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Ukraine Live Day 304: EU Not To Relax Sanctions As Shelling Continues In Lugansk Region
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 […]
Moscow’s Relations With West Will Recover If Russia Remains Capitalist
Staunton, December 16 – Mikhail Budaragin, the editor of the pro-Kremlin United Russia Party’s official website, says that Moscow’s relations with the West “will not last forever” and that Moscow can look forward to a return to normal as long as it remains committed to capitalism and does shift to another “economic model.” Budaragin’s comment […]
Ukraine Live Day 303: Poroshenko, Putin, Merkel and Hollande Speak, Minsk Talks By End Of Week
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Putin Making Belarus Into Base For Attacking Kyiv, Minsk Analyst Says
Staunton, December 15 – Even as Moscow appears to be reducing its military actions in southeastern Ukraine, a “reduction” that is at least in part a disinformation campaign, Putin is making Belarus into a base for attacking Kyiv. The appearance of more Russian “little green men” in Gomel last week prompted some Ukrainians to ask […]
Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine Will Lead More Countries to Go Nuclear, Portnikov Says
Staunton, December 6 – Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and the failure of the West so far to repel it has a longer-term consequence that few are prepared to face: The Kremlin leader’s actions will lead ever more countries to seek to build or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons as the only reliable means of self-defense. […]
Decentralization Of Ukraine ‘Impossible’ At Present, Moscow Expert Says
Staunton, December 9 – Despite Vladimir Putin’s call for the federalization of Ukraine and Petro Poroshenko’s suggestion that he is prepared to oversee steps toward the decentralization of power in his country, nothing can be done toward either under the current crisis conditions, according to Moscow’s leading expert on Ukraine. Bogdan Bezpalko, deputy director of […]
No Need for Western Leaders to Deal with Putin Directly, Lithuanian President Says
Staunton, December 6 – Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite says that she doesn’t want to have anything to do with Vladimir Putin until the Kremlin leader changes his course, and that she does not see any need for that given the multiple channels that Western countries have for interacting with the Russian government. To deal with […]
Exodus of Russian Citizens from Russia, Already Massive, Likely to Grow
Staunton, December 8 – The decisions by high profile Russians to go into exile because of what is happening to their country under Vladimir Putin continue to attract media attention in Moscow and the West, but such coverage often has the effect of obscuring rather than highlighting the dimensions of this term. Last week, for […]
Ukraine Live Day 297: DNR Begins ‘Partial Withdrawal’ of Artillery As Ceasefire Remains Tenuous
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