Will the British referendum wake up the EU?
If the European Union wants to survive it must be more than a union of "coal and steel."…
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Why German politicians want to make peace with Putin
German politicians from the ranks of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) are increasingly inclined to the…
Ukraine – first element of crisis to affect entire post-Soviet space, Portnikov says
What is taking place in Ukraine today, Vitaly Portnikov says, is not something unique but rather “part of…
Broadcasting quotas in Ukraine
The quota system in Ukrainian broadcasting is a weapon against a cynical internal information war, where creeping Russification…
Russia’s forced friendship
Ukraine should sever all economic relations with Russia. Andrei Piontovsky was the first to notice the complete absurdity…
Russian Communist Party wants to change date of Russia Day
Russian communists have proposed transferring the most important national holiday of the country – Russia Day – commemorating…
Celebrating Russia Day and war
The rescheduling of Russia Day to a day tied to an event that took place in a foreign…
French MP says Ukraine is responsible for invasion
The proposal by French MP Thierry Mariani to impose sanctions against Ukraine for not implementing the Minsk-II agreements…
National responsibility: Why Savchenko is not a ticking bomb for Ukraine
Recently, Putin’s so-called “special Savchenko operation” has become the favourite topic of Russian propagandists, who are saying the…
Russia brings only poverty
Crimea will always be taken care of on a residual basis. By and large, it is only a…
Ukraine: the country that cares
The difference in the welcomes given the released prisoners in Kyiv and Moscow says more about the Russian-Ukrainian…
Why Minsk II is a trap for Russia
Europe considers Putin-dictator who keeps "all these Russians" under control more advantageous. This is because Europeans prefer a…
Why journalists must respect Ukraine’s laws and sovereignty — Portnikov
Journalists must abide by the laws of Ukraine and enter occupied Donbas and Crimea only through Ukrainian checkpoints.…
Crimea comes to Eurovision
Eurovision 2016 will go down in history because of the "1944" song. Today Jamala will sing at Eurovision…
Why Ukraine must not end the Donbas “blockade”
If Russian officials say that only the end of the "blockade" will normalize the situation in the Donbas,…
WWII. Now the occupier is Putin not Hitler
On the eve of the anniversary of the victory over Nazism in World War II, the Russian Foreign…
Crimea: Yeltsin’s lucidity and Putin’s blindness
In his interview with the Voice of America, Andrei Kozyrev, first Foreign Minister of Russia under President Boris…
Madeleine Albright and Russia’s “useful idiots”
The former secretary of state Madeleine Albright has become the focus of Russian propaganda. Well-known hysterics are discussing…
Ukraine must deny the “DNR,” “LNR,” and “Republic of Crimea” any claim to legitimacy
We must not create the illusion that Ukraine can exist where there is no Ukrainian flag, Ukrainian government…
Poroshenko: a president for two coalitions
According to the results of today's voting in the Verkhovna Rada, two coalitions have been formed: the coalition…