeds the north Crimea canal. The canal carries drinking water to Russian-occupied Crimea.

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Written by Le Monde diplomatique on 06 June 2023. Posted in Headlines.

The Sahel, which spans the continent from East to West, is a region that is being encroached upon by the sands of the Sahara desert.

France wants to achieve its ends mainly by defeating jihadists militarily, whereas local leaders want to secure political solutions through talks. Which looks a lot like a replay of old colonial-era dynamics.

June 6.– Operation Barkhane, launched in 2014, formally ended on 9 November 2022. But although France no longer has any troops in Mali, it still has nearly 3,000 military personnel in nearby Niger and Chad – as many as it did eight years ago. Refusing to admit defeat. it continues to do battle in the Sahel with ill-defined enemies conveniently labeled ‘terrorists’. This is a war of indefinite duration. Its legal basis is unclear (and never discussed by politicians) and it uses opaque methods that France even plans to extend to neighbouring countries on the Gulf of Guinea.

‘Barkhane 2’, as it is sometimes known, is headquartered in Niger’s capital, Niamey, where France has drones and fighter jets and around 1,200 troops. Most of the military land vehicles have already been shipped back to France but the air component remains in place for surveillance and air strikes.

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Written by Yorkshire Bylines on 06 June 2023. Posted in Headlines.

European Parliament building, Brussels June 2.– This week, politics in the UK and EU highlight one of history’s most ironic moments. In the UK, faced with Baroness Heather Hallett’s requests for access to Covid exchanges among senior government figures, the champions of ‘take back control’ squirm around. In the EU, those they accused of being anti-democratic are intensifying action to invigorate democracy against dark forces and to sustain participatory democracy.

All this is happening because both the UK and the EU face elections. In the EU, in June 2024 there will be elections to the European Parliament. It was first directly elected by voters from all nine members of the states comprising the then European Community (forerunner of the EU) in 1979. In those days, it was little more than a talking shop. But gradually it and the states’ governments made a reality of the principle of democratic accountability. As a result, the European Parliament has real power to legislate and hold member governments and the EU Commission to account over decisions taken together. Now it is acting to protect democracy.

Why the obsession with democracy?

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Council of Europe leaders profoundly concerned about Russia’s non-execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

Ukraine sends Western tanks into battle as counter-offensive gets underway

Assault with German-made Leopards is the first heavily armored attack of Kyiv’s summer push.

UKRAINE – Where is the Nova Kajovka dam and what has happened to it?

Has France lost its way in the Sahel?

Disinformation, electoral interference and hybrid warfare threaten our democracies and the EU is fighting back

Why the obsession with democracy?

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Council of Europe leaders profoundly concerned about Russia’s non-execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

Ukraine sends Western tanks into battle as counter-offensive gets underway

Assault with German-made Leopards is the first heavily armored attack of Kyiv’s summer push.

UKRAINE – Where is the Nova Kajovka dam and what has happened to it?

Has France lost its way in the Sahel?

Disinformation, electoral interference and hybrid warfare threaten our democracies and the EU is fighting back

Why the obsession with democracy?

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