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Russia’s Unilateral Black Sea Aggression Elicits Protests From Ukraine, Georgia
Since the 1991 implosion of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation’s relations with its immediate Black Sea neighbors—the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Ukraine—have... MORE
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Kozak to Replace Surkov as Putin’s Top Aide on Ukraine (Part Two)
*To read Part One, please click here. Russian President Vladimir Putin has apparently tasked Dmitry Kozak to further develop a negotiation channel with his... MORE
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Kozak to Replace Surkov as Putin’s Top Aide on Ukraine (Part One)
Russian President Vladimir Putin apparently intends to replace Vladislav Surkov with Dmitry Kozak as principal executant of Putin’s policies toward Ukraine, including Ukraine’s Russian-occupied areas.... MORE
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Ukraine Working out Revisions to the Minsk ‘Accords’ (Part Two)
*To read Part One, please click here. Russia uses a strict-constructionist approach to defend the Minsk “accords” of 2014 and 2015 and the negotiation... MORE
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Ukraine Working out Revisions to the Minsk ‘Accords’ (Part One)
In the wake of last month’s (December 2019) “Normandy” summit (see EDM, December 11, 12, 2019), and awaiting the same forum’s April 2020 top-level meeting,... MORE
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Normandy Process Developing Against Ukraine’s Interests
A ticking clock and a shutting trap seem appropriate metaphors for the predicament of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his team hoping against hope for... MORE
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Putin and Ukraine’s Black Sea Lands: Another Iteration of Novorossiya?
In his annual press conference, summing up the year just past (Kremlin.ru, December 19, 2019), Russian President Vladimir Putin questioned Ukraine’s title to the territory... MORE
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A Year in Review: Elite Change Brings Glimmer of Hope to Ukraine in 2019
For Ukraine, the year 2019 was full of sweeping changes. The elite that came to power in the wake of the anti-establishment Maidan uprising in... MORE
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CAPTURED: Chechen Islamic State Commander al-Bara al-Shishani Arrested in Ukraine
On November 12, the Ukrainian Security Services (SBU) apprehended al-Bara al-Shishani, a leader of the Russian-speaking faction of Islamic State (IS). Al-Bara was arrested in... MORE
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Normandy Summit: Limited Success for Zelenskyy, Temporary Setback for Ukraine (Part Two)
*To read Part One, please click here. The four “Normandy format” (Ukraine, Russia, Germany, France) leaders’ post-summit press conference (see Part One, EDM, December 11),... MORE