Ukraine

Ukraine Liveblog Day 218: DNR Claims Artillery Withdrawn While Continuing To Attack Airport

September 23, 2014

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Putin Cleverly Exploits Three Weaknesses of the West

Staunton, September 20 – Vladimir Putin appears stronger than he is because he is exploiting three weaknesses of the West: confusion among journalists of balance and objectivity, a desire to get a ceasefire rather than to repulse aggression, and a lack of will to punish Moscow politically and not just economically. The Kremlin leader’s clever […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 217: Russia Says OSCE To Monitor Buffer Zone As Donetsk Airport Attacked Again

September 22, 2014

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Ukraine Liveblog Day 216: Ceasefire Violations Threaten Minsk Peace Plan

September 21, 2014

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Russia This Week: 26,000 Protest War in Ukraine at Moscow Peace March (September 15-21)

Updated Daily. This week’s issue: – Further Peace March Arrests: 7 in St. Petersburg; 2 in Yekaterinburg; 2 in Barnaul – Peace March of 26,000 in Moscow Finishes Without Incident; A Few Arrests Reported – At Least 10,000 in Peace March in Moscow – AP – 5,000 March in St. Petersburg Despite Ban – ‘If […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 215: Ukraine and Russian-backed Separatists Reach DMZ Agreement

September 20, 2014

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Ukraine Liveblog Day 214: Shelling Continues In And Around Donetsk

September 19, 2014

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Russian Government Pushing New Law Allowing Jailers to Use Force Against Prisoners

September 18, 2014

Staunton, September 18 – The Russian government is about to introduce a bill that would allow jailers to use more force, including lethal force in some cases, against prisoners and to avoid being held accountable by the courts, an action that led Russian ombudsman Ella Pamfilova to appeal to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to kill […]

Ever More Putin Associates Bear a Resemblance to Nazi Ones, Eidman Says

Staunton, September 18 – Many commentators in Moscow and the West see parallels between Vladimir Putin’s regime and Adolf Hitler’s Nazi one – its authoritarianism, its attacks on minorities and its pursuit of Lebensraum for “the Russian world.” But Igor Eidman takes the next step and draws specific parallels between Nazi figures and Russian ones. […]

World Must End ‘Shameful Silence’ About Russian Oppression of Crimean Tatars, Moscow Commentator Says

Staunton, September 18 – The world must end its “shameful silence” about the intensifying “moral terror” Moscow and its agents are waging against the Crimean Tatars to drive them again from their homeland or to force those who do not go to accept the status of “second class” citizens on the occupied Ukrainian peninsula, according […]