Our Perilous Historical Amnesia
Once again, Crimea is the focal point of a global power struggle, yet the Crimean War (1853-1856) is rarely remembered.
Once again, Crimea is the focal point of a global power struggle, yet the Crimean War (1853-1856) is rarely remembered.
Berlin brands the Kremlin’s publication of its air force’s top-level talks “information warfare”.
Russian video claims to show Sokolov attending an in-person meeting four days after his alleged death.
Governing party United Russia dominated regional elections that opposition claims were no more than a farce.
With Ukraine’s counter-offensive having stalled, Kyiv seems to have pivoted to long-distance pinprick attacks, by which it hopes to impede Russia’s efforts in supplying its troops fighting in Southern Ukraine.
The Kerch Bridge—the longest bridge in Russia and in Europe—serves as a crucial artery that allows military equipment and personnel to flow from mainland Russia to the southern battlefront in Ukraine.
While last October’s act of sabotage was widely celebrated in Ukraine, up until now Kyiv officials had never openly claimed responsibility.
Lu remarked that, as former Soviet countries, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, have no “effective status” as sovereign countries in international law.
In the aftermath, it is doubtful whether Moscow will experience much impediment to its war’s prosecution. However, to Ukraine it is both a symbolic and political victory, as it helps to raise confidence in its western backers.
Ukraine has coyly neither accepted nor denied responsibility for the explosions that startled tourists at the beach.
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