Eurasia Programs News Today

The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Nikolas K. Gvosdev as the Director of the National Security Program. A

PEN America is deeply concerned about the imprisonment of Maksym Butkevych, a human rights activist and journalist, who is being held by Russian forces as a prisoner-of-war. False information contained in coverage of his capture and imprisonment reflects a Russian disinformation campaign attempting to undermine Butkevych and his work, PEN America stated. 

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Turkey: Kavala Trial Underscores Government’s Assault on the Rule of Law A prominent philanthropist and civic leader has been held in custody on unsubstantiated charges for over three years, and faces an even longer detention because of judicial delays. In response to an Istanbul court’s decision to postpone the first hearing of the trial of Osman Kavala, a philanthropist and civil society activist, and American scholar Henri J. Barkey, Freedom House issued the following statement:  “T...