Latest posts by Veronica Khokhlova from July, 2010
Serbia, Kosovo: More on ICJ's Ruling
More commentary on the ICJ's opinion on Kosovo's independence – at A Fistful of Euros, Belgraded, Gray Falcon, and Jamestown Foundation Blog (a GV translation on the subject is here).
Ukraine: Crimean Tatar Heritage
Linda Norris of The Uncataloged Museum writes about her first encounter with the Crimean Tatars and their culture.
Bosnia & Herzegovina: 18th Anniversary of the Bikavac Fire
Café Turko writes about last Sunday's commemoration of “the 18th anniversary of the Bikavac fire, in the town of Visegrad in Eastern Bosnia”: “On the night of 27 June 1992, around 70 persons were locked in a small house on the Bikavac hill, after which the house was set on...
Russia: Moscow's “Celebrity” Cemeteries
Dina Fainberg of The Dustbin of History posts photos and writes about Moscow's cemeteries “designated specifically for cultural and scientific elite and former leaders.”
Ukraine: Ceramics Festival and Farmers’ Market in Opishne
At The Uncataloged Museum, Linda Norris posts photos and writes about her visit to the National Museum of Ceramics in the village of Opishne in the Poltava region, and at her other blog, The Pickle Project, she posts a photo report on some of the produce sold at the local...
Belarus, Ukraine: Chernobyl Evacuations, Exclusion Zone
Chernobyl and Eastern Europe writes about the Polesie State Radiation Ecological Reserve in Belarus, and cites Soviet-time evacuation documents, listing numbers of people who were evacuated from the areas close to the Chernobyl Power Plant following the disaster of April 26, 1986.
Belarus: Conscientous Objectors Demand Introduction of Alternative Service
The story of Belarusian conscientious objectors to compulsory military service and their struggle for introduction of alternative civilian service – at BelarusDigest.
Russia, Czech Republic: ‘Prague Watchdog’ Closing
A Step At A Time reports that “Prague Watchdog, the Prague-based North Caucasus human rights NGO and monitoring service, is closing down after 10 years of operation.”
Serbia: Expedition 206 in Belgrade
Reports on meeting, greeting and hanging out with the three members of Expedition 206 in Belgrade – at Belgraded and Life in Retro(bel)grade (here and here).
Ukraine: Greeting Hillary Topless
Ukrainiana posts photos and video of FEMEN's topless appeal to Hillary Clinton, who visited Kyiv last week: “Hillary, help! Hillary, help! No strong woman, no free country!”
Russia: RT's “Peculiar” Russian Lessons
Global Chaos writes about RT's “peculiar” way of teaching their audiences Russian.
Russia: Oil Spills
Grigory Pasko writes about oil spills in Russia at Robert Amsterdam's blog (a GV overview of oil spills around the world is here).
Russia, U.S.: More on the “Spy Ring” Story
More reactions to the “Russian spy ring” story (earlier posts are here and here): Craig Pirrong of Streetwise Professor – here and here; Julia Ioffe at True/Slant; Robert Coalson at RFE/RL's Power Vertical; Sean Guillory at Sean's Russia Blog; Clare Sestanovich at FP's Passport; Irina Filatova at the Guardian's Comment...
Slovenia: LGBT Rights and Politics
Sleeping With Pengovsky writes about homophobia in Slovenia and its political dimension.
Russia: More on LGBT Rights
A Good Treaty writes more on the Russian opposition's stance on LGBT rights (the previous post is here), reacting to Oleg Kozlovsky's statement in response to Sublime Oblivion‘s question about why he feels “the need to forcefully disassociate Solidarity [movement] from support for LGBT rights in Russia.” Austere Insomniac interprets...
Ukraine: UK Visa Application Process
Leigh Turner, the British Ambassador to Ukraine, writes that “in the busy summer months from May-September, you should if at all possible start the visa application process 5-10 weeks before you are due to travel.”
Ukraine: #KyivRain Photos
Heavy rains cause flooding in some of Kyiv's neighborhoods. Twitter hashtag is #kyivrain (RUS, UKR); photos by @mrija – here, here, here and here; by @woofer_kyyiv – here; by @meua – here. Some more photos from various sources – at LJ user solar-side‘s blog.
Russia: Gay Rights
A Good Treaty writes about “the sad state of gay rights in Russia” and highlights opposition activist Oleg Kozlovsky's reaction to a mention of the Solidarnost movement in a blog post about the “small, brief” gay pride march in Moscow: “He was angry that they claimed ‘representative(s) of Solidarnost’’ had...
