Tag: regional differences in Ukraine

Attitudes in Ukraine toward Russia, Russians Divide along Regional Lines

October 6, 2014

Staunton, October 3 – Despite the Russian invasion, approximately half of all residents of Ukraine continue to have a generally positive view of Russia and Russians, but their attitudes vary among regions with those in the predominantly ethnic Ukrainian west having more negative attitudes and those in the more heavily ethnic Russian east more positive […]

If Ukraine Disintegrates Will it Be a Divorce or an Explosion?

December 10, 2013

Dan Kaszeta is a chemical weapons expert, but he has also spent many years of his life studying Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Bloc. He raises many good points about the deep internal divisions within Ukrainian society. As Ukraine is now in the midst of its second period of major popular unrest in less […]