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Death and the Maidan
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Scholars are not always known for their clarity. But in this interview with America's top Russia expert, David Remnick (venerable editor of the New...
Russia asks China for military help in Ukraine
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Russia has asked China for military equipment to support its invasion of Ukraine, according to US officials, sparking concern in the White House that...
The Weakness of the Despot
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An expert on Stalin discusses Putin, Russia, and the West.
By David Remnick
March 11, 2022
Stephen Kotkin is one of our most profound and prodigious scholars...
Defence of Odesa: the siege of Mykolaiv
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OPINION from the front line
Askold Krushelnycky, Mykolaiv, 13 March 2022.
Every hour of every day that Ukrainians hold out against the Russian invasion escalates the...
Award-winning US journalist killed in Kyiv
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American filmmaker and journalist was killed in Ukraine on Sunday (13/03) while reporting from a suburb of Kyiv. Renaud, 50, had worked for a...
Putin’s War: Day 17
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Mark Porter, Cannes, 11 March 2022
♦ Russia's defence ministry accused Ukrainian forces of attacking power lines and a substation feeding the Chernobyl nuclear power...
UN refugee figures: where they are
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Which countries are Ukraine's refugees fleeing to?
Refugees are crossing to neighbouring countries to the west, such as Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Moldova. These...
Visagate: Disabled Ukrainian family told to ‘fuck off’ by British official in Paris
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They were also asked for £2,200 to complete the visa application form. "Everyone in Poland was wonderful to Ukrainians, and everyone in France was...
Visagate: Britain accused of milking Ukrainian refugees
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Cannes, 11 March 2022
by Mark Porter and Adam Bychawski of openDemocracy
In the dark hours of the morning Mariupol ablaze looked like hell with the...
A Former Soviet Pilot’s One-Man Campaign Against Putin’s War
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Volodymyr Bilevich served in the Soviet and Russian air forces. But when Russia invaded Ukraine, the retired pilot launched a one-man campaign against the...