Tag: lnr

Ukraine Live Day 394: 1 Soldier Killed And 5 Wounded With Attacks Near Donetsk And Mariupol

March 18, 2015

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Ukraine Live Day 393: Governing Coalition Split Over Draft Special Status Bil

March 17, 2015

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Hungary Helping Moscow Destabilize Ukraine From the West

March 5, 2015

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 […]

Ten Disturbing Developments In And Around Russia

March 2, 2015

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 […]

Russia Update: Russian Lt. Gen. Lentsov and His Body Double in the LNR at Debaltsevo

February 19, 2015

Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week stories Ultranationalists Angry over ‘Capitulation’ of Minsk Agreement, ‘Anti-Maidan’ Launched by Nationalists, Cossacks, Veterans, Bikers, The Guild War – […]

Putin ‘Will Not Advance Further’ In Ukraine, Kyiv Journalist Says

February 17, 2015

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

February 10, 2015

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 […]

Ukraine Live Day 343: Russian-Backed Forces Resume Attacks In Mariupol Area

January 26, 2015

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Ukraine Live Day 322: Another Blast Strikes Odessa

January 5, 2015

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Ukraine Live Day 294: Fighting Continues On Eve Of ‘Day Of Silence’

December 8, 2014

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