Annexations real and imaginary
Seventy-five years ago today, Acting US Secretary of State Sumner Wells declared that the United States would not…
Ukrainians as ‘fraternal people’ – a Soviet invention, Oleshchuk says
The notion that Ukrainians are “a fraternal people” to the Russians, something that Russian leaders from Vladimir Putin…
Ukrainians reject federalization of their country by more than two to one, poll shows
Even if such steps would bring peace, Ukrainians oppose giving special status to the Russian-controlled Donbas 56.1 percent…
Top 10 manifestations of “official insanity” in Russia this week
Some weeks bring more, some less, but every week produces a rich harvest of manifestations of “official insanity”…
Obama has sold out Ukraine to get deal with Iran, Illarionov says
President Barack Obama has sold out Ukraine in order to get Vladimir Putin’s support for a nuclear deal…
Constitutional change in Ukraine gives Putin three victories, Illarionov says
By including in the Ukrainian constitutional provision specifying that Kyiv will come up with a new law governing…
Its civil society has made Ukraine stronger today than it was a year ago
Ukraine does not have the time for modernization of the kind Western societies went through or the kind…
Moscow’s “Putin’s militant Buryats” video clip for Ukrainians backfires in Buryatia
Buryats in Buryatia laughed when the first reports came in that Buryats were fighting for Moscow in Ukraine.…
Russia ‘a failed state’ because it doesn’t enforce its own laws, Shtepa says
Few concepts are more often misunderstood than that of “a failed state.” Such a state is not one…
Moscow’s mistreatment of Ukrainians in Russian prisons prompting Kyiv to act
No one caught up in the Russian justice system is likely to be treated well, but Ukrainians caught…
Minsk-2 accords undermine Ukrainian sovereignty, Illarionov says
Speaking in Kremenchuk, Ukraine this week, Andrey Illarionov said that Ukraine should continue to negotiate in its quest…
Russian soldiers fleeing their units to avoid being sent to fight in Ukraine
Several dozen contract soldiers in a Russian motorized rifle brigade based in Maikop have deserted in order to…
Unlike in Ukraine, a Russian Maidan would likely be violent and destructive, Shevtsova says
“Unfortunately, Russia is different from present-day Ukraine in many ways,” Lilia Shevtsova says; and consequently, if a Maidan…
Putin’s military escalation in Ukraine blocked by the West, Piontkovsky says
Because the Western powers have made it clear that they will react harshly to any further Russian advance…