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Ukrainian National Unity: An Opportunity Lost

The “Heavenly Hundred” who fell during the Euromaidan protests and the soldiers who resisted the Russian invasion of Crimea had the potential to contribute to a unifying national narrative in Ukraine. This opportunity was quickly lost, with fighting and rising casualties in Luhansk and Donetsk ...

Опубликовано:
04.07.2014 14:14:00

Ukraine’s tragedy is everyone’s tragedy

In Eastern Ukraine, we are seeing an ingenious Russian plot unfold — for the second time. Russian servicemen, wearing no insignia, infiltrate into the area and, capitalising on marginal grassroots separatism, spark unrest. They establish control in a professional manner, quickly, and largely without blood. The government in Kiev is helpless. Struggling with a crisis of legitimacy since the moment of taking control, it can hardly rely on the armed forces to establish order in its insurgent...

Опубликовано:
17.04.2014 16:14:00

Annexing Crimea is against Russia’s interests

Having invaded Crimea, set up a puppet government and organised a sham referendum, now Vladimir Putin will have to facilitate the region’s accession to Russia. There is little doubt this is going to happen swiftly. Any different reaction to yesterday’s clear, if unfair, results, will seem much too cynical even to Russians, who now — thanks to the lies seen on television —overwhelmingly believe that Putin is fighting to save Russian-speakers in Ukraine, put in real danger by...

Опубликовано:
17.03.2014 12:45:00

A dodgy affair: on the Bulatov case

Believe the protest leader's story or not, the response of Ukraine's authorities is suspicious Dmytro Bulatov, leader of AvtoMaidan, the motor wing of the Euromaidan protests, appeared on 30 January after 8 days in the dark. He claimed he had been kidnapped and severely tortured, then dumped in a forest to let die. He said he miraculously made it to a nearby village and from there, with the help of locals,...

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03.02.2014 15:41:00

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