It’s all about Oleg Sentsov… “What’s the situation in Ukraine?” – I hear this question quite regularly. A complete answer calls for an analysis and forecast of events that we experience in Ukraine...
Ukrainian artist Andriy Yermolenko has created an alternative series of posters for the FIFA World Cup in Russia which is set to start on 14 June. The posters showcase the reasons why politicians and cultural figures have been calling to...
But along with the fans and the football players come the camera crews and the journalists, many of whom will be visiting Russia for the first time. Russian authorities can be expected to use the opportunity to promote a positive image of...
If the West doesn’t recall the 1936 Nazi Olympics when thinking about the FIFA World Cup competition to be held in Russia in 16 days, then when will it? Tata Gutmakher asks, adding that unfortunately it appears the West...
In 1787, Prince Grigory Potemkin erected special villages to impress his lover, Catherine the Great, on her trip to Crimea. Unlike real Russian villages, these were clean and bright and designed to give the impression that the people there...
This week, it was all about creating a smokescreen around one of the most important frontlines: Ukraine. As we have seen before, the increased violence in Donbas – like recently – is preceded and accompanied by...
The upcoming World Cup in Russia is facing calls for a diplomatic boycott. Rebecca Harms, an MEP from the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, is leading the call. A letter she initiated calling upon heads of governments to...
In a little over a month, Russia will host one of the most popular sporting events in the world – the FIFA World Cup. With nearly 1.7 million tickets sold and teams from 32 countries participating in the most important international...
60 Members of the European Parliament from 16 EU countries and 5 different political groups have signed an open letter calling upon EU governments to boycott the FIFA World Cup 2018, which is planned to be held in Russia. The letter was...
“I call on the international community to exert pressure on all forums, including bilateral negotiations with Russia, so that the Kremlin allows an international observation mission to work in Crimea. Today, there are no...
Putin’s goals and philosophy Sławomir Sierakowski: What is Putin’s ultimate goal in this war? Timothy Snyder: That’s no big secret: to destroy Ukraine as a state and exterminate Ukrainians as a nation. I’d...
