“In contrast to the countries of the West which are led by the principle, ‘politics is the concentrated expression of economics,’ Yevhen Tsybulenko says, “the foreign policy of the Russian Federation is based on the ‘Mongol...
Q: Perhaps one of the most significant international events of the autumn was the statement of the French President Macron, who repeated the vile mantra about Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok. In fact, we understand that we are talking...
Putin succeeded in securing alleged MH17 accomplice Tsemakh, discrediting the Ukrainian position in the West, and continuing the “constructive” negotiation process. The liberation of Ukrainian citizens, many of whom have remained...
The Church of Greece became the first after the Patriarchate of Constantinople to recognize the Ukrainian autocephaly. At first glance, this is not the most important recent news – especially against the background of what is...
Many have been speculating about what steps Russia and Ukraine must make to achieve a stable peace, but in nearly every case, they ignore the fundamental reality that Ukraine is a victim of Russian aggression and Moscow can’t be counted...
Unlike many of those on his team, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not a convinced opponent of an independent Ukrainian state, Andrey Piontkovsky says; and consequently, his apparent indifference to many of the things that will allow that country to...
The news of the death of another Ukrainian warrior – the victim of a virtual ceasefire between the Ukrainian and Russian forces in the Donbas, announced on July 21 – appears against the backdrop of news no less tragic about a...
“This is a predictable response from the Kremlin. The escalation in tensions began after it was announced by the governing “Sluha Narodu” party that Ukraine would never agree to constitutional changes regarding the special status of...
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg linked Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula with the confrontation of superpowers. This is an important observation that turns the conflict around Crimea – like other similar...
It is time for the Ukrainian president to wake up and abandon his dangerous illusions. There is no “other side”; this is an invention of Kremlin propaganda. There is only Putin. It is his troops and special services that are occupying...
How does one end a war? Any war ends when one side defeats another and the winner achieves some or all of his goals such as “the desired territorial, economic, military or other benefits expected following the successful conclusion...
