Full Coverage: Eastern Europe

24.05.2006 Shell’s Sakhalin II oil and gas project in Russia's Far East continues to break environmental standards, according to documents obtained by WWF, which says the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development should uphold its environmental standards and decline funding.

17.05.2006 Russia and its neighbours have stepped up official recognition of the seriousness of the HIV crisis in the region with the opening of the First Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference in Moscow, described as "long overdue" by UNAIDS head Dr Peter Piot.

16.05.2006 YK:n pakolaiskomissaari kertoi viime kuussa YK:n pakolaisjärjestön avaavan toimiston Groznyssa heti, kun alueen turvallisuudesta on päästy takuuseen. Komissaarin kannanotosta heijastuu harhakäsitys Tshetshenian normaalista tilasta. Venäjän tarkoitus on jatkaa pitkään väkivaltaisuuksia ja Tsetsenian paikallisväestön alistamista, Le Monde Diplomatique kirjoittaa.

16.05.2006 The Russians are counting on continued violence in Chechnya, and local resignation, says Anne Nivat.

09.05.2006 Amid geopolitical manoeuvring in the Caucasus and Central Asia, the US and Russia seem to be girding for Cold War II. Unlike the epic conflict during the last half of the 20th century, however, says Justin Burke, Washington is poorly positioned to defeat Moscow in a superpower standoff.

05.05.2006 Rasismi ja rasistinen väkivalta lisääntyvät Venäjällä, kertoo ihmisoikeusjärjestö Amnesty Internationalin tänään julkaisema raportti. Amnestyn mukaan Venäjä tarvitsee kansallisen suunnitelman rasismin torjumiseksi.

04.05.2006 Racially-motivated killings, beatings and discrimination are on the increase in the Russian Federation, according to a new report published today.