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Americans and Europeans united in believing that Russia is adversary or rival – poll
A poll of global attitudes toward Russia’s Ukraine war suggests the West has regained its “unity and sense…
Ukrainian poet Halyna Kruk: “War is not a metaphor”
On 18 June, during the opening of the Berlin Poetry Festival, award-winning Ukrainian poet Halyna Kruk made a…
The West is finally coming together to confront Russia
One month ago, to the day, I argued that the West would become heavily involved if Russia invaded…
Russia-West talks have ended in uncertainty. Now it’s time to act.
Last week, the international community anxiously observed Russia’s sessions with various Western representatives. Over the span of four…
Armed invasions don’t have “golden middles,” blaming victims encourages evil
When people in the West talk about Ukraine, they usually say “probably, the truth lies somewhere in the…
Putin has brought the world to ‘the brink of war,’ Gazeta Wyborcza says
By his orders to the Russian army to respond “harshly” to any challenge to them in Syria, Vladimir…
New calls for dialogue with Moscow show West has learned nothing, Linkevicius says
Once again as so often after Moscow has behaved badly, voices in the West are again calling for…
Should Russia expect more terrorist attacks?
Better to be a victim than an aggressor Many experts have recently commented on how Russia benefits from…
Poroshenko has cleverly blocked Putin while satisfying West, Piontkovsky says
With his constitutional amendments on local self-administration, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has blocked Vladimir Putin’s plan to force…
For some in Europe, ‘better red than dead’ has become ‘better Putin than a Muslim,’ Czech says
During the Cold War, some on the European left routinely chanted “better red than dead” to show their…
Ukraine in a gray zone of uncertainty
The collective West has been unable to force the Kremlin to stop undermining the Ukrainian state. The leaders…
Idiots ‘useful’ and otherwise on the rise in Russia and the West
Idiotism is on the rise in both Russia and the West, with its spread in Russia having transformed…
West can stop Putin only by focusing on the dirty money Moscow keeps and uses abroad
Sanctions against Putin’s Russia and other authoritarian regimes are like those imposed in the past against apartheid in…
Kyiv analyst: Putin will likely attack a NATO country next
Because Vladimir Putin seeks both recognition as the leader of a superpower and a new Yalta at which…
Minsk is Putin’s Pyrrhic victory opening the way to his eventual defeat
Vladimir Putin’s success at intimidating the West and exploiting both his own propaganda resources and the desire of…
Isolating Russia or isolating Putin?
US President Barack Obama says that Russia is becoming increasingly isolated as a result of Moscow’s actions and…
Moscow analyst: ‘West would give Putin Ukraine if that was all he wanted’
A prominent Moscow analyst says that “the West would surrender Ukraine to Putin if Putin’s demands were limited…
German intelligence: Putin’s war in Ukraine has already claimed 50,000 dead
German intelligence services estimate that 50,000 people have died in the war in Ukraine so far, a figure…
Western leaders must make Putin lose face, not help him save it
Vladimir Putin is very much afraid of losing face, and some in the West are trying to figure…
The silence of the lambs
By Volodymyr Yermolenko Why the West should stop being angelic towards Putin Throughout its modern history Russia continuously…