Three signs of enormous tectonic shifts in Ukraine since Russia invaded
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought many changes in the latter, some of which are at risk of…
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As newly mobilized arrive in Ukraine, more Russians want to find out how to surrender
The editors of Vyorstka say that between November 28 and December 4, the most recent week for which…
For the sake of European stability, NATO needs to intervene in Ukraine: Opinion
A nearly nine-year-old war – a war that has already lasted nearly as long as WW1 and WW2…
Dispute between Moscow and Kyiv about Soviet property abroad heating up
In the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, all the former union republics subsequently became independent states.…
The Minsk Agreements and Merkel’s political amnesia
President Putin has allegedly been disappointed by the statement of Angela Merkel, where she claimed that the Minsk…
Russia’s Erzya national movement recognizes Holodomor as genocide of Ukrainians
Ukraine’s support for indigenous Russian peoples within the current borders of the Russian Federation is prompting an increasing…
Moscow again using and trapped by conspiracy theories to justify Russia’s fight against the West, anthropologist says
During the Cold War, the Soviets frequently used conspiracy theories to justify their confrontation with the West. The…
Syrians, Afghans, North Koreans, and Iranians may enlist in Russian military, Tsyganok Says
In an effort to replenish the dwindling ranks of the Russian army fighting in Ukraine, Moscow is making…
Putin regime has three basic ideas, all taken from Leningrad’s back alleys and the KGB’s torture chambers, Eidman says
Too much ink has been wasted trying to identify the intellectual influences on Putin and his camarilla, the…
Peace at any cost will lead to more war
“The West should consider how to address Russia’s need for security guarantees if President Vladimir Putin agrees to…
Putin’s “annexation” of Donbas showed Crimea was no special case and his loss of Kherson shows Ukraine can retake it, Portnikov says
Putin justified his 2014 Anschluss of Ukraine’s Crimea by claiming that Crimea had long been a “sacred” part…
The ferocious cycle of demise and stagnation for Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv is one of Eastern Europe’s oldest clubs and most notably the club that won the most…
Kyiv now reaching out to Circassian nation
Recognizing that the enemy of its enemy is their friend, Ukrainians have been reaching out to non-Russians and…
Opinion: Putin’s war in Ukraine has opened the way for Circassians to achieve their goals
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has given Circassians greater opportunities than ever before to overcome the divisions of…
A NATO intervention in Ukraine would prevent nuclear disaster: Opinion
Hybrid war, or “the parallel and synchronized use of both military and non-military means to undermine and destabilize…
Now is not the time for Russia-Ukraine “peace” negotiations
Two events caught the world’s attention on 9 November. First, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces its…
We have a dream: why the world needs a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine
Since the very first days of Russia’s full-fledged war against Ukraine, renowned Ukrainian and international experts started raising…
As Russia continues to escalate, it’s time the West proved its will to defend international law
“Humankind is at a fork in the road: either keep accumulating problems and eventually get crushed under their…
Russia is digging in and the West must respond in kind, only deeper and stronger
It would allow Russia to reconnect its defense industries to the Ukrainian “missing link”. Russia would establish control…
Unpunished evil grows: Ukraine war rooted in Russia’s impunity for Chechen genocide
From the Chechnya genocide in the 1990s-2000s to the recent expansion of its invasion of Ukraine, Russian imperialism…