CIS-Europe Monitoring Organization

French MP Jean Lassalle asked the country's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian about the possibility of granting political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. This is stated in the request of the parliamentarian sent to the head of the Foreign Ministry. So, in the address of Lassalle, with the text of which RT got acquainted, it is noted that France has a law on the protection of whistleblowers, but in the situation with an Australian journalist, Paris is "silent." Experts believe that there is little chance of granting asylum to Assange in France, since such a step could affect the republic's relations with the United States. Read more about "It's Paris's turn to defend him": French MP raised the issue of granting political asylum to Assange

Where is Bulgaria 30 years into capitalist restoration? Pretty much at the end of its statehood. The society and culture in deep decline, the economy virtually controlled by oligarchic structures and institutions that are only there in order to not do their job. Read more about The grotesque decay of the Bulgarian mafia-owned state and social despair

In the Spanish edition of La Vanguardia reportedthat Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban again attacked migrants with criticism. The head of the country’s government called the refugees a threat comparable to biological weapons and demanded to stop their influx into the country. Such measures, he noted, will help stop the spread of the coronavirus. Read more about Refugees as weapons. Will changing EU migration policy help defeat coronavirus?

On many occasions, Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for the adoption of new amendments to the Russian Constitution. Putin has usually referenced several reasons why the head of State would want to change the basic law of the country, which is only 27 years old. This is the desire to expand the powers of the Parliament (State Duma), and limit the tenure of the presidency to two terms without the fateful word “in a row”, which allowed Putin to be elected 4 times, to ensure the immunity of former presidents and establish the priority of the Constitution of the Russian Federation over International Law. Read more about Putin’s Amendments To Russia’s Constitution Sparks Debate About Russian Nationalism

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks in Moscow. They discussed bilateral relations and the international agenda. So, leaders said that Nord Stream 2 will be completed, despite American sanctions. Speaking about the situation in the Middle East, Putin and Merkel noted the need to maintain a peaceful dialogue to resolve the Syrian and Libyan conflicts, as well as to do everything to maintain a nuclear deal with Iran. Read more about "Bring it to the end": Putin and Merkel announced the need to complete the "Nord Stream - 2"

The Russian newspaper 'Vechernyaya Moskva' interviewed several Russian experts to discuss Brexit and the conservative’s landslide victory in the recent elections to the lower house of the UK Parliament that appears to signal that the Brexit saga may be coming to a close. Read more about Russian Experts Discuss Russia And Brexit

The position of Ukraine, receiving financial support from the European Union, but supporting the possible introduction by the United States of sanctions against European companies participating in Nord Stream 2, is unacceptable. This was stated by the chairman of the Bundestag Committee on Economics and Energy Klaus Ernst. Read more about “Torpedoing the energy policy of Germany”: in the Bundestag they pointed to the unacceptable position of Kiev in the “Nord Stream - 2”

The next hearing on the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will take place on November 18. According to the allegations, in the United States he can be sent to prison for up to 175 years. Shortly before this, the UN announced London’s refusal to investigate Assange’s possible torture in prison. Experts are sure that Western states, using the example of the case of the founder of WikiLeaks, demonstrate double standards of justice, and the trial of a detained journalist is a political process. Read more about “I can’t think normally”: how are the hearings on the extradition of Assange

Notorious globalist billionaire George Soros has gone on the record threatening to “take down President Trump” and promising an audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the New World Order are making the necessary preparations to completely and utterly obliterate every single Republican plan.
  Read more about America is Under Attack by 187 Groups Funded by George Soros

Les observateurs de CIS-EMO  ont pu faire leur travail dans tous les bureaux de vote dans les régions des observations. En prenant en compte la situation politique difficile, la mission  salue l'intention de CENI d'administrer indépendamment et avec transparence  la campagnie électorale au jour du scrutin. Read more about La conclusion de la mission de l'observation de CIS-EMO

Report "Discrimination on the basis of religion and the problem of hate speech in Ukraine" by Alexey Semenov, CIS-EMO Political Analyst, at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2018 (13 September 2018, Warsaw). Read more about Discrimination on the basis of religion and the problem of hate speech in Ukraine

Report "The problems of harassment of journalists in Eastern Europe: the case of Ukraine" by Alexey Semenov, CIS-EMO Political Analyst, at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2018 (11 September 2018, Warsaw). Read more about The problems of harassment of journalists in Eastern Europe: the case of Ukraine

