Staunton, March 5 – Budapest has announced that it has handed out Hungarian citizenship papers to 94,000 people in Trans-Carpathia in Western Ukraine in expedited fashion. The Hungarian official responsible for nationality policy says that this is part of a broader effort to boost the size of the country’s population and points out that two-thirds […]
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Ten Disturbing Developments In And Around Russia
Staunton, February 27 – Disturbing events are happening with such dizzying speed that it is impossible to keep up with all of them. Indeed, this flood seems to be part of the Kremlin’s strategy to overload everyone’s cognitive system so that no adequate assessment or response can be developed or employed. The last few days […]
Ukraine Live Day 368: Kiev Reports Attacks, Russian Convoys, Recon Flights Near Mariupol
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Putin ‘Will Not Advance Further’ In Ukraine, Kyiv Journalist Says
Staunton, February 16 – Many in Ukraine and elsewhere are fearful that Vladimir Putin will expand his aggression into other regions of Ukraine, but, according to Ivan Yakovina of Novoye Vremya, he does not at least at the present time have “the strength, the motive or the opportunity” to do so. There are six compelling […]
If West Allows Russia Role in Donbass, Moscow Will Destabilize Ukraine for Decades: Georgian
Staunton, February 6 – In their rush to end the fighting in southeastern Ukraine, Western governments are in danger of creating a far larger and long-lasting problem for the region and themselves in the future, according to Bacho Korchilava, because if the West legitimates a role for Russia in the Donbas, Moscow will be able […]
‘Donetsk Peoples Republic’ Declares Itself Successor to 1918 Bolshevik Statelet
Staunton, February 7 – The so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DNR) has declared itself to be the successor to the Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic which existed nominally within Soviet Russia in February-March 1918 between Ukraine’s signing a treaty with Germany and Soviet Russia’s signing the treaty of Brest-Litovsk. The 1918 variant presented itself as a response […]
Ukraine Live Day 343: Russian-Backed Forces Resume Attacks In Mariupol Area
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Ukraine Live Day 341: Russian-Backed Forces Continue Push into Ukraine
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Ukraine Live Day 338: Ukraine Agrees To New Withdrawal After Donetsk Airport Captured
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Ukraine Live Day 322: Another Blast Strikes Odessa
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