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Ukraine Live Day 613: Elections on Sunday Unlikely to Solve Problems, and May Bring More
Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. An archive of our liveblogs can be found here. For an overview and analysis of this developing story see our latest podcast. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable information service by making a donation towards our costs. For links to individual […]
Russia Update: In Belligerent Valdai Speech, Putin Antagonizes Even Supporters
President Vladimir Putin gave a belligerent keynote speech at the prestigious annual Valdai Conference, ringing all the chimes of Kremlin propaganda even more vigorously than usual. 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. […]
Russia Update: Trial to Begin of Two Ukrainian Ultranationalists Accused of Fighting in Chechnya
Yuliya Latynina reports for Novaya Gazeta on a trial in Chechnya of Ukrainians Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh who are accused of fighting on the side of Chechen militants against Russian soldiers in the 1996 war Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian […]
Russia Update: New Customs Law Planned to Require Documentation of Cash at Border
Russian customs agents will now require documentation of cash taken out of or brought into Russia under a new draft regulation planned for the Customs Code. 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. […]
Russia Update: Foreign Ministry Protests Air Incident with Speaker’s Plane and Swiss Military Jet
Russia issued a note of protest to Switzerland via Swiss envoy to Moscow Amb. Pierre Helg regarding the approach of a Swiss military plane within eye contact of a Russian civilian airliner yesterday carrying Sergei Naryshkin, head of the State Duma to a converence of parliamentarians in Geneva. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where […]
The Russian Language Does Not Belong to the Russian State, Shtepa Points Out
Staunton, October 19 – One of the most memorable passages of Solzhenitsyn’s “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” is when one GULAG inmate explains to another that Moscow has decided what time it is — regardless of where the sun is located in the sky — prompting the latter to speculate that the […]
Russia Update: FSB Claims to Foil Terrorist Attack in Krasnodar
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it had foiled a terrorist attack in Krasnodar Territory, and arrested an engine-driver’s mate said to be planning to bomb a train. 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 […]
Ukraine Live Day 608: Demonstrators in Mariupol Protest Return of ‘Regionaires’ Amid Fears of Election Tampering
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Ukraine Live Day 607: Ukrainian Soldier Wounded as Russian-Backed Separatists Violate Ceasefire
Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. An archive of our liveblogs can be found here. For an overview and analysis of this developing story see our latest podcast. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable information service by making a donation towards our costs. For links to individual […]