The frenzied world-wide front is expanding Mercy to no one, no one, no one! Stanza from 1989 Russian anarchists’ song Vintovka – eto prazdnik (The Rifle is a Holiday) By the Russian punk bank Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Civil Defense) The annexation of Crimea, the “Novorossiya” project, and the fight against the “Kyiv junta” are not supported […]
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Ukraine Live Day 459: Three Ukrainian Soldiers And One Civilian Killed Over Last 24 Hours
Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. An archive of our liveblogs can be found here. For an overview and analysis of this developing story see our latest podcast. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable information service by making a donation towards our costs. For links to individual […]
The Top Five Russian Lies about Ukraine This Week – and Growing Challenges for Those Interested in the Truth
Staunton, May 18 –As he has done each week in recent times, Dmitry Bukovsky of Kyiv’s Delovaya Stolitsa provides a useful checklist of the top five “propaganda myths, fakes and stupidities of the Kremlin” about Ukraine. But another commentator, Yevgeny Kuzmenko, notes that Moscow’s activities are making it ever more difficult for Ukrainians to learn […]
Ukraine Live Day 448: Heavy Fighting Near Peski, Stanitsa Luganskaya And Shirokino
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Ukraine Live Day 441: Shelling of Donetsk ‘As Intense as Before February Ceasefire’
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Ukraine Live Day 439: Large Military Convoy Arrives in Lugansk
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Kremlin’s ‘Top 5’ Misrepresentations about Ukraine This Week
Staunton, April 25 – As he does each Sunday, Dmitry Bukovsky of Kyiv’s “Delovaya stolitsa” chooses from among the flood of Russian coverage about Ukraine “the top 5 propagandistic myths, fakes and stupidities” the Kremlin has committed over the course of the previous week (dsnews.ua/politics/top-5-propagandistskih-mifov-feykov-i-glupostey-kremlya-26042015110000). His selection for the past seven days includes the following: […]
20 Questions for Those Who Back Putin’s Aggression in Ukraine
Staunton, April 25 -Viktor Kadochnikov, a Russian blogger, poses 20 questions that he suggests those who support Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine should be asking themselves. If they do and if they are honest, they won’t be able to support the Kremlin leader’s policies any more. Below, in summary form, are the 20 questions he […]
Ukraine Live Day 428: One Ukrainian Soldier Killed, Three Wounded Last Night
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‘Putin isn’t an Imperialist; He’s a Nazi,’ Portnikov Says
Staunton, April 19 – Vladimir Putin’s statements about Ukraine in his “direct line” program yesterday look “moderate” but only in comparison with the militaristic declarations of the Russian defense minister and chief of the Russian general staff. But no one should be deceived into thinking he has changed his mind or assumptions, according to Vitaly […]