[EURO-Discuss] New hires @ ICANN responsible for Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Eastern Europe.

[Oksana Prykhodko]

Dear all,
I did not step up into this conversation before, because I am extremely
concerned with safety issues of person involved. And I highly appreciate
Yrjo's comment.
Yes, new ICANN VP is from Russia. What does it mean? Russian influence on
ICANN? If you are serious about it, I would be happy to discuss it later.
For me it means huge pressure on new VP from Russian regime. Yes, I
proposed Ukrainian citizenship  to Mr. Yakushev, and I would be extremely
happy if it would be enough to have only honorable one. There is a law in
Russia regarding "foreign agents", and I highly appreciate Mr. Yakushev's
courage to adopt this position in ICANN.
I fully agree with Veronica, that Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia have to be part
of integral ICANN's strategy for Europe and coordinated from Brussels (or
Geneva or anywhere else). But not only these countries - Armenia and Russia
(!!!!) also.
I did my best to see Armenia within EURALO. I hope it becomes true soon.
But now I am asking APRALO to adopt me as individual member. European
standards and values are extremely important for me (and for Ukraine, as
you can notice). But for me they are not limited by any geographical or
institutional boundaries.

Best regards,
Oksana

On Sunday, March 23, 2014, Yrjö Länsipuro <yrjo_lansipuro ���� hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear all,
> Let's keep apart two things that have nothing to do with each other.
> One is Russia's blatant breach of international law, including its own
commitments in the Budapest Memorandum 1994, in invading and annexing part
of an independent, sovereign country, and the sanctions rightfully  imposed
by the EU and US as  response.
> Another is ICANN's globalization effort and its endeavor to find the best
possible people to implement it in various regions of the world.
> Best,
> Yrjö
>
>
>> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 03:27:54 +0100
>> From: wolf.ludwig ���� comunica-ch.net
>> To: jjs ���� dyalog.net; veronicacretu ���� gmail.com
>> CC: euro-discuss ���� atlarge-lists.icann.org
>> Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] New hires @ ICANN responsible for Russia,
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Eastern Europe.
>>
>> Dear Veronica, Jean-Jacques and all,
>>
>> this is just to confirm that I share your reservations and concerns
about this appointment because it ignores certain highly touchy points and
recent developments by sending a wrong - and even dangerous - message.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Wolf
>>
>>
>> Subrenat, Jean-Jacques wrote Fri, 21 Mar 2014 08:39:
>> >Veronica +1.
>> >
>> >Naturally, this is not at all a criticism of the new vice-president as
a private person, nor as a professional. But as Veronica points out, in
spite of itself ICANN may be sending the wrong message, at a time of
heightened sensitivity.
>> >
>> >In the same way, the brief tenure of a Chinese person as vice-president
for Asia was perhaps not the best idea, whatever his talent and personal
stature.
>> >
>> >Nowadays, globalization requires ICANN to be attentive to more
parameters than in the past.
>> >
>> >Jean-Jacques.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "Veronica Cretu" <veronicacretu ���� gmail.com>
>> >To: "Discussion for At-Large Europe" <
euro-discuss ���� atlarge-lists.icann.org>
>> >Sent: Vendredi 21 Mars 2014 08:14:11
>> >Subject: [EURO-Discuss] New hires @ ICANN responsible for Russia,
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Eastern Europe.
>> >
>> >
>> >Dear colleagues, greetings and hope this finds you well!
>> >
>> >This is to share with you some concerns related to the recent hires at
>> >ICANN, particularly I am referring to the position of Vice President of
>> >Stakeholder Engagement for Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS)
>> >and Eastern Europe.
>> >http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-20mar14-en.htm &
>> >Veni Markovski interviews Michael Yakushev
>> >
>> >While I welcome these new changes and hires within ICANN, I do also
share
>> >serious concerns when it comes to my region!
>> >
>> >I think ICANN should be politically correct and more careful when
>> >delegating supervision of certain regions. I have nothing against
Michael
>> >Yakushev, I highly respect his professional background, however, given
the
>> >developments of the past months, and you all know what has been going
on in
>> >the region (military intervention in Ukraine, the case of Crimea; now -
a
>> >lot started to move in Transnistria - part of Moldova, again, with
Russia's
>> >intervention) - having someone from Russia be in charge of, especially
of
>> >countries like Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia - is very sensitive!
>> >
>> >The new position might be well responsible for Russia and its Customs
Union
>> >countries; while countries like Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia should fall
>> >under the supervision of European based ICANN staff. We are all aiming
at
>> >joining EU, and with this, adjusting all the legislation, embedding EU
>> >based principles and values into our work.
>> >
>> >While, indeed, ICANN looks at bringing the key stakeholders, as well as
>> >deepen and broaden the engagement of everyone in the global IG debate,
that
>> >process should be done politically correct!
>> >
>> >Any thoughts, reflections, suggestions from your side would be really
>> >appreciated!
>> >
>> >With very best and see you soon in Singapore!
>> >Veronica
>> >
>> >--
>> >*Veronica Cretu *
>> >
>> >
>> >*President, Open Government Institute**Republic of Moldova
>> >- http://opengov.si.md/ <http://opengov.si.md/>*
>> >
>> >*Member of the Steering Committee, *
>> >*Open Government Partnership (OGP);*
>> >*
http://www.opengovpartnership.org/about/steering-committee/role-and-current-membership
>> ><