It’s time to free Ukrainian studies from behind the Russian curtain
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Shadow of the empire: Why Russia’s indigenous nations fear independence
Shunned both by the West and Russia’s liberal opposition, indigenous activists find new ways to challenge Russia’s colonial ways — and rekindle their people’s will to independence.
Inside Ukraine’s covert program preparing Russia’s minorities for independence
While battling Russian aggression, Ukraine is quietly fostering a cadre of leaders poised to carve independent nations from Russia's vast, multiethnic territories.
Can Ukraine cancel Russia’s imperial history? Odesa debates decolonization
"Awareness and treatment of imperial trauma are paramount in this time-consuming and difficult psychological process," Tetiana Pylypchuk, director of the Kharkiv Literary Museum, told a rapt audience in Odesa, capturing the central dilemma of Ukraine's decolonization debate.
OSCE declares Russia’s actions in Ukraine genocide, urges decolonization
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) identified the decolonization of Russia as a necessary precondition for establishing enduring peace in Ukraine, calling for support of the Peace Formula and Crimean Platform and urging member states to establish a Special Tribunal to hold Russia accountable for its atrocities in Ukraine.
“Last colonial empire in Europe” must fall, nations subjugated by Russia call in Vilnius
The 11th Forum of Free Nations of Post-Russia, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, culminated in the issuance of a joint "Proclamation of Good Neighborliness" calling for the dismantling of the Russian empire.
“Decolonization will not be stopped”: Ukraine expands movement against Russian cultural imperialism
Progressive decolonization discourse has ignored Russia's history of imperialism and cultural appropriation, but Ukraine is determined to challenge false narratives by rewriting its place in the world's museums.
Ukraine’s Cabinet backs removal of Soviet monuments from heritage list to dismantle them
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers backs the decision to de-register and dismantle monuments of Pushkin, Shchors, and other Russian and Soviet figures from the national cultural heritage list as part of decommunization efforts.
Disintegrated Russia will be nuke-free, nations subjugated by Moscow decide
The post-imperial Russia disintegrated into 41 states will be nuke-free, nations subjugated by Moscow decided on their 8th meeting in Paris and London
“Do Svidaniya” to Russo-centrism: Western schools start decolonizing Eastern Europe studies
A Russo-centric approach towards Eastern European and Slavonic studies and related fields has long reigned supreme in Western…
Why Russia must be decolonized
In today’s global landscape, the concept of colonization remains a pressing issue that demands comprehensive understanding. To fully…
Russian literature is an accomplice in war against Ukraine – literary critic
Over the past thirty years, Ukrainian literature has embarked on a new path, turning its face away from…
Ukraine security chief Danilov insists Russia must be “decolonized” after Ukraine’s victory
The discussion of “dismantling” Russia should start as soon as possible as “decolonization” of the Russian Federation is…
Monument to Russian poet Pushkin taken down in central-Ukrainian Dnipro
In the latest incident of decolonization and de-Russification in Ukraine, the central-Ukrainan city of Dnipro has dismantled a…
National minorities of Russia call to decolonize, denuclearize “imperial, terrorist” Russian state
The Third Free Nations of Russia Forum, devoted to the European path and the self-determination of independent states…
“Russia, a terrorist country ruled by war criminals”: Full text of Russian decolonization conference resolution
We, the representatives of the indigenous peoples and colonized regions of the Russian Federation, acting on the basis…
National minorities of Russian Federation discuss its deimperialization in Prague
The second forum of the Free Nations of Russia ended in Prague. There, representatives of national minorities of…
