Portnikov: Crimea and the “confrontation of superpowers”
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg linked Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula with the confrontation of superpowers. This…
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Portnikov: President Zelenskyy should wake up
It is time for the Ukrainian president to wake up and abandon his dangerous illusions. There is no…
Portnikov: A big war and the “streams”
The US Senate Committee on International Affairs supported the introduction of sanctions against the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline…
Portnikov: It’s not about ‘negotiation formats,’ it’s about Russia
The President of Ukraine's new representative in Crimea, Anton Korynevych, speaks about the need to find an international…
There is no place in Putin’s world for the non-aligned, Portnikov says
During the first cold war, Moscow and Washington tried to recruit as many countries to their respective sides…
Ukraine and NATO
The decision by the Ukrainian parliament to designate Euro-Atlantic integration as one of the main foreign policy priorities…
The real clash of civilizations: Last Lenin comes down in Kyiv as Stalin cult rises in Moscow
Most of those influenced by Samuel Huntington’s ideas about “the clash of civilizations” have focused on the confrontation…
The Belarusian nation has risen against Lukashenka
The Lukashenka regime, “like many other post-Soviet authoritarian” systems, rests “not on the total support of the citizens…
Post-truth world is not something new but a return to the past, Portnikov says
Many people believe that the “post-truth” period the world is entering now is something new, but in fact,…
The real danger of Artemenko’s “peace plan” for Ukraine
The so-called "Artemenko peace plan" is a much larger plot than appears at first glance. Behind the little-known…
‘Some damn thing in the Balkans’ again – Putin seeks to exacerbate conflicts there
At the end of the 19th century, Otto von Bismarck prophesied that “some damn thing in the Balkans”…
Obama, whom Moscow placed great hopes in, couldn’t make a deal with Putin — because of Putin
Moscow officials and commentators have treated Barack Obama with “unconcealed hatred” at the end of his presidency, blaming…
What Putin is doing is “hooliganism” at the state level, not struggle for spheres of influence, Portnikov says
Even if Donald Trump or other Western leaders were to recognize a region as lying within Russia’s sphere…
‘Kompromat’ is powerful regardless of whether it is true, Portnikov says
The Bolsheviks liked to say that Marxism-Leninism was powerful because it was true; but Ukrainian commentator Vitaly Portnikov…
Portnikov: For years Ukrainians voted for thugs; if not for Maidan, we wouldn’t have a state
In this wide-ranging interview with Vysokyi Zamok, the well-known journalist and political analyst Vitaliy Portnikov shares his views…
Crimea, Donbas, Aleppo — crimes of historic proportions
Russian President Vladimir Putin has achieved his goal. He has entered the history books as a head of…
Educating monsters: Russia’s new minister of education
The recent appointment of Russia's new minister of education might interest our readers if only because the dismissed…
Country and destiny
With each year it becomes more difficult to write about the anniversaries of Ukraine's independence. You remember the…
New ambassador: Putin’s poisoned gift to Ukraine
The day after the dismissal of Mikhail Zubarov, Russia's ambassador to Ukraine, the committees of the State Duma…
Putin’s shell game with Crimea intended to cut importance and costs of the anschluss
Vladimir Putin’s decision to disband the Crimean Federal District which he created after the Russian seizure of that…