Crimean Center for Journalistic Investigations / The Reckoning Project
â ī¸ Violation Context
Crimean Center for Journalistic Investigations / The Reckoning Project employs Oleg Baturin (Journalist-Investigator and War Crimes Documentarian), who serves as a member of the Public Integrity Council of Ukraine (fourth composition). The PIC systematically applies integrity criteria equating connections to occupied Crimea with connections to the Russian Federation.
Ukrainian Law Violations (applicable through institutional tolerance):#
- Constitution of Ukraine, Article 2 â Territory of Ukraine is indivisible and inviolable.
- Constitution of Ukraine, Articles 73, 133â134 â Crimea is defined as an integral part of Ukraine.
đī¸ About
Crimean Center for Journalistic Investigations / The Reckoning Project#
Employer of a PIC member participating in the Crimea-recognition methodology
Crimean Center for Journalistic Investigations / The Reckoning Project is documented on CrimeaWatch because its journalist-investigator and war crimes documentarian, Oleg Baturin, serves on the Public Integrity Council (fourth composition) â the body whose methodology treats occupied Crimea as equivalent to Russian territory.
Why This Profile Exists#
A Crimean journalistic investigations center â an organization that specifically documents what happens in occupied Crimea, premised on Crimea being Ukrainian territory â tolerates its journalist’s participation in PIC methodology that treats Crimea as equivalent to Russian territory. The contradiction is inscribed in the organization’s very name and mission.
Summary#
Crimean Center for Journalistic Investigations / The Reckoning Project is documented on this site for its institutional tolerance of Oleg Baturin’s participation in the PIC’s Crimea-recognition methodology. The organization has not publicly addressed the contradiction between its institutional identity and its personnel’s PIC activities.
âšī¸ What Else We Know
Key Personnel Documented on This Site#
- Oleg Baturin â Journalist-Investigator and War Crimes Documentarian; PIC member (fourth composition)
