Russia Watch: From Ukraine to Georgia to Russia, the internet breaks the information rules of the old USSR
In August of last year, Mikhail Saakashivili was cruising to what looked like an easy election victory. Today, he travels
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Author: James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief
Ukraine’s protesters prepare for long haul
Firewood has been stacked, barbed wire has been strung above steel barricades, and insulated military tents have been pitched. The
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US urges Ukraine to listen to its people
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged the Ukrainian government on Tuesday to “listen to the voices of its people”
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Ukraine’s pro-Europe forces consolidate gains after mass march
Ukraine’s pro-European demonstrators erected barricades Monday, consolidating their control over Independence Square in the core of Kyiv, the nation’s capital.
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EU signs up Moldova and Georgia, but loses the big prize, Ukraine
Pressured by street demonstrations at home, Ukraine’s president reluctantly traveled to a European Union summit in Lithuania. But he frustrated five
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After Ukraine, will Russia next lean on Moldova and Georgia?
After Ukraine, seemingly under Russian pressure, made a U-turn last week on its road towards closer integragration with the European
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Russia Watch: Putin uses political karate to keep Ukraine from moving west
German chancellor Otto von Bismarck once observed that the Russian cavalry are “slow to saddle up, but ride fast.” In
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Stalingrad blockbuster revives Russia’s trauma, glory
Seventy years have passed since the Battle of Stalingrad, the ferocious duel between Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin that cost
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Will Ukraine go west, or stay east?
President Putin’s advisor on economic integration warns Ukraine a move to the European Union would be “economic suicide.” A close
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