Russia seems to have gotten used to the neverending story of US sanctions, yet Moscow hasn't become tolerant to them. The new restrictions will likely impede the Nord Stream 2 project and the overall Moscow-Berlin cooperation in the energy sector. Read more about VIDEO: Stanislav Byshok on new anti-Russia sanctions by U.S. (RT Arabic)

A French translation of Stanislav Byshok's article on the evaluation of the Ukraine crisis by certain right-wing Eurosceptic parties of the EU. From the author's point of view, Eurosceptics view the Ukraine issue in the framework of their criticism of Brussels' policies of "infinite enlargement". Right-wing parties instrumentalize Ukraine so at to attack "eurocrats". Read more about Stanislav Byshok: Évaluation de la crise ukrainienne par les eurosceptiques de l’UE (FRENCH)

It's in vital interests of Russia, the West and the rest of the world to cooperate in fighting terrorism. One of the reasons impeding the collaboration is the very nature of international terrorism, which is by definition stateless, leaderless, devoid of a particular territory, borders, capital city, etc. Read more about Stanislav Byshok on necessity for Russia and West to cooperate in fighting terrorism (RT Arabic)

CIS-EMO political analyst Stanislav Byshok said there's not one chance that either Russia or Britain would admit responsibility for the assassination attempt on Sergei Skripal. "You simply can't imagine Theresa May coming to the Parliament and saying, Yes, in fact, it's been a provocation by our security services, we're very sorry", Byshok said.  Read more about Stanislav Byshok on the Skripal affair (RT Arabic)

The US is seemingly determined to continue a low-intensity civil war in Syria, backing the opposition forces, Stanislav Byshok, a political analyst at the International Monitoring Organization CIS-EMO has told Radio Sputnik, commenting on the recent deadly attack by the US-led coalition against pro-Damascus militiamen in Deir ez-Zor province. Read more about Analyst: Pentagon Feels Free to Bomb Whatever It Wants in Syria (SPUTNIK)

​De acordo com o canal ABC, durante os bombardeamentos da coalizão, liderada pelos EUA, morreram cerca de cem militares das forças governamentais sírias. O analista Stanislav Byshok, em entrevista ao serviço russo da Rádio Sputnik, expressou opinião de que os norte-americanos continuam apoiando a oposição na Síria. Read more about 'Norte-americanos se permitem bombardear qualquer coisa na Síria' (PORTUGESE)

The possibility of establishing an independent, but at the same time being part of the EU, Catalonia is not seriously considered by anyone. Madrid will block any attempts by Barcelona towards EU membership. Read more about Byshok: Madrid will block any attempts by Barcelona

Report "The issues of discrimination of non-citizens in the Baltic states" by Alexey Semenov, CIS-EMO Political Analyst, at Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2017 (15 September 2017, Warsaw). Read more about The issues of discrimination of non-citizens in the Baltic states

The authorities have saved its monopoly and demonstrated keeping out all the democratic procedures at the same time, while the opposition did a “group unity training”. This showed the significance of their activists and participation in the political process. Read more about Stanislav Byshok on the recent United Russia success

Report "Delegitimisation of the Ombudsman institution and attacks on the independence of the Constitutional Court in Ukraine" by Alexey Semenov, CIS-EMO Political Analyst, at Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2017 (12 September 2017, Warsaw). Read more about Delegitimisation of the Ombudsman institution and attacks on the independence of the Constitutional Court in Ukraine

The primary bearers of Russian are ethnic Russians and peoples tied to them. Consequently, in the frameworks of Russia, the study of Russian must not be limited by anything, including the imposed need to study "national" [non-Russian] languages of certain republics of the country. Read more about BYSHOK: In Russia we are united by the Russian language and culture

Originally, they came to liberate Donbass from the so-called pro-Russian forces, however later it turned out that these forces constitute the overwhelming majority of Donbass. Now the Ukrainian armed units simply don't understand whom they are fighting with.  Read more about Byshok: Ukrainian military don't know what they're fighting for in Donbass

The main goal of the Americans is simply to be in, rather than achieve any real improvements. There are many proposals coming from Poroshenko, Macron and others, including those about the new format of negotiations, about new agreements conserning the Donbass conflict. Read more about CIS-EMO: The U.S. is eager to remain involved in European affairs

Cette intervention a été faite au Forum international de la jeunesse « Le patrimoine culturel commun de la Russie et du Bélarus » (ville de Smolensk, le 24 avril 2017). Read more about Byshok: Une image de l’avenir commun du Bélarus et de la Russie (FRENCH)