David Marples is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta, Canada. For summer 2014 he is Visiting Professor at the Slavic and Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan. Follow him on Twitter @drmarples
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Published in: oDRPoroshenko's choicesIn theory, with a new parliamentary coalition, Poroshenko can now address Ukraine’s two most pressing problems —...
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Published in: oDR@FuckingPutinThe rhetoric of hatred describing the situation in Ukraine misses the point – Ukraine has problems that are not...
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Published in: oDRThe Ukrainian army is unprepared for warThe Ukrainian army is corrupt and badly prepared for war, with either the Donetsk People's Republic or Russia. на...
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Published in: oDRLong live the Donetsk People’s Republic!What will ‘Defence Minister’ Strelkov do, now that Slovyansk has been lost? And can he rely on Vladimir Putin?
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Published in: oDRIgor Strelkov – Moscow agent or military romantic?Who is Igor Strelkov? He has power, but by whose authority?
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Published in: oDRCrimean Tatars – tragic past and uncertain presentNews coverage of the current dramatic situation in Crimea has so far had little to say about the Tatars. Their...