Russia
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The future of the Donbass
From our correspondent in Donetsk At the moment of truth in Ukraine’s “Revolution of Dignity” in February 2014, when President Yanukovich hastily left Ukraine Continue reading
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What the West has to offer to the Syrian people is more death, brutality and destruction
It has been well documented and disseminated by the operators of the Western mass media outlets that the Russians “cynically” vetoed the joint French and Spanish resolution for a peace plan for Aleppo Continue reading
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In Belarus a Maidan is only waiting to happen
My worries about an inevitable Maidan in Belarus proved to be exaggerated and unfounded last year Continue reading
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Former CIA agent in Donetsk: “MH17 was not downed by a BUK”
East&West: Mister Simpson, how have you ended up in Donetsk? Have you come here from the US? David Simpson: 25 years ago I was a CIA agent in Riga, Latvia. Continue reading
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Dialogue between a patriot and an appeaser
Appeaser: These symbols look really strange … Patriot: You should educate yourself about the symbols of Azov before so easily falling for Russian propaganda. They have nothing to do with Nazism. Continue reading
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How to write about Russia
Some say being a journalist in Russia is an infernal job. You are lucky if you escape alive. Indeed, Russia may well be one of the most difficult places on earth Continue reading
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Two years of war propaganda have made Ukraine and Russia enemies for generations to come
“The biggest problem of Ukraine”, told me a man travelling with me in a train from Kiev to Lviv, “is that we have a very bad neighbour”. It did not come as a surprise to me, as the man was from Lviv, the cultural capital of the Ukrainian national awakening that started in the second… Continue reading
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