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Published in: oDRNagorno-Karabakh: Crimea’s doppelgangerCrimea and Nagorno-Karabakh, two regions with similar histories, took very different paths after the Soviet Union...
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Published in: oDRTransnistria is a bridge too far for RussiaThe breakaway republic – de facto state – of Transnistria has steadily been edging closer and closer to Russia, but...
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Published in: oDRBeyond propagandaTwo hundred election monitors from Russia observed the Ukrainian presidential election. They were surprised by the...
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Published in: oDRCome and live in Russia!The Russian government is running a scheme to encourage former Soviet citizens now living in other countries to...
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Published in: oDRMaidan comes to AbkhaziaEvents in Ukraine have both highlighted and influenced Abkhazia’s political divisions, as yesterday’s protests...
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Published in: oDRWhat does it take to save Ukraine?Billionaire President-elect Petro Poroshenko has promised to sell his chocolate making concern Roshen, to ‘focus on...
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Published in: oDRChina is already sitting in Russia’s backyard
China is already sitting in Russia’s backyard. Perhaps this might encourage the EU to try a little harder with its...
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Published in: oDRThe Eurosphere is losing UkraineUkrainians may have had high expectations, but the unpleasant truth is that the EU has offered them more than it can deliver.
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Published in: oDRUkraine's gas politics
It is commonly assumed that the main economic challenge facing Ukraine is its dependence on energy supplies,...
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Published in: oDRThe Kremlin’s marriage of convenience with the European far rightPutin’s strong-arm tactics in Eastern Ukraine and ‘moral, family-based’ policies have won him ardent support from...
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Published in: oDRCan Russia afford to be an outcast in world politics?
What President Putin has been pursuing during his months-long battle against Ukraine’s economy and society is the...
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Published in: oDREurope is (still) failing to understand Russia’s actions in Crimea
The EU has been right to interpret Russia’s foreign policy as both chaotic and driven by short-sighted or...
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Published in: oDROut of the Guantanamo frying pan into the Russian fireWhile Russia steps up calls for the US to close the Guantánamo Bay prison camp, its own abuse and mistreatment of...
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Published in: oDRUkraine – hoping for peace but preparing for warUkrainians have accepted the loss of Crimea, but discrimination against dissenters has already started and partial...
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Published in: oDRThe challenges for Ukraine’s presidential electionOn Sunday 25 May, President Putin permitting, 36.5 million voters will go to the polls in Ukraine to vote for a...
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Published in: oDRCrimea and Kosovo – the delusions of western military interventionism
Vladimir Putin says that Crimea is another Kosovo. Angela Merkel says that they are completely different. Who’s right?
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Published in: oDRWhy Crimea is not Kosovo, and why it mattersIn his 18 March speech, Vladimir Putin cited the International Court of Justice 2010 opinion allowing Kosovo to...
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Published in: oDRCould Crimea be another Bosnia?
As Crimea prepares for its referendum on Sunday, a lesson should perhaps be learned from an earlier, Balkan carve-up.
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Published in: oDRMr Putin's mercenariesThe Kremlin claims that its every step in Crimea fully complies with international law. But does President Putin...
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Published in: oDRThe Crimean ‘Army’Several months ago the Crimean peninsula seemed to be the safest place in Ukraine, far from the confrontation...
