Posts Tagged
European values

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  2017/04/19 - 11:50 • Analysis & Opinion, Politics, Ukraine

  For all its problems, Ukraine now easternmost of Western countries rather westernmost...

  Rudyard Kipling famously observed that “the Russian is a delightful person till he tucks his shirt in. As an Oriental he is charming. It is only when he insists upon being treated as the most easterly of Western peoples, instead of the...

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  2016/02/22 - 17:06 • Analysis & Opinion, Politics

  Putin allying with Europe’s far right to change Europe, Eidman says

  Most commentators have suggested that Vladimir Putin is supporting the Russian extreme right to force the governments of Germany and other European countries to lift sanctions against his country, Igor Eidman says; but in fact, Putin’s...

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  2015/01/14 - 13:39 • Featured, Op-ed, Russia

  Ukraine’s drive to become a European country leads Russians to see their...

  Ukraine’s drive to become a European country is forcing Russians to recognize that their country isn’t one, a reflection that helps to explain why many Russians are so angry at Ukraine and so willing to accept the Kremlin’s version...

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