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The West Has an Opportunity, Yet Again, to Push Back Against Russia
In August of 2008, Russia used separatist proxies in South Ossetia to attack Georgian villages near the city of Tskhinvali. The attack provoked a Georgian military response, which Moscow used as a pretext for a largescale invasion and occupation of Georgian territories. Russia did not embark on that military adventure simply to occupy Georgian...
Is Another Trump-Putin Meeting a Good Idea?
US President Donald J. Trump is expected to meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at the Group of Twenty (G20) summit in Buenos Aires later this week. Is that a good idea in light of Russia’s latest aggression toward Ukraine and the somewhat stymied success of past meetings between the two leaders? In an interview with The...
Beware the Lure of Sanctions for Russia’s Latest Aggression
It’s Monday, which means that Russia is again antagonizing its neighbors to the west. But instead of little green men, Wagner “private” security forces, or Russian regulars acting under another flag, this time the FSB—Russia’s internal security service—openly fired upon and captured three Ukrainian naval vessels attempting to traverse...
Another Ukraine Crisis Tests US Resolve
The seizure by Russian forces of three Ukrainian naval vessels near the Sea of Azov on November 25 highlights Moscow’s strategy of broadening its “creeping annexation” beyond Ukraine’s land borders and into the Black Sea. Russia’s refusal to abide by agreements providing Ukraine rightful passage and access to the Sea of Azov is...
An Opportunity for the EU to Give Ukraine a Helping Hand
Russia’s attack on Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait and the blockade of the Sea of Azov threaten a dangerous escalation of the war in Ukraine. As before, Russia’s goal in Ukraine is not so much to hold or conquer territory but to demonstrate that it has the capacity to put further pressure on the Ukrainian government with impunity,...
Russia-Ukraine Feud Heats Up the Sea of Azov
Tensions between Ukraine and Russia dramatically escalated on November 25 with Kyiv saying a Russian coast guard vessel rammed one of its navy tugboats in the Sea of Azov, while Moscow shut off access to the sea accusing Ukrainian vessels of passing through its territorial waters without permission. Anders Åslund, a resident senior fellow in the...
Remembrance Day of the Holodomor (Famine Genocide) 1932-33 years
25.11.2017 takes place Holodomor Remembrance Day of the Holodomor 1932-33 years. During it were murdered nearly 10 million Ukrainians. Holodomor (Famine Genocide) was a man-made famine in Ukraine that was a part of Soviet Union and ethnically Ukrainian areas near the East Ukrainian borders in 1932 and 1933. Holodomor is death by hunger, famine,...
Ukrainian “Foreign legion”: foreign volunteers and their reasons to fight in Donbas on Ukrainian side
UaPosition starts a new category, where will be published texts about events in Ukraine during last few years through the eyes of witnesses. The information can be sometimes unexpected, shows the subjective points of view of participants, however, it is more honest and truthful than politically correct official news made by politics and...
Putin: Negative Reflection in Western Eyes
Putin: leader of nationalist Russia, master of “realpolitik” — leverage, punishment, reward — the Boss of bosses, capricious and absolute. Whatever the game, why play one side or the other when you can own the whole board? Medieval Political Absolutism v Modern Democratic Societies KGB Colonel, President, Emperor Putin has taken Russia back the...
Trump considers withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal
The U.S. leader said this during his meeting with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron …read more Source:...