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Russia initiates major project to undermine Ukraine’s stability, Danilov says

Russia has launched a major project aimed at destabilizing the situation in Ukraine, with a focus on election manipulation, Ukrinform reported, citing Ukraine’s NSDC Secretary Oleksii Danilov.

byIryna Voichuk

Ukrainian presidential office head Andrii Yermak (L) and Russian presidential envoy Dmitry Kozak (R)

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Kyiv finds an alibi to step back from Kozak-Yermak plan on Donbas

The COVID-19 coronavirus emergency gives Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a non-political excuse for stepping back from the plan…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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Kozak-Yermak plan on Donbas: The fine print

The meeting of the Minsk-based Contact Group, held by videoconference on March 24–26, had been expected to officially…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

March 10, 2020 meeting of Vladimir Putin with Viktor Medvedchuk, a Ukrainian oligarch and the head of the pro-Russian party "Oppositional Platform -- For Life" represented in the Ukrainian parliament where he is a deputy and the head of his party's faction. The Kremlin, Moscow. (Source: kremlin.ru)

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Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy turns blind eye to Putin-Medvedchuk scheming

On March 10, in Moscow, Ukraine’s leading Russophile politician Viktor Medvedchuk conferred with Russian President Vladimir Putin and…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in front of images of oligarchs Ihor Kolomoyskyi and Viktor Medvedchuk (Collage by Espreso.TV)

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Portnikov: Putin’s coalition now rules Ukraine

The Zelenskyy-Kolomoyskyi-Medvedchuk coalition confidently rules Ukraine with the tacit support of Akhmetov. It is a coalition of treason,…

byVitaly Portnikov

Putin and Zelenskyy at the December 2019 meeting of the Normandy format leaders in Paris, France

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Portnikov: Next Normandy Four summit won’t be soon

Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vadym Prystaiko expresses doubts about the possibility of holding a summit of the Normandy…

byVitaly Portnikov

Andrey Piontkovsky, prominent Russian scientist, political writer and analyst (Photo: krymr.org/RFE/RL)

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Zelenskyy’s three closest advisors working for the Kremlin, Piontkovsky says

The collapse of Kyiv’s position at home and abroad over the last six months reflects the fact that…

byPaul A. Goble

August 18, 2018 meeting between Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel. Photo: Bundesregierung/Kugler

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Portnikov: Only Ukraine is at risk

The exact date of such a meeting was not announced, but the Kremlin took advantage of the telephone…

byVitaly Portnikov

Yevhen Shevchenko (L screen), Ukrainian MP from Volodymyr Zelenskyy's party "Servant of the People," and Denis Pushilin (R screen), the collaborationist head of Russia-occupied Donetsk, are speaking on the Russian propagandist 1st Channel. Photo: video capture.

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Ukraine’s Servants of the People coming out of the closet as ‘Servants of Russia,’ Portnikov says

The scandal arising from Yevhen Shevchenko’s suggestion on Moscow TV that Ukrainian defenders rather than Russian aggressors are…

byPaul A. Goble

“No Capitulation” rally, Kyiv, October 14, 2019

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Putin won’t accept Zelenskyy’s capitulation even if Ukrainian president offers it, Portnikov says

Both those who want Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to live up to all the provisions of the “Steinmeier…

byPaul A. Goble

Russian "Grad" (Hail) multiple-launch rocket systems firing at Ukrainian positions (Image: mediarnbo.org)

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Month after US elections ‘most favorable’ time for Moscow to destabilize Ukraine, Illarionov says

Because the United States will be distracted by its elections and their aftermath, Andrey Illarionov says, the next…

byPaul A. Goble

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Ukrainian hackers publish Surkov’s plans to destabilize Ukraine in coming months

In a case where those who live by hacking may die by it, Vladislav Surkov, the Kremlin’s point…

byPaul A. Goble

Unknown people tried to start a "third Maidan" mass protest during the commemoration of the second anniversary of the Revolution of Dignity in Kyiv. Some commentators speculated that these protesters are connected to activities of Russian special services trying to further destabilize the Ukrainian state.

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Kremlin fears any popular movement seeking regime change in Ukraine, Radzikhovsky says

Many commentators are speculating that Moscow wants to provoke “a third Maidan” in order to return Ukraine to…

byPaul A. Goble

Oleh Tyahnybok, the leader of the nationalist "Svoboda" party, participating in the attack on Ukrainian National Guardsmen protecting the Verkhovna Rada on August 31, 2015 (Image: censor.net.ua)

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Putin to destabilize Ukraine from inside while ‘imitating’ a Russian pullback in Donbas

In an effort to get the West to end its sanctions on Russia, Vladimir Putin will continue to…

byPaul A. Goble

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Hungary openly helping Putin destabilize Ukraine

Budapest has announced that it has handed out Hungarian citizenship papers to 94,000 people in Transcarpathia in Western…

byPaul A. Goble