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Budanov says Russia planned genocide in Ukraine in 2022, starting with executions of teachers, journalists, and clergy

Before invading Ukraine, Russia prepared mass executions, mobile crematoriums, and mass graves, showing deliberate intent to commit genocide, Ukrainian Intelligence Chief Kyrylo Budanov reveals.

byOlena Mukhina

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Sky News: Ukraine to celebrate Christmas on 25 December officially for first time

Many Ukrainians are preparing to celebrate Christmas on 25 December for the first time as the country adopted…

byOlena Mukhina

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Voice of America: Ukraine dismantles Soviet-era monuments to break away from Russian past

On 9 December, municipal workers in Kyiv took down a monument of a Red Army commander Mykola Shchors…

byOlena Mukhina

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Ukraine

Why post-Soviet cities look so terrible, and how this can be fixed

Сertain districts in Ukrainian cities are more frequently the subject of local anecdotes than others. Amongst these are…

byBohdan Ben

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Ukraine

Rebellion against uniformity: documentary explores phenomenon of Ukraine’s hodgepodge balconies

The visuals — frightening, ugly, yet still somehow charming monolith apartment blocks — are the key elements of…

byOlena Makarenko

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1990s last time when Soviet faith in sudden transformation was widespread in Russia, Kuznetsov says

“For many people of the older generation,” he writes, “any promise of a bright future or talks that…

byPaul A. Goble

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Culture of Ukraine

Khrushchovka apartments: the French dream that became a Soviet reality

When Nikita Khrushchev, the ruler of the USSR in the 1950’s visited France, he had no idea that…

byUkrayinska Pravda

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History of Ukraine

Documents reveal Soviet repressions against those resisting Holodomor genocidal famine

Previously unknown documents reveal the scale of Soviet repression against peasant dissenters against collectivization and forced expulsion of…

byAlya Shandra

Gennady Khazanov, an acclaimed Russian comedic actor loyal to the Putin regime, presenting the Russian president with a reproduction of the Russian imperial crown made for Putin's 63rd birthday. (Image: meduza.io)

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Will Russia soon cease to have a President… and have a Chairman or Tsar instead?

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the outrageous but often leading indicator of Kremlin plans, sang the Russian Imperial anthem “God Save…

byPaul A. Goble

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Before and after: metamorphoses of Soviet architecture

Soviet architecture is notorious for its unappealing, monotonous appearance. The standardized multi-apartment blocks were designed for a classless…

byAlya Shandra

"The state is always happy to help its dear people!.." (Image: kasparov.ru)

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Putin government now behaves like ‘any other occupation regime,’ Moscow commentator says

With its plans to reintroduce the Soviet tax on “parasites” and to restrict travel abroad, the Putin regime…

byPaul A. Goble

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Soviet myths about World War II and their role in contemporary Russian propaganda

We often can understand what is happening today by looking at history. However, in the hands of Russian…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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International

Ten myths about decommunization in Ukraine

On April 9, 2015, four laws of the so-called “decommunization package” were passed by the Ukrainian Parliament. These laws…

byUkrayinska Pravda

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Defending decommunization: expert answers criticism

EP: The bills have met both criticism and approval, abroad and in Ukraine. How do you think Ukrainian…

byEuromaidan Press Staff

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International

Soviet dissident: Putin’s Russia like cockroaches, most petrified of the light

Today, I got a unique opportunity to talk with Pavel Mikhailovich Litvinov, one of the Seven who came…

byVarious internet sources

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History of Ukraine

Putin on Ukraine repeats Molotov on Finland

1) Putin on Ukraine and NATO = Molotov on Finland and “imperialists” Essentially, Putin repeats Molotov’s words. See…

byUkrayinska Pravda

A false confession under torture: "I’m… an English, French, American, Japanese, Italian, German and maybe some other spy as well…" ("Drawings from the GULAG" by Danzig Baldaev, a former NKVD guard)

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International

Russian Interior Ministry wants to restore Stalin-style ‘Troikas’ to speed up ‘justice’

The Russian interior ministry wants to revive the troikas Stalin used to conduct the purges in the 1930s…

byPaul A. Goble