Michael Hammerschlag

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Michael Hammerschlag’s articles have appeared in NYT, IHT, Seattle Times, Providence Journal, Columbia Journalism Review, Yahoo, Hawaii Advertiser; Moscow News, Tribune, Times, and Guardian, Novaya Gazeta; Kyiv Post, Kyiv Weekly, Politics in Ukraine, and Business Ukraine. He’s spent 9 of the last 23 years in Russia and Ukraine, has covered this story since (FULL COVERAGE) November 1st, wrote 2 long articles on the EU Association Agreement and Crimean Invasion for Yahoo, and warned of Ukraine’s loss of Independence in May 2010 after Yanukovych’s election.

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International

Mutually Assured Destruction. The Pyrrhic victories of Putin and the West

KYIV: The sanctions against Russia and oil price cuts have finally worked. They are destroying the Russian economy: the…

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Is Putin cracking? The Russian president acting more erratic

By Michael Hammerschlag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmlSpiJqj7s (@ 5:37 min, also see 9:10 ) Putin gave a weird performance Aug 27 at a Minsk press conference…

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War in Donbas

What’s Putin’s game: four scenarios

By Michael Hammerschlag AUG 15 9:30am STELKOV retired-seriously wounded?- The Girkin may have been pickled- after disappearing for several days, Pushilin (Russian)+ others…

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PutINTERVENTION! Russian “Relief”? A Soldiers Story, Donetsk Beseiged, Maidan Cleared, MH17 attack on Aeroflot

By Michael Hammerschlag AUG 12 The Battle for Donetsk has commenced, with it being pounded all day by various artillery Sun. Now…

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War in Donbas

Donbas situation update, Aug 7th

By Michael Hammerschlag Russia has massed 20-40 thousand troops at the border and vehicles painted with white “peacekeeping” squares and blue discs are…