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. View Ukraine: April, 2014 […]
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Winter Is Coming For The Half-Million IDPs Who Fled Fighting In Eastern Ukraine
Kiev — During a midnight cab-ride, the taxi driver tells me: “No, no, I’m not a Kievyanin. ’I’m from Donetsk. Back home I was a manager, small company, we sold and installed air-conditioning.” The chauffeur tells a sad tale that is heard all over Kiev currently, but he is one of the lucky ones. Despite […]
Ukraine Live Day 276: Military Says Russian Troops On State Of Alert
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. View Ukraine: April, 2014 […]
Russia Update: Kremlin Mulls Tapping Buckwheat Reserves as Price Jumps
Welcome to our new column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. Yesterday’s issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week. The Russian government has contemplated opening up reserves of buckwheat, a staple of the Russian diet, as prices jumped […]
Kremlin Divided Only On When to Begin Full-Scale War With Ukraine, Sheremet Says
Staunton, November 19 – There are “no influential forces in the Kremlin now” calling for peace in Ukraine or with Russia’s other neighbors, independent Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet says. There are only various groups calling for war and differing only on when, where and how to carry out a full-scale war with Ukraine. In a […]
Russia Update: Putin Speaks to All-Russian Popular Front, Pledges Crackdown on Corruption
Welcome to our new column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. Yesterday’s issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week. President Vladimir Putin met with the state-created All-National Popular Front (ONR) to rally the astro-turf activists to brace for […]
Ukraine Live Day 275: 3 Civilians Killed, 4 Wounded – Including Two Children – In Bakhmutka Shelling
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. View Ukraine: April, 2014 […]
Russia Update: Ekho Moskvy’s Editor Fights for Independence Amid State Pressure
Welcome to our new 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, and see also our Russia This Week. Aleksei Venediktov, editor-in-chief of the last independent radio station in Russia has been fighting for his independence amid […]
Ukraine Live Day 274: Having Sent Tanks To Donetsk, Moscow Accuses Kiev Of Strangling Donbass
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. View Ukraine: April, 2014 […]
Ukraine Live Day 273: Ukrainian Military Claims To Have Wounded Separatist Militant ‘Motorola’
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. View Ukraine: April, 2014 […]