Not long after an Estonian counter-intelligence (KAPO) officer was kidnapped and paraded before Moscow TV cameras, Sweden is now playing its own version of “whack-a-mole,” with its navy hunting for phantom objects after reports suggest a Russian submarine or mini-sub is stranded in its waters. It is not clear exactly what is happening. Reports have […]
Tag: NATO
Russia This Week: Gorbachev Confirms There Was No NATO ‘Non-Expansion’ Pledge (October 13-19)
Updated Daily. This week’s issue: – Soldiers’ Mothers Activist Arrested, Had Pressed Cases of Russian Soldiers in Killed in Ukraine – Gorbachev Confirms There Was No NATO ‘Non-Expansion’ Pledge – Poland Arrests Russian Lt. Colonel and Lawyer on Suspicion of ‘Espionage’ – Two American Journalism Professors Detained in St. Petersburg at Workshop – Harassment Continues […]
Ukraine Liveblog Day 242: Poroshenko And Putin Talk In Milan
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 […]
Ukraine Liveblog Day 238: Outgoing Defence Minister Says Russia Withdrawing Troops
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Ukraine Liveblog Day 232: Rada Passes Anti-Corruption Bill
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Ukraine Liveblog Day 231: Victoria Nuland Arrives In Kiev As Fighting Continues Across Eastern Ukraine
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Ukraine Liveblog Day 226: Shells Strike Donetsk Bus And School, Killing At Least 10 Civilians
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Ukraine Liveblog Day 221: Russia Threatens To Cut Gas Supplies While Buffer Zone Group Meets
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Zhirinovsky’s Plan for Ukraine’s Destruction Must Be Taken Seriously, Illarionov Say
Staunton, September 25 – At a time when Vladimir Putin has made what was earlier unthinkable into reality, it would be a major mistake to ignore a recent statement by Vladimir Zhirinovsky about how Ukraine will be reduced in size or even eliminated altogether in the coming years, according to Andrey Illarionov. In an article […]
US Campaign Against ISIS Plays Into Russia’s Strategy In Middle East and Ukraine
This week on The Interpreter podcast Boston College Professor Matt Sienkiewicz and The Interpreter’s managing editor James Miller discuss Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s recent visit to the United States, and how Ukraine will (or perhaps will not) be supported by the United States and Europe. But the conversation quickly turns to ISIS and the US […]