Tag: Right Sector

Ukraine Live Day 319: Police Arrest Man Who Broke LifeNews Camera During Bandera Rally

January 2, 2015

Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict 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 […]

Ukraine’s Parliamentary Elections and the Far Right

October 26, 2014

Vienna, October 26 – On October 26, 2014, Ukrainians voted in the early parliamentary elections. Ukraine currently has a mixed electoral system (50% elected from party lists and 50% elected from constituencies or single-member districts) with a 5% election threshold. Here are the results of the National Exit Poll 2014 (I mention only those parties […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 239: Violent Protests Outside Rada

October 14, 2014

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 95: Another Deadly Ambush Near Donetsk

May 23, 2014

Yesterday’s liveblog 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. An interactive map of the situation: View Ukraine: April, 2014 in a larger map For links to individual […]

Russia’s Media War In Ukraine – Interpreter Podcast May 7 2014

May 7, 2014

This week, Boston College Professor Matt Sienkiewicz and Interpreter Magazine’s managing editor James Miller discuss Right Sector, neo-Nazis, concentration camps and media wars, the battles in Slavyansk, the role of the Russian Orthodox Church, and public opinion on whether eastern Ukrainians want to become part of Russia. Articles discussed in this podcast: How Russia Conquered […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 63: Moscow and Kiev Point Fingers After Ceasefire Shattered

April 21, 2014

Yesterday’s liveblog 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. An interactive map of the situation: View Ukraine: April, 2014 in a larger map For links to individual […]

Milonov: “I Believe Russia Has a Moral Right to Undertake a Peacekeeping Mission”

April 10, 2014

Vitaly Milonov is a prominent Russian conservative and member of the United Russia party. A staunch advocate of Russia’s controversial ban on “homosexual propaganda,” and he has also repeatedly made anti-Semitic statements, including during a session of the St. Petersburg legislative council in March. He is a prominent critic of the pro-EU Ukrainian movement, and […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 43: Right Sector Implicated in Shooting in Kiev

April 1, 2014

Diplomatic efforts to solve the Ukraine crisis are ongoing, there are more reports of Russian troops pulling back, and yet the heated rhetoric is only building. Also, unnoticed by the Western press, last night the deputy mayor of Kiev was reportedly shot along with two others, perhaps by members of the ultranationalist “Right Sector.” Yesterday’s […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 39: Provoking a War?

March 28, 2014

US intelligence estimates for the amount of Russian troops on Ukraine’s borders continues to rise, and is eclipsed by Ukrainian estimates. Meanwhile, President Obama warns Putin to “move back those troops.” Yesterday’s liveblog can be found here. For an overview and analysis of this developing story see our latest podcast. Please help The Interpreter to […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 36: Right Sector Leader Found Dead

March 25, 2014

Russia and Ukraine have held their first meeting since this crisis began, and a leader for the Ukrainian ultra-nationalist movement “Right Sector” was killed. Yesterday’s liveblog 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 […]