Tag: Vladimir Putin

Putin Now Insuring Himself Against Nationalists Returning from Ukraine, Ikhlov Says

July 28, 2014

Staunton, July 28 – Vladimir Putin is ensuring himself ideologically against a nationalist challenge to himself if Russian militants fighting in Ukraine are forced to return to the Russian Federation where their popularity among many Russians, thanks to the Kremlin’s earlier ideological effort, remains extremely high, according to Yevgeny Ikhlov. The Moscow commentator says that […]

Putin is Waging War While the West is Talking Sanctions

July 27, 2014

Staunton, July 27 – Having taken the measure of the West and found it wanting, Vladimir Putin has expanded his aggression from the military occupation of Crimea to the organization of irredentist insurgencies in eastern Ukraine to the shooting down of the Malaysian jetliner to the shelling of Ukrainian targets from the territory of the […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 160: The Battle For The Donbass Intensifies

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. View Ukraine: April, 2014 in a larger map For links to individual updates click on the timestamps. For […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 158: Savchenko Refused Bail by Russian Court

July 25, 2014

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Ukraine Liveblog Day 157: Fighting Continues in Donetsk

July 24, 2014

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Ukraine Liveblog Day 156: MH17 Victims In The Netherlands, More Jets Shot Down In Ukraine

July 23, 2014

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Ukraine Liveblog Day 155: Train Carrying MH17 Bodies Arrives in Kharkiv

July 22, 2014

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Ukraine Liveblog Day 154: Heavy Fighting in Donetsk

July 21, 2014

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Ukrainian Events Providing Cover for Moscow to Take Unpopular Measures at Home, Polukhin Says

July 20, 2014

Staunton, July 17 – Moscow’s actions in Ukraine not only have pushed Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings among Russians into the stratosphere but also have provided Moscow with the opportunity to take unpopular and previously unthinkable measures at home, according to Aleksey Polukhin, economics editor of Novaya Gazeta. If the first has attracted enormous attention, the […]

Ukraine Liveblog Day 151: Who Shot Down MH17?

July 18, 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. View Ukraine: April, 2014 in a larger map For links to individual updates click on the timestamps. Below […]