Celebrating without Russia
This summer the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act. The jubilee session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly was held in Finland's capital in early July, but the festivities turned pretty sour since Finland banned the entry of several members of the Russian delegation and Moscow refused to attend amidst the Russia-West relationship having become very problematic due the ongoing Ukraine crisis and sanctions. Here RIAC Program Manager Natalia Evtikhevich, PhD in Political Science, shares her opinion on the event, having participated in the Helsinki+40 seminar and ...