On 14-16 September 2017, the 14th Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference took place in Kyiv. Previously, from 2004 to 2013, it has been held in Crimea, but it had to be relocated since 2014 due to the Russian annexation. Nowadays, the...
Large-scale military exercises that include the U.S. and several other military units of NATO countries have kicked off in western Ukraine’s Yavoriv district. The military exercises focus on defensive operations and enhancing joint...
“The Vienna Document stipulates that there cannot be more than 12,000 troops participating in military exercises, but there will actually be about 300,000 servicemen taking part in Zapad-2017. Russia plans to check the combat readiness...
When Russia began its “hybrid” war in the Donbas, I had a discussion with a colleague, a well-known Moscow journalist, about the likelihood of a real war — complete with the unconcealed introduction of regular troops, the...
On 24 August 2017, a military parade on the central street of Kyiv was held to mark Ukraine’s 26th Independence Day. Approximately 4,500 military servicemen from Ukraine and 231 of their colleagues from ten countries, including eight...
A few days ago, Karine Gevorkyan, a leading Yerevan orientalist, said that Armenia, as a result of the shortcomings of its own government, the influence of the Armenian diaspora, and the work for Western governments, is rapidly drifting...
Russian propaganda about the Baltic countries insists that they are marginal, but the amount of that Moscow effort underscores just the reverse: their success in resisting Sovietization and overcoming a half century of occupation by...
On June 27, a wave of “unprecedented” cyber attacks hit Ukraine, targeting state institutions, banks, underground network, major firms, and airports, and causing disruptions on a massive scale. From the outset, the NotPetya...
We have written before about Russia’s destructive influence growing in the Balkans and the Russian links of those suspected in organizing the coup in Montenegro. Nonetheless and much to Moscow’s dismay, Montenegro officially...
“For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the United States recognizes that Russia poses a threat to their country.” says Leonid Polyakov, former Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, chairman of the Expert Council of the...
In Petrozavodsk on June 1 began the trial of one of the most amazing people I have ever known – local historian Yuriy Dmitriev. He has dedicated his life to the dead. He is accused either of producing child pornography or illegal...
