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Maria Lipman is a Russian political analyst and commentator. She is a visiting fellow and lecturer at the Russian and East European Institute, Global and International Studies, Indiana University (Bloomington).

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European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Ways to end the conflict in Ukraine’s Donbas: an interview with Serhiy Kudelia

Maria Lipman and Serhiy Kudelia 3 October 2018

The conflict in eastern Ukraine is at a stalemate. How do we break through it?

What can and can’t be said about the Russian revolution

Editors of OpenDemocracy Russia and Maria Lipman 6 November 2017

In Russia today, there’s little consensus on the events of a century ago. But can you have national reconciliation without truth about the Russian Empire’s revolutions? RU

Putin's nation-building project offers reconciliation without truth

Maria Lipman 12 April 2017

The Kremlin has resorted to obfuscating the past in the name of national reconciliation.

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