Maria Lipman

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).

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

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

By Serhiy Kudelia and Maria Lipman

/ 3 Oct 2018

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

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

By Editors of OpenDemocracy Russia and Maria Lipman

/ 6 Nov 2017

Putin's nation-building project offers reconciliation without truth

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

By Maria Lipman

/ 12 Apr 2017