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2017/06/13 - 21:27 •
Analysis & Opinion, Russia
At a first glance, the talk show format on pro-Kremlin TV can seem to provide audiences access to a diversity of viewpoints. Indeed, as a rule, a small number of “dissidents”, e.g. an opposition activist, a Ukrainian or even a “token...
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2017/05/16 - 21:06 •
News
President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree dated 15 May 2017 enacting the decision of the NSDC (National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine) “On Application of Personal Special Economic and Other Restrictive Measures...
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2017/02/06 - 22:44 •
Political News, Russia, War in the Donbas
On 2 February 2017, a Russian opposition politician and leader of the all-Russian public movement Union of Right Forces Leonid Gozman lambasted Russia’s involvement in the war in Donbas on the air of the Russian central TV channel...
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2017/02/02 - 21:17 •
Analysis & Opinion, Politics, Russia
Some commentators are suggesting Vladimir Putin launched his latest round of aggression in Ukraine because he has gotten a green light from Donald Trump. Others are opining that Putin doesn’t really want an accord and is...
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2017/01/31 - 11:42 •
Analysis & Opinion, Politics, Russia
Valeriy Solovey, one of the best connected and most thoughtful of Moscow’s foreign policy commentators, says that the telephone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin was the “first step toward ‘a big deal’” between the two...
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2017/01/31 - 10:45 •
Analysis & Opinion, Politics, Russia
In case anyone thinks that Vladimir Putin is not convinced that he is going to get everything he wants from Donald Trump – an end to sanctions, deference to Russia’s claim of a sphere of influence over the former Soviet space, and much...
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2015/04/04 - 20:52 •
News
A formerly pro-Russian businessman from Odesa created quite a commotion on Russia’s Channel One TV when he discussed Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. Businessman Vadym Chornyi, a former candidate for mayor of Odesa (in 1998 and...
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2014/11/15 - 14:57 •
Analysis & Opinion
Russia’s TV Channel One has broadcast a fake satellite image that supposedly proves that the Malaysia Airlines aircraft was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet. This “news” was announced by one of the most inveterate...
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2014/10/24 - 21:26 •
Political News
Investigative action, including searches and arrests of bank accounts (on a sum of about 90 million UAH) were conducted in the offices of three companies: the Russian TV Channel Union, which represents First Channel on Ukrainian territory,...
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