OSCE – THE OVAL CIRCLE

US and NATO on path to full-fledged military conflict in Europe – Moscow

Posted on January 29, 2023January 29, 2023By Editor

Washington and its allies are putting the world at risk, Russia’s deputy envoy to the OSCE has warned. … Read More >US and NATO on path to full-fledged military conflict in Europe – Moscow

Videos

NATO Did Promise Moscow it Wouldn’t Expand, Former German Defense Official Tells RT

Posted on February 20, 2022February 20, 2022By Editor

Despite their denials, Western leaders did make a promise to the USSR that NATO would not expand to Central and Eastern Europe when Moscow agreed to Germany’s reunification, Willy Wimmer, a former vice president of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has claimed in an interview with RT . … Read More >NATO Did Promise Moscow it Wouldn’t Expand, Former German Defense Official Tells RT

Shows

How far will Russia go when truly cornered? (Full show)

Posted on January 14, 2022January 14, 2022By Editor

The 57-Member Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has warned of a high “risk of war” if both NATO and Russia don’t ratchet down their bellicose tone and displays of military preparedness. … Read More >How far will Russia go when truly cornered? (Full show)

Russia

‘Attempt at genocide’: Russian representative to OSCE slams Ukrainian blockade of water to Crimea as humanitarian crisis looms

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021By Editor

Ukraine’s policy to deprive the residents of Crimea of water is an attempt at genocide, according to Russia’s permanent representative to the OSCE, who blasted Kiev’s long-term blockade of a vital canal to the peninsula. … Read More >‘Attempt at genocide’: Russian representative to OSCE slams Ukrainian blockade of water to Crimea as humanitarian crisis looms

Nearly 1/4 of hate crimes in Europe last year were anti-Semitic, new OSCE report shows

Posted on November 27, 2020November 27, 2020By Editor

Attacks against the Jews accounted for roughly 25 percent of the hate crimes recorded by the OSCE’s human rights watchdog across Europe last year. … Read More >Nearly 1/4 of hate crimes in Europe last year were anti-Semitic, new OSCE report shows

World

Armenia commits to work with French, Russian & US-led OSCE mediators, says it will stick to peaceful solution for Nagorno-Karabakh

Posted on October 3, 2020October 3, 2020By Editor

Armenia said on Friday it’s ready to negotiate an end to hostilities with Azerbaijan, but also prepared to continue fighting. Yerevan welcomed the condemnation of the violence in Nagorno-Karabakh by Russia, France, and the US. … Read More >Armenia commits to work with French, Russian & US-led OSCE mediators, says it will stick to peaceful solution for Nagorno-Karabakh

Middle East

OSCE condemns harassment of Russian agency journalists in Turkey amid reported detention over ‘professional activity’

Posted on March 1, 2020March 1, 2020By Editor

The OSCE’s media freedom spokesman condemned the harassment of three employees of Sputnik Turkey in Ankara. Contact with the journalists was lost as they went to the police after being accosted by nationalists. … Read More >OSCE condemns harassment of Russian agency journalists in Turkey amid reported detention over ‘professional activity’

OSCE media freedom rep calls on UK not to extradite Assange due to ‘excessive’ US prison sentence

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020By Editor

The UK should not extradite Julian Assange, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has argued, because he faces an excessive prison sentence in the US and his publications were in the public interest. … Read More >OSCE media freedom rep calls on UK not to extradite Assange due to ‘excessive’ US prison sentence

Journalism & Mass media

Talk on freedom of expression in Crimea given at OSCE despite Ukraine’s protests

Posted on September 18, 2019October 30, 2019By Editor

A media representative from Crimea gave a talk despite protests by the Ukrainian side at an OSCE session on freedom of expression, media and information on September 16, the Krymskaya Gazeta newspaper reports. … Read More >Talk on freedom of expression in Crimea given at OSCE despite Ukraine’s protests