The UK is exploiting European solidarity and behaving like a ‘mafia state’ by pushing forward warmongering accusations and excluding Russia from the Skripal poisoning probe, the former vice-president of OSCE assembly told RT. Britain’s behavior in the Skripal poisoning scandal is “a major danger to international peace,” believes Willy Wimmer, who held the vp position […]
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'Declarations not enough,' Moscow tells ‘concerned’ OSCE after Latvia expels journalist
Published time: 6 Jan, 2018 00:09 Russia has demanded that the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) take concrete steps to ensure press freedom in Latvia, after the Baltic state deported a Russian documentary maker without explanation. “We hope you will immediately take measures within your mandate to change this approach of Latvia […]
OSCE reacts to labeling media as 'foreign agents' – but only after Russia did it
The OSCE has finally paid attention to the issue of media outlets being labeled “foreign agents” and condemned this practice. The organization only took notice after Moscow’s retaliatory move to RT being targeted in the US. “Branding media entities as ‘foreign agents’ is a dangerous practice, as it can narrow the space for freedom of […]
Monitor killed in eastern Ukraine after mission car hits mine – OSCE chairman
A car belonging to the OSCE’s Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) exploded after driving over a mine in the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic in the country’s east. One of the monitors was killed, the organization’s chairman has confirmed. The OSCE’s current chairman, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, tweeted his condolences after the incident. Tragic […]
Ukraine ceasefire violations reach thousands, inflict severe suffering on civilians – OSCE monitor
The violent escalation of the Ukrainian conflict in recent days has led to thousands of truce violations and “indiscriminate” shellings by both sides, Alexander Hug, the principal deputy chief monitor of the OSCE mission in Ukraine, told RT. The mission has registered an “uptick in violence starting from the early morning hours on Sunday”, January […]