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Russian information warfare against the Maidan’s far-right aimed to discredit protests in Ukraine>

Tetiana Bezruk — 2014-03-03 11:47:50

Ряд новостных сообщений, которые публикуют по большей мере российские ресурсы, формирует образ правых организаций в вектор выгодный России, учитывая события в Крыму сегодня. Ранее, исследователи, в области украинского национализма, сделали коллективное заявление о том, что киевский Евромайдан является освободительной, а не экстремистской массовой акцией гражданского неповиновения.

Appeal to the Future Russian President>

Vitaly Nakhmanovych — 2014-09-02 07:11:31

The war initiated by your predecessor will be tragic for my country and fatal for yours. But, afterwards you will have a chance to build a completely new Russia. To do so, you have to avoid the mistakes your predecessor made. As a former communist, he did not believe in God, he believed in “economic interests.” As a former KGB serviceman, he believed in “global conspiracies."

On the Left or in Russia? The Strange Case of Foreign pro-Kremlin Radical Leftists>

Stephen Velychenko — 2014-09-03 14:46:04

All governments face people living beyond their borders, both foreign and native-born, who are either detractors or advocates of its policies. Vladimir Putin’s government is no different from any other in this respect. What is odd about the Russian case is that radical leftists are among those who support the Russian ruling class and its decidedly capitalist and imperialist government.

The Right Sector Looses the Right Sector>

Tetiana Bezruk — 2014-03-30 16:09:07

After the developments at Euromaidan, the Right Sector became recognizable and made a lot of noise in media. It should be noted that mass media played an important role in forming the image of the RS. Of course, Ukrainian and Russian mass media presented and continue presenting it in two different ways. From the side of the Russian media, we mainly see ongoing information war.

Kremlin Tries Out New Tactics: Hostage Cities and Feudalization>

Yuliya Yemets-Dