President Volodymyr Zelenskyy really believes that a genuine ceasefire will be established and observed in the Donbas after July 27. “This is critically important for us,” said the Ukrainian president during an...
The Russian futurologist says that what happened across Europe in the 1930s is likely to be repeated given the depth of the current crisis. Then, Russia was insulated from that because of communism; but now, it is likely to be very much...
What happened: On January 15, 2020, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly and proposed to amend the Russian Constitution, redistributing political power to the Parliament and the State Council, which...
Add to this the killing in Berlin. Of course, some will accuse the Russian special services of gaucherie in this matter. Why cast a shadow over the summit just before the meeting between Merkel and Putin? But, if this is gaucherie, then it...
In the recent past, Ukraine has never had to express such a demand. Any telephone conversations between the President of Russia, the French President and the Federal Chancellor of Germany were discussed directly with the President of...
In late April, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on a simplified procedure allowing residents of the so-called “DNR/LNR republics” to obtain Russian passports. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called this...
Russian experts and sociologists have noted a sharp increase in both anti-Western sentiment and anti-American rhetoric in Russian establishment politics. In particular, as journalist Denis Ermakov points out, it’s the first time such...
February 22 was mostly quiet in the Donbas according to reports by local residents on social networks. All their reports originated from the Donetsk sector, none from Luhansk and Mariupol. A quiet morning (all time EET, GMT+2): 01:07...
Putin’s goals and philosophy Sławomir Sierakowski: What is Putin’s ultimate goal in this war? Timothy Snyder: That’s no big secret: to destroy Ukraine as a state and exterminate Ukrainians as a nation. I’d...
