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2016/10/01 •
Analysis & Opinion, Politics, Russia, Ukraine, War in the Donbas
Questions of Ukraine-EU security cooperation were discussed on 29 September at Prism Security Debates in Kyiv. Ukraine and EU lack common vision on solving Russia war Ukraine and the EU have much mutual understanding in global questions...
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2016/10/01 •
History, Russia, Ukraine
Ukrainian historians and activists, who have been travelling every year to the Solovetsky Islands in the extreme north of Russia to honour those who died in Soviet prison camps, have published a book called Solovetska Pechal Ukrayiny...
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2016/10/01 •
War in the Donbas
During the show, German journalist Andre Ballin questioned the credibility of the Russian official investigators. Ukrainian blogger Serhiy Zaporizkiy who was sitting in the studio accused the presenter of lying. The latter reacted...
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2016/10/01 •
Analysis & Opinion, Russia
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often appears to be is far too large for anyone to keep up with. But there needs to be a way to mark those which can’t be discussed in...
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2016/09/30 •
Analysis & Opinion, Politics
Many Russian opposition commentators are saying that in the wake of the release of the report showing Moscow’s culpability in the shooting down of the Malaysian airliner Vladimir Putin is panicking and fears being hauled before an...
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2016/09/30 •
Economy
Almost unnoticed, economic growth in Ukraine has turned positive and the pace of growth has quickened. This is important not only for the material well-being of Ukrainians but because more than anything else economic growth promises a...
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2016/09/30 •
News, War in the Donbas
Fundamental human rights in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine are being violated for over 2.5 years now. The Russian-backed separatists have systematically exploited the religious factor, trying to reinforce their imposed governance and...
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2016/09/29 •
Analysis & Opinion, Military analysis
The reactions to the international report that Russia was behind the shooting down of the Malaysian jetliner have been predictable, with the Kremlin lying and opponents of Vladimir Putin declaring this is the Kremlin leader’s Lockerbie,...
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2016/09/29 •
Crimea, News
On Thursday, 29 September 2016, the hearing of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the complaint on the ban of the representative body of the Crimean Tatars, the Mejlis, took place. As expected, the Court upheld its prohibition...
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2016/09/29 •
Analysis & Opinion, Politics, Russia, War in the Donbas
Moscow continues to insist that it recognizes the Donbas as part of Ukraine and will seek its return to Kyiv’s control, but its agents in the unrecognized “DNR” and “LNR” are setting up special camps expanding...
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2016/09/29 •
Analysis & Opinion, Military analysis
In what many are calling “the Putin effect,” countries across Eastern Europe, including even Belarus, nominally Russia’s closest ally, are now arming themselves even when they have to cut social welfare spending because, in the words...
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2016/09/28 •
Analysis & Opinion
The successful performance of the Ukrainian team in 2016 Summer Paralympics raised not only sports but human rights issues. On 11 September 2016, when Ukraine for a short time beat the UK in the overall rankings, social activist Kateryna...
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2016/09/28 •
Crimea
On September 27, a chilly autumn day, several Crimean activists once again protested at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kyiv to remind about people who went missing in Crimea. The activists gather here every month –...
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2016/09/28 •
News, Ukraine, War in the Donbas
Everyone has heard the oft-repeated slogan in Ukrainian: “Heroes never die!” We would all like to believe it’s true, but we know that the reality of war and human suffering has taken an enormous toll among young and active...
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2016/09/28 •
Analysis & Opinion, Op-ed
A few months ago one of the most prominent newspapers in the US published a series of articles about how poorly American diplomats are treated in Russia. The whole arsenal is there: nighttime break-ins, re-arranging furniture, leaving...
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2016/09/28 •
Analysis & Opinion
Russia is gradually losing its influence in Serbia, Serbian political analyst, director of the SEAS Foundation, Ventsislav Buyich told in a recent interview to Krym.Realii. However, he suggests, Russia’s influence is weakening very...
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2016/09/27 •
Analysis & Opinion, Politics, Russia
Last week, Kazan’s Business-Gazeta published the prediction by Artem Dragunov that Vladimir Putin plans to do away with the office of Russian president and create instead a State Council he would head. (For a discussion, see this post)....
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2016/09/27 •
Analysis & Opinion, Politics, Russia
Rumors that Vladimir Putin plans to create a State Council are widespread, Valeriy Solovey says; and the only reason the Kremlin leader would have to take such a step would be to create a Politburo-like institution that could ensure that...
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2016/09/27 •
Analysis & Opinion, Politics, Russia
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the outrageous but often leading indicator of Kremlin plans, sang the Russian Imperial anthem “God Save the Tsar” after Vladimir Putin invested him in the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland,” an action that...
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2016/09/26 •
Analysis & Opinion, Russia
Given that the USSR fell apart along ethnic lines, most analysts have focused on the ethnic divisions of the Russian Federation as a possible source of division within that country. But regional divisions within predominantly Russian areas...
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