Igor Rotar

Igor Rotar is an expert on security, ethnic and religious trends in the North Caucasus and Central Asia. He has previously written for Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Komsomol’skaia Pravda, Izvestia, Rossia, Novie Izvestia, as well as the Forum 18 News Service.

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Is Kharkiv Province Another Enclave of Separatists?

03.10.2015 Igor Rotar

On March 6, the car of the commander of the Ukrainian special police battalion “Slobozhanshchyna,” Andriy Yanholenko, exploded in the government-controlled eastern city of Kharkiv....

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What Is Next for Donbas Separatists After Fall of Debaltseve?

02.19.2015 Igor Rotar

After weeks of intense battles, Russia-supported militants have captured Debaltseve, a strategically located town in eastern Ukraine (Interfax, February 18). In a telephone conversation with...

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The Cossack Factor in Ukrainian War

08.13.2014 Igor Rotar

Russian State Duma deputy in the Committee on Defense Viktor Vodolatsky, who is also the supreme ataman (head) of the Union of Cossack Forces in...

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The Kremlin ‘Specialist for Creating New Independent States’ Moves to Eastern Ukraine

07.21.2014 Igor Rotar

The “commander-in-chief” of the “Novorossiya” defense forces (the Russia-supported separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine), Igor Girkin (a.k.a. Strelkov), told journalists recently that prior to March...

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