Ukraine

Ukrainians Cannot Count on Sanctions or Falling Oil Prices to Stop Putin, Illarionov Says

December 2, 2014

Staunton, December 2 – Many in Ukraine and elsewhere think that falling oil prices or increased Western sanctions or more sensible people in his entourage will convince Vladimir Putin to change course and end his aggressive policies, but they are wrong because none of these things will affect Putin’s pursuit of his goals, according to […]

Ukraine Live Day 288: Maidan Anti-Corruption Activist Murdered In Kiev

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Fate of Post-Soviet Space and of Russia Itself at Issue in Ukraine, Kazakh Scholar Says

December 1, 2014

Staunton, November 29 – The fate not only of Ukrain,e but also of the entire post-Soviet space, and even the survival of Russia itself as a single unified country is being decided by what is happening in the conflict in southeastern Ukraine, according to Aydos Sarym, a political scientist from Kazakhstan. He told the UNIAN […]

Ukraine Live Day 287: OSCE Report Fuel Trucks Part of Russian ‘Aid’ Convoy

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Moscow Coming Up With Ever More Euphemisms To Hide Russian Losses In Ukraine

Staunton, November 28 – Because Vladimir Putin continues to insist that there are no Russian military personnel in Ukraine, the Russian defense ministry has been forced to use ever more euphemisms in order to hide the reality that Russian soldiers are dying there. Now, the Russian dead will be called “those who died in exercises […]

West Split between Those Who Take Freedom For Granted and Those Who Don’t

Staunton, November 28 – Russian aggression in Ukraine has opened a new divide in the West between those who take freedom for granted and those who know that it must be defended or it can be lost, according to Vladimir Vyatrovich, the director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory. Many in the West have […]

‘Russia May Lose Belarus’

Staunton, November 28 – Analysts and officials in both Moscow and the West have long operated under the assumption that Russia will always be able to retain Belarus as a reliable satellite. But recent statements by Alyaksandr Lukashenko and actions by Belarusian nationalists are raising questions about that assumption. In an article yesterday on the […]

Ukraine Live Day 286: Uninspected and Unauthorized ‘Humanitarian Convoy’ Crosses the Border

November 30, 2014

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Ukraine Live Day 285: EU Passes New Sanctions On Rebel Leaders

November 29, 2014

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Ukraine Live Day 284: Attacks On Stanitsa Luganskaya Continue

November 28, 2014

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