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Published in: oDRHow Russia is coping with its Ukrainian refugees
Russia has almost the same number of Ukrainian refugees, as Ukraine has internally displaced persons. But what are...
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Published in: oDRUkraine is struggling to cope with a flood of internal refugees
Ukraine is faced with a flood of IDPs (internally displaced persons). But what are the authorities doing? на русском языке
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Published in: oDRThe Ukrainian army is unprepared for war
The 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: oDRHow much power does President Poroshenko want?
President Poroshenko has asked for increased presidential powers, which are the opposite of what the Euromaidan...
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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: oDRFrom the Ukrainian frontline: despatch 28 May 2014
Central and western Ukraine may have elected a president, but the southeast of the country is a war zone, in all but name.
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Published in: oDRUkraine needs federalism and power-sharing
Federalism need not be a dirty word in Ukraine. There are many power-sharing examples available to follow, that...
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Published in: oDRSelf-rule in Ukraine
There is no agreement about what ‘self-rule’ means for parts of Ukraine. Moreover, even if federalism is not a first...
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Published in: oDRA new (failing) state or more of the same?
Ukraine is a state in political turmoil. But how much of this is the fault of separatists in the east and how much...
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Published in: oDREconomics of disintegration in Ukraine
‘Shock therapy’ was imposed on the post-Soviet world by the West, with catastrophic results. Now, we are planning on...
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Published in: oDRLittle green men
Events in Ukraine may develop with lightning speed, but the fear of war is ever present – a new kind of war. на русском языке
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Published in: oDRYou’re a Russian reporter – stay out of Ukraine!
Ukraine's border and security officials are applying a restrictive policy on Russians entering the country,...
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Published in: oDRElections (or war) in Ukraine
Ukraine has never seen such an unusual election campaign; part of it – Crimea – is no longer Ukrainian; there are...
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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: oDRWhose Crimea is it anyway?
On 18 March, Vladimir Putin declared to the Russian parliament that Crimea had always been an inseparable part of...
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Published in: oDRPutin needs a Polish lesson in Ukraine
There are lessons to be learned from the mistakes made by the USSR in Poland in 1989, and what is happening in...
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Published in: oDRThe challenges for Ukraine’s presidential election
On 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: oDRAn American in Maidan
Suspecting that neither Ukrainians nor people elsewhere were being given an accurate portrayal of what has been...
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Published in: oDRThe partition of Ukraine
Ukraine has been shorn of Crimea, now there is talk of splitting the rest of the country in two, rather as...