Putin says Russia gave land to republics and none should have left without giving it back
This represents an even more egregious misreading of the historical record than even the Kremlin leader is usually…
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Westsplaining Ukraine
A “westsplaining” term was coined yesterday in the Ukrainian segment of Twitter. This refers to a discussion of…
Three conditions for the deoccupation of Crimea and Donbas – Vitaly Portnikov
The Crimean Plaform. Propaganda and realism At a press conference after joint talks on June 2, Ukrainian Foreign…
Putin’s victory parade & Crimea land grab are a throwback to Stalinist times: Vitaly Portnikov
Why is Putin in such a hurry to stage this parade? After all, he has more important issues…
Putin moving from ‘Great Victory’ to hostility to entire world – and young Russians are ready to follow him, Ilchenko says
Just as “Crimea is Ours” paled with time as a mobilizing tool, so too Vladimir Putin’s “Great Victory”…
‘Crimean Tatar tragedy of 1944 being repeated’ and with more damaging effect, Dzhemilev says
Seventy-six years ago on May 18, Stalin ordered the deportation of the Crimean Tatars from their homelands to…
A compromise with Russia that respects core Western principles is an illusion – James Sherr
Six years after Russia annexed Crimea, a number of articulate and influential people in the West have become…
Russian occupiers treating Crimeans during pandemic even worse than Moscow does Russian Federation residents, Kirillova says
The Putin regime’s failure to provide adequate support for Russians it has ordered to remain at home in…
Pandemic adding to burdens sanctions have imposed on Moscow for seizing Crimea, Umland says
The logic of the sanctions regime the West imposed on Moscow after Putin seized Ukraine’s Crimea was not…
Operation Saakashvili: why the Georgian ex-president reappeared on Ukraine’s agenda
Failing becoming Vice Prime Minister of Reforms On 22 April 2020, Mikheil Saakashvili, former Georgia president, reappeared on…
West, Russia face off in Belarus over Baltic–Black Sea waterway project
Plans for a new Baltic–Black Sea waterway, passing through Ukraine, Belarus and Poland, have the potential to revolutionize…
Key figure in Boeing MH17 shootdown identified as deputy head of Russia’s FSB Border Service
Just as some leaders seek to distract attention from their old lies by telling new ones, so the…
Historical falsification latest stage in Russia’s ethnocide of Circassians, Khakuasheva says
Moscow’s falsification of the history of the Circassians and its disavowal of the imperial nature of Russian policy…
Marking Day of the Circassian Flag online – a national action the pandemic couldn’t stop
For Circassians, who have been deprived of a common territory and even a common ethnic name by Russian…
Moscow worried about Ankara’s plans for canal bypassing Bosporus Strait
In early March 2020, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that Ankara would soon call for bids on…
Ukrainian democratic forces under attack by pro-Russian revanchists
After the occupation of Crimea, everyone believed that Ukraine’s political landscape had changed forever. But, those who lost…
Moscow continues hybrid war against Ukraine despite pandemic, Danilyuk says
Moscow may be unlikely to launch any major new offensive against Ukraine while the pandemic is going on,…
Ukrainian espionage incident highlights ongoing Russian naval shortcomings
Russian-Ukrainian relations, increasingly tense since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, plummeted to a new low after…
Vitaly Portnikov: Revanchism shows its ugly face
The alarm bells started ringing back in 2019, when Ukrainians voted for Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Servant of…
Moscow creates new ‘Cossack’ paramilitary units for possible use against Ukraine
Recent reports that Moscow is deploying Cossack groups along the Russian-Ukrainian border near the Kharkiv, Sumy and Chernihiv…