Ukraine

Signing Off for Now, Crimean Tatar Broadcaster Says ‘We Survived Stalin; We’ll Survive Putin’

April 1, 2015

Staunton, April 1 — Because the Russian occupation authorities have refused to register it, the Crimean Tatar television channel ATR ended its broadcasts at midnight yesterday, its leaders unbowed, committed to continue, and proudly asserting that the Crimean Tatars will survive this just as they survived their deportation by Stalin in 1944. ATR managers said […]

Ukraine Live Day 408: Russian-Backed Forces Continue To Attack Key Fronts

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Ukraine Live Day 407: Does Ukraine Still Control Shirokino?

March 31, 2015

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Russians In Deep Denial About Their Country And the World

Staunton, March 30 — “The longing for ‘former greatness’” that many Russians feel is “playing a bad joke” on them, Olga Idrisova writes in Moskovsky Komsomolets today, because it has led them to don “thick rose-colored glasses” and engage in deep denial about reality, “subconsciously blocking out” anything which doesn’t fit with their preferred imagery. […]

Russians’ Hatred Easy To Unleash But Difficult To Limit, Reverse or Overcome

March 30, 2015

Staunton, March 30 — Many are taking comfort in the notion that just as Russians appear to have reduced their hatred of immigrants when encouraged by the Kremlin to hate Ukrainians instead so too their hatred against the latter could be ended relatively easily if Moscow changed course — and in any case won’t expand […]

Ukraine Live Day 406: Claims Of Continued Use Of Heavy Artillery

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Russia Update: Nationalist Claims FSB Jailed Him When He Refused to Commit Terrorism in Ukraine

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. Imprisoned Russian nationalist Aleksandr Belov (Potkin) says the FSB is persecuting him because he refused to collaborate with them to commit corporate raids and terrorist acts […]

Ukraine Live Day 404: UA Military Claims Russian-Backed Fighters Shelled Village With Grads

March 28, 2015

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Ukraine Live Day 403: 1 Civilian Killed, 1 Ukrainian Soldier Wounded In Fighting

March 27, 2015

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