From myth to genocide: how the Kremlin’s story about Ukraine fuels war
Why are Russians hell-bent on destroying Ukraine and killing Ukrainians, fueled by TV lies and old myths? A new book asks what dark purpose that hatred serves.
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Russia invests in African education and cultural events to shape long-term pro-Moscow influence
Ukrainian intelligence describes this effort as aimed at creating African leaders "loyal to the Kremlin."
ISW: Russia continues to want Ukraine’s “complete destruction.” Russian missile stockpile only grows.
Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev stated that Moscow's peace negotiations in Istanbul must result in the Ukrainian government's elimination rather than compromise.
Reuters: Russia demands written pledge to halt “NATO eastward expansion” and sanctions relief
Putin wants Ukraine's neutrality, protection for Russian speakers, and guarantees against NATO membership for former Soviet republics, while Ukraine rejects all these demands.
US intelligence: Putin remains ready to fight through 2025— war determines his legacy
Despite heavy losses, Moscow "seems comfortable with the current cost of its slow advances," betting on a war of attrition that intelligence officials say will likely favor Russia through 2025 without increased Western aid for Ukraine.
Russia’s problem isn’t just Putin, it’s Russians
When opposition voices dream of the same empire, nothing changes
Putin demands removal of Ukrainian leadership in favor of UN interim authority
He also praised US President Donald Trump, claiming the latter sincerely wanted to end the more than three-year all-out war.
Do you speak Ruscism? Seven phrases that explain why Russia can’t stop invading
From "brotherly nations" to "Russian World," everyday language reveals the empire that can't stop colonizing.
ISW: Russia maintains claims on unoccupied Ukrainian territories despite peace talks
"Novorossiya is an integral part of Russia," Putin recently declared, with his spokesperson Dmitry Peskov defining the region as encompassing eastern and southern Ukraine including Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts—far beyond currently occupied territories.
“Don’t rescue Putin in Ukraine,” Steve Forbes warns Trump
Steve Forbes suggests Ukraine's reconstruction via frozen Russian assets and military bases but also proposes that Ukraine cede land to Russia.
Outdated Western thinking empowers Russia’s war machine
Decades of viewing Ukraine as a mere “buffer zone” between Europe and Russia have led to precarious Western complacency amid a roaring global conflict, experts warn.
Kursk Oblast: Where Russia’s “historical lands” argument falls apart
As Ukrainian troops advance into Kursk Oblast, they encounter an unexpected ally: history itself. Ironically, Russia's justification for invading Ukraine crumbles on its own soil.
It’s time to free Ukrainian studies from behind the Russian curtain
Amid the largest war in Europe since World War II, there is no more time for delaying difficult conversations and uncomfortable decisions.
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.
UK intel: Russian nationalist movement pushes for harsher approach to war against Ukraine
Owner of a Russian nationalist TV channel Konstantin Malofeev is sponsoring a university movement that envisions global Russian ideological dominance
“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.
Georgians at the crossroads: protests against authoritarianism and Russian influence
On Tuesday, May 14, Georgia's ruling Dream Party passed the "Foreign Agents law," threatening aspirations to join the…
“Story of a dying empire”: Georgia’s “foreign agent” law protests echo Ukraine’s Euromaidan
Nearly a decade after Ukraine's Euromaidan revolution, the struggle against Russian influence has found new life on the streets of Tbilisi, where protesters see the "foreign agent" law as a haunting echo of the empire's last gasps.