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Ukrainian crisis – horizon of events or a moment of truth

21:08 07.03.2022

Ukrainian crisis – horizon of events or a moment of truth

Let’s start with themoment of truth. Special Operation Z will be included in the program books of military academies throughout the globe, first of all, owing to its complexity and humanitarian format. The operation has clear-cut objectives – it is aimed at demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, by crushing its …

Geopolitical dancing over Minsk Protocol – or the sad outcome of the talks

17:31 15.02.2022

Geopolitical dancing over Minsk Protocol – or the sad outcome of the talks

Diplomats, intelligence chiefs, presidents and chancellors have become frequent visitors to Moscow of late. According to reports on the outcomes of President Vladimir Putin’s talks with top foreign officials,he made the West understand that the Minsk Protocol is a document of principal importance.Right after visiting Moscow, the high guest of …

Ukraine after Putin – Biden talks

17:39 15.12.2021

Ukraine after Putin – Biden talks

Negotiations between US and Ukrainian Presidents Joe Biden and Volodymir Zelensky in the wake of Putin-Biden talks were anticipated with genuine interest, particularly given that talks between the Ukrainian and American leaders took place against the backdrop of the Ukrainian provocation in the Sea of Azov.As became clear from official …

Gas doom hanging over Ukraine

21:26 14.10.2021

Gas doom hanging over Ukraine

The long history of gas transit across independent Ukraine began with Kiev’s initial failure to pay anything for Russian natural gas, both intended for transit to Europe and for domestic consumption, on the pretext of fraternal relations between the former Soviet republics. Later it cost the Ukrainians a meager $25 …

Ukrainian law on indigenous people, or how to destroy your own state

14:12 21.07.2021

Ukrainian law on indigenous people, or how to destroy your own state

To begin with,the draft law on indigenous people, the first reading of which was approved by Ukraine’s Parliament, runs counter to the country’s Constitution. The bill breaches Article 10 of the Constitution of Ukraine, which enshrines the rights of Russian language and Russians as an ethnic group, while the deputies’ …

Ukraine: vaccination vs. «no visas»

12:10 26.05.2021

Ukraine: vaccination vs. «no visas»

There have always been many political threats to Zelensky’s political future. Such threats can be seen as permanent, being among the key components of the political process (for example, since 2014 – the Minsk Agreements), or can be considered situational by nature, such as oligarch wars and corruption scandals. But …

Censorship and legality, or why Kiev is so afraid of Russian books and Ukrainian TV channels

11:59 09.02.2021

Censorship and legality, or why Kiev is so afraid of Russian books and Ukrainian TV channels

One of the most expressive and emotionally supercharged performances based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s timeless novelThe Master and Margaritawas staged at the Suzirya Theater in Kiev. The actress who plays Margarita is alone on stage sitting in a large chair, in front of a tiny audience of just two dozen spectators, …

«Crimean Platform» - Kiev set on opening a new diplomatic front

11:34 17.11.2020

«Crimean Platform» - Kiev set on opening a new diplomatic front

Even though the so-called “Crimean Platform”, as a new unrealistic project to retrieve Crimea, arouses no questions and the agenda of the Kiev initiators is clear, further developments require a close scrutiny, the more so since the political situation is versatile, given the impact of presidential elections in the USA …

What awaits Ukraine after US presidential elections?

13:24 14.09.2020

What awaits Ukraine after US presidential elections?

Who is the man that Kiev wants in the White House - Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden? For a country like Ukraine, so sensitive to external influences, this is an overarching issue.Joe Biden’s election in November would bring Ukraine into Washington’s sharper focus. However, important as this may …

Zelensky dreaming of Ukraine NOW

9:48 03.09.2020

Zelensky dreaming of Ukraine NOW

In an Independence Day address to the nation and a video message to foreign countries, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expanded on his country’s new reality. [i] Just how one would like to present Ukraine to the outside world is one thing, and what really is happening there is quite another. …

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