The solution, in Russia’s disinformation style: attack the opponent TV channel Rossiya 1 made bold false claims aiming to show how the Ukrainian President was ignored, dismissed and isolated by the other leaders in Paris. It showed...
Since the international community considered the “general elections” in unrecognized “DNR” and “LNR” illegitimate, no real international monitors were sent to observe the event. Identified...
“Election vegetables” A number of measures were announced and then taken to attract voters. Among them were “celebrations” on central squares of Luhansk and Donetsk, interactive events, dance and sports shows,...
Telling a lie is easy; to sustain one is hard, especially if those at whom it is directed are paying attention. Those spreading falsehoods find it difficult to repeat them over and over again without eventually allowing the truth to come...
Developments in “DNR“ and “LNR“: 11–20 September 2018 Pushilin announces leadership bid Almost two weeks after his election by “Parliament” “People’s Soviet of the DNR” – ed., the Kremlin-backed...
Zakharchenko attacks political rivals The Donetsk “People’s Republic” was hit by fresh political infighting last week after separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko demanded that two members of “parliament” should be investigated...
Whenever the connection of Russian military personnel to events in Transnistria, the separatist-controlled territory of Moldova, or in the occupied territories of Ukraine’s Donbas, come up, Russia is quick to deny they were there at all....
The ground is still covered with snow, but the morning showers, which were replaced by a heavy fog after lunch, have turned the snow into a skating rink. It’s hard to walk on ice; our legs slide to and fro and sideways. We barely manage...
What are the Minsk Agreements? The Minsk Protocol (later known as Minsk-1) with the Minsk Memorandum of September 2014 and the Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements (Minsk-2) are agreements between Ukraine and...
“I know several such newly arrived families. As a rule, the men are sent out to fight, while their wives and children are provided with local housing. As a matter of fact, the persons who arrive here from “dead” Russian villages...
The fight for its creation was not easy. President Petro Poroshenko, the author of Ukraine’s judicial reform, resisted the idea till the very last moment. The pressure of society and Ukraine’s western partners made him change his mind....
