Yuriy Lukanov

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Yuriy Lukanov, author of two books about the Russian-Ukrainian war Reporter Volkovsky and The Press: how Russia destroyed media freedom in Crimea.

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Trump’s “60 million Russian deaths”: the dangerous myth behind his Ukraine peace plan

Behind that inflated death toll lies a carefully crafted Soviet myth that made Russia look like the sole victor over Hitler. Today, that same myth threatens Ukraine's survival.

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The world ignored Putin’s attack on Georgia. And so Ukraine was next

Today is exactly 16 years since 08.08.2008, when Putin began to put into practice his threats to the…

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“Collective Chamberlain” of scholars calls to appease Russia ahead of NATO summit

A group of European and American academics has sparked controversy by urging NATO to reject Ukraine's membership bid, drawing comparisons to Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of Nazi Germany.