Fighting In Ukraine Hot; Ukrainian Doctors Leave Russia Without Visiting Nadiya Savchenko

March 13, 2016

UKRAINE LIVE DAY 755 — UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine   Both Sides Accuse The Other Of Breaking Ukraine’s Ceasefire 2016-03-14 02:28:11 Ceasefire violations in Ukraine have been reported by the […]

Day 754: 2 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed By Russian-Backed Militants; Visitors Say Savchenko’s Health Improves

March 12, 2016

LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine   2 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed in Battle with Russian-Backed Militants; Savchenko’s Health Improves 2016-03-13 02:56:20 Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in clashes with Russian-backed separatists, […]

Day 753: Kiev Says Russian-Backed Fighters Used Mortars And Tanks In Attacks Near Avdeyevka

March 11, 2016

LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine   Kiev Says Russian-Backed Fighters Used Mortars And Tanks In Attacks Near Avdeyevka 2016-03-11 12:36:16 The Ukrainian military claimed this morning that Russian-backed fighters had […]

Car Bomb Outside Mosque Of Persecuted Anti-Extremist Imam In Ingushetia

LIVE UPDATES: A car bomb went off at the Nasyr-Kort mosque in Nazran where Khamzat Chumakov, an anti-extremist imam serves who has been persecuted for some years. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is […]

Opposition Activist Natalia Pelevine Taken For Questioning By Investigative Committee

March 10, 2016

LIVE UPDATES: Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here. Recent Analysis and Translations: – Aurangzeb, Putin, Realism and a Lesson from History – – Why the World Should Care About the Assassination of […]

Day 752: Nadiya Savchenko Begins Drinking Water Again After Intervention By Poroshenko

LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine   1 Ukrainian Soldier Killed, 1 Wounded After Tripping Mines 2016-03-11 03:44:22 Fighting was reduced today as the Ukrainian ATO recorded 13 incidents of firing […]

Day 751: Savchenko in Court Giving Final Speech; Bailiffs Detain Singing Supporters

March 9, 2016

LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine   Ukrainian Pilot Savchenko To Be Sentenced March 21-22; Continues Dry Hunger Strike, Suffers Heart Trouble 2016-03-09 08:36:30 The live feed has picked up again, […]

Dozens of Muscovites Arrested in Demonstration for Savchenko; Famous Writers, Journalists Sign Petition

March 8, 2016

LIVE UPDATES: Five Muscovites were arrested today in a demonstration in defense of jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here. Recent Analysis and Translations: – Aurangzeb, Putin, Realism […]

Day 750: World Leaders Speak Out in Defense of Imprisoned Ukrainian Pilot Savchenko on Dry Hunger Strike

LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine   39 Arrested at Action in Support of Savchenko in Moscow 2016-03-08 22:04:57 As we reported earlier, dozens of Muscovites were arrested today at pickets […]