Staunton, October 2 – The underlying premise of Vladimir Putin’s seizure of Crimea is false: Crimea has not been part of Russia from time immemorial. Instead, it has had a complex history, one in which Russia’s role has been remarkably brief. As a result, it is important that the future of the peninsula be decided […]
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Ukraine Liveblog Day 228: Militants Attack Airport With Tanks After Red Cross Worker Killed In Donetsk
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Ukraine Liveblog Day 227: Fighting Rages Around Donetsk Airport
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Ukraine Liveblog Day 226: Shells Strike Donetsk Bus And School, Killing At Least 10 Civilians
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Some Russians Blame Lenin and Stalin for Moscow’s Problems in Ukraine
Staunton, September 29 – Following the Crimean Anschluss, Russians have stopped focusing their anger on Nikita Khrushchev, who transferred Crimea from the RSFSR to Ukraine, as a primary source of their problems with Ukrainians and shifted attention to the role Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin played in creating the current tensions between the two nations. […]
Kremlin Now Forming a ‘Fascist International,’ Badretdinov Says
Staunton, September 27 – Moscow continues to receive support from some left-wing parties in Europe largely “as a result of inertia” from Soviet times, but the Kremlin gets most of its backing now from right-wing parties, at least some of whom evidence suggests the Kremlin is “generously financing their leading structures,” according to Sabirdzhan Badretdinov. […]
Ukraine Liveblog Day 225: Shells Fall In Donetsk And Popasnaya
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Andrei Stenin and His Fellow Travelers: How Russian State Media Help Fight the War Against Ukraine
When the remains of Andrei Stenin, a RIA Novosti photographer who had been missing for weeks, were finally identified and he was confirmed dead, the Kremlin’s top propagandist Dmitry Kiselyev solemnly commemorated him and angrily denounced the Ukrainian armed forces who he believed had killed him. Russian state news media gave saturation coverage to the […]
Kremlin Using Katyn Strategy in Ukraine to Cover Its Own Crimes, Portnikov Says
Staunton, September 25 – Just as the Soviet government sought to evade its responsibility for the murder of Polish officers during World War II by blaming the Germans, so too the Russian government of Vladimir Putin is seeking to evade responsibility for its killings in Ukraine by blaming Ukrainian forces for them, according to Vitaly […]
Ukraine Liveblog Day 224: 3 Civilians, 9 Soldiers Killed; At least 32 Wounded Yesterday
Yesterday’s liveblog 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 in a larger map For […]