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Vladimir Putin’s censorship agenda targets online giants
The Russian communications oversight authority has put Facebook, Twitter and Google on notice. In May the agency, known by its acronym Roskomnadzor, sent a letter to the companies reminding them that they need to comply with the country’s Internet la …
Hiding in Plain Sight: Putin’s War in Ukraine and Boris Nemtsov’s Putin War
By Maksymilian Czuperski, John Herbst, Eliot Higgins, Alina Polyakova, and Damon Wilson
Russia is at war with Ukraine. Russian citizens and soldiers are fighting and dying in a war of their government’s own making. Russian President Vladimir Pu …
В Україні 14,5 тисяч волонтерів постійно допомагають армії
В Україні налічується 14,5 тисяч волонтерів, які постійно допомагають армії. Таку статистику під час засідання спільної робочої групи «Україна-НАТО» з питань воєнної реформи, що відбувається у Верховній Раді, озвучив засновник волонтерської платформ …
СБУ оприлюднила фотографії та імена спецназівців Росії, які воюють на Донбасі проти України
Служба безпеки України продемонструвала імена, фотографії та особисті данні бійців спецпризначення, які воювали на сході України. Самі затримані сказали представникам ОБСЄ, що діяли за наказом командування – лише ходили у розвідку та не мали повнов …
Thousands of Crimean Tatars Mark 70th Anniversary of Deportation
Paul Goble
Despite a ban on any demonstrations by the Russian occupation authorities and a decision by the Milli Mejlis not to hold a mass commemoration lest it become the occasion for a Russian provocation, thousands of Crimean Tatars have as …
Russian troops captured in Ukraine treated in Kiev hospital
By Nataliya Vasilyeva
Two wounded Russian soldiers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine have been transferred to a hospital in Kiev, Ukrainian officials said Monday as Moscow once again firmly denied any involvement in the fighting.
Th …
Four Reasons to Be Hopeful About Ukraine’s Economy By Yuriy Gorodnichenko
Ukraine’s current economic crisis was years in the making. Former President Viktor Yanukovych grossly mismanaged and looted the country. And it may take years for the country to fully recover. But there are signs that the economy has reached th …
Baltic states shiver as Russia flexes muscles
Katya Adler
“The West talks so much about the impending threat of attack by Russia on the Baltics. We’re afraid this will just make it more likely that Putin will do something!”
22-year-law graduate Lukas Borusevicius and his fr …
Ukraine’s president says ceasefire is ‘pseudo-peace’
Petro Poroshenko calls for fulfilment of peace deal but promises to defend country “to the last drop of blood”
By Tom Parfitt, Moscow and Justin Huggler
Petro Poroshenko, the president of Ukraine, has condemned what he called a “pseudo-peace” in h …
Russian companies could return to international bond market
By Alexander Winning and Sujata Rao
MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) – Russian companies could return to international bond markets later this year after being frozen out by Western sanctions over Ukraine as investor appetite for the high-yielding debt …