Expert: Russia willing to tolerate Ukrainians as “slightly different Russians”
Teachers of Ukrainian language and literature who have remained in “DNR” controlled territories have been ordered to re-qualify…
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Russification through the church
A solemn evening program marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation was held in Uzhhorod recently. In 1517,…
The ugly things Moscow might do if Ukraine is consigned to a Russian sphere of influence
All too many people in the West are casually talking about recognizing Ukraine as lying within a Russian…
“Rebellious pagan” Ukrainian poet Antonych receives English translation
There are some old photographs which seem to preserve the subject in the amber light of a previous…
Language as enemy
It is amazing but true: language is what separates us. So say several Russian-speaking Ukrainians. And they say…
Historian Martyniuk: Ukrainian homes were massively occupied by Russian settlers
- There were thousands and thousands of empty houses that had once belonged to Ukrainian families. Moscow’s strategy…
Kivalov-Kolesnichenko Language Law: Kremlin’s Trojan horse in Ukraine
This law, passed with flagrant violations of Verkhovna Rada regulations, should be differently named, namely “On principles of…
Warning to Kremlin: Its non-Russians likely to become the Irish of the 21st century
Russian officials have long operated on the assumption that if they can force non-Russians in their country to…
Moscow deliberately undercounting ethnic Ukrainians in Russia, Kyiv official says
Russian officials from Vladimir Putin on down have routinely complained that the Ukrainian authorities discriminate against ethnic Russians…
Russia ‘for first time in its history’ has lost its monopoly on the Russian language, Zhadan says
The bilingual Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan, who writes exclusively in Ukrainian, says that Russia “for the first time…
Moscow analyst: War in Ukraine – direct result of Russia’s turn to fascism
Many people around the world are not only horrified by the Russian invasion of Ukraine but surprised that…