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Portnikov: Crimea and the “confrontation of superpowers”
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg linked Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula with the confrontation of superpowers. This…
Portnikov: President Zelenskyy should wake up
It is time for the Ukrainian president to wake up and abandon his dangerous illusions. There is no…
Portnikov: A big war and the “streams”
The US Senate Committee on International Affairs supported the introduction of sanctions against the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline…
Portnikov: It’s not about ‘negotiation formats,’ it’s about Russia
The President of Ukraine’s new representative in Crimea, Anton Korynevych, speaks about the need to find an international…
US non-recognition policy regarding Crimea one year on
A year ago, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo issued its Crimea Declaration which referred to the Welles…
Moscow close to UN recognition that its continental shelf extends far into the Arctic
After almost 20 years of Russian lobbying, a subgroup of the UN Commission on the Limits of the…
Trump’s Golan Heights decision unsettles post-Soviet space
US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a region Israeli forces seized…
Five years after Anschluss, US moves toward a formal non-recognition policy on Crimea
US leaders like their EU counterparts since Vladimir Putin invaded and then annexed Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014 have…
Kyiv moving toward breaking diplomatic relations with Moscow
When one country invades another and occupies part of its territory, the victim normally breaks diplomatic relations with…
New UNGA resolution: Crimea temporarily occupied by Russia, Russia must release political prisoners & stop repressions
On 22 December, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution A73/L.48 titled “Situation of human rights in…
Moscow pushing Ukraine toward becoming a nuclear power again, Pastukhov says
Despite Russian military actions, Ukraine has shown itself unprepared for total war, hoping against hope that the West…
Moscow’s blockade of Sea of Azov intended to force Kyiv to lift its own on Crimea, Samus says
By blocking water transit on the Sea of Azov and in the Kerch Straits, Moscow is pursuing two…
Putin’s vision and goals make any serious agreement with him impossible, Pastukhov says
Vladimir Putin has convinced himself that a third world war is inevitable and that to improve Russia’s chances…
Kyiv must denounce 2004 Azov Sea accord with Russia now, Ohryzko says
Despite loose talk about convoys and military action, former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko says, Kyiv up to…
US non-recognition policy and Crimea – Russian misrepresentations and Baltic truths
Three US senators, Marco Rubio, Bob Menendez and Rob Portman, have called for Washington to promulgate a policy…
Poroshenko calls for Ukraine to formally leave the CIS
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that Kyiv is preparing the documents necessary to formally leave the Russian-dominated Commonwealth…
Russian campaign against US consulate in Yekaterinburg has long history, Kirillova says
In response to the closing of the Russian consulate in San Francisco and of two trade representations in…
Ukraine announces launch of Ukrainian Institute to promote country abroad
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers approved a decision to create a Ukrainian Institute to present the country abroad and…
New Threats Require a New Response: What the Baltic Countries and the US Face in Putin’s Russia
By Paul A. Goble, Institute of World Politics Testimony Prepared for a Hearing on US Policy toward…
Portugal recognizes Ukraine’s Holodomor famine as genocide
The Parliament of Portugal adopted a resolution recognizing the Holodomor famine of 1932-33 in Soviet Ukraine as a…