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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: oDRCrime and politics in CrimeaThe link between crime and politics in Crimea has been evident for some time. Now, crime boss Sergei Aksyonov – the...
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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...
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Published in: oDRUkraine is stuck in a post-Soviet conditionStalin created Ukraine as we know it today. That is why the future of the country, East and West, is stuck in its...
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Published in: oDRNo real threat to Ukraine’s Russian speakers
What are the ‘legitimate interests’ justifying Putin’s intervention into Ukraine? The most frequently identified...
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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...
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Published in: oD BlogEnd of the road for populism in Ukraine
Ukrainians are having to pay a high price for the success of their revolution, and it is as yet by no means clear...
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Published in: oDRWhy Ukraine is still not (yet) Russia
Most observers thought that any threat to the Sochi Olympics would come from disarray to the east and the south, in...
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Published in: oDRFirefighting for democracy in Ukraine
Recent US and EU demonstrations of support for democracy in Ukraine are eloquent proof of how political short-term...
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Published in: oDRCrimea – from playground to battlegroundJournalistic speculation about Crimea becoming independent is rife. However, the real dangers lie elsewhere…
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Published in: oDRUkraine: the view from the westWhat is happening in Ukraine has provoked outrage and shock in the west. But do we really understand what we’re...
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s 2014: a belated 1989 or another failed 2004?Whatever their outcome, the events in Ukraine seem likely to be of greater long-term import than the ‘Orange...
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Published in: oDRPower and money in UkraineProtest in Ukraine initially seemed to reveal a country sharply divided into the pro-European west and pro-Russian...
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Published in: oDRWho is fighting whom in Ukraine – and whyThe Maidan protests, which started over two months ago, have drawn a very clear line between the political parties....
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Published in: oDRYanukovych v Klitschko – round fourNegotiations between the Ukrainian Government and the Opposition have been through several rounds. The recent repeal...
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Published in: oDRThe heavyweight guide to UkraineDon't know your Klitschko from your Titushki? Can’t remember which oligarch is which? What or who is a ‘Maidan?’...
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Published in: oDRThe face of a tyrantOn 16 January the Ukrainian parliament passed emergency amendments to a series of laws on the judiciary and the...
