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...
Last week, officials of China’s CCCC Dredging Group met in Astrakhan with representatives of the Russian enterprise responsible for the management of the Volga-Don Canal to discuss possible Chinese participation in dredging...
Past 24 hours in the war zone Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation Staff reported no attacks by Russian-hybrid forces. As of 19:30 Feb 2, OSCE SMM recorded 292 violations in Donetsk Oblast; 114 in Luhansk Oblast. Commander-in-Chief...
Moscow commentators and presumably the Kremlin, Aleksandr Skobov says, are suggesting that the West has already capitulated to Vladimir Putin over Ukraine because the only response they think the West will make involves sanctions. But that...
For four reasons, the Russian economy is on the brink of panic, something that threatens stock prices, ruble exchange rates and indeed all economic activity because it introduces elements of uncertainty that no one involved can afford to...
One has the sense, Aleksey Shaburov says, that a new “authoritarian international” is informally taking shape defined by the hostility of authoritarian rulers of the most varied kind of democracy and human rights. This can be...
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a game-changer in the disinformation scene. While the threat existed for decades, it was the spread of the novel coronavirus that showed how tangible and deadly an effect it can have. As the world’s...
Address by Timothy Snyder, Historian, Richard C. Levin Professor at Yale University, at the Kyiv Security Forum Good afternoon. My name is Timothy Snyder, I’m very pleased to have been invited to speak to you today in the framework...
Ukraine has not fallen into the Chinese orbit, with EU trade 2.5 times exceeding trade with China. Still, over the past 20 years, China has substantially expanded trade with Ukraine, acquired significant assets in energy and agriculture...
The event was co-organized by the People’s Government of Beijing. The opening ceremony took place on 21 September. The honorary guests at the opening ceremony were the Minister of Culture and Sports of Greece, Lina Mendoni, and the...
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...
