Ukraine Peace Talks Get Help From putin. Crazy, right?
russia is letting Zelensky lay out “red lines” to convince voters he can compromise without capitulating, writes Leonid Bershidsky for Bloomberg from moscow. No, he...
“Steinnmeier Formula” is far from enough for kremlin
On October 1, in the Minsk Contact Group, Ukraine agreed with the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” (DPR, LPR) to incorporate the “Steinmeier Formula” into...
Thousands march in Kyiv, Guardian reports whatever, AP spreads russian propaganda
"Thousands march in Kyiv to oppose east Ukraine peace plan," this could have been the title of the article in the Guardian about the protest...
russia intends to use OSCE for elections in Donbas
Kyiv has co-signed with russia and the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” (DPR, LPR) a commitment to: a) accept the holding of “local elections” in that russian-controlled territory...
Six Takeaways From Trump And Zelensky’s Phone Call
About seven minutes into his July 25 telephone call with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, U.S. President Donald Trump shifted the largely cordial and collegial conversation...
Absolute power, reinforced with the populist slogans, could lead to a shrinking of political freedoms
While the vote-counting in Ukraine continues, it is already clear that President Volodymyr Zelensky has secured the power over legislative and, consequently, executive branches of...
moscow’s Slow-Motion Ethnic Engineering in Occupied Crimea Accelerating
When a government engages in mass murder or forcible deportations, most observers see that as a clear sign of ethnic engineering—even if there are unresolved...
Los Angeles Times and Crimea’s “unsettled history”
“Crimea’s history is long and tangled. It is today under russian control, as it has been — sometimes as an autonomous region, sometimes as a...
Kolomoisky and the Holding Company: Combination of the Two
The idea that the Ukrainian runaway oligarch, Igor Kolomoisky, is planning to regain control of the nationalized PrivatBank was in the air for some time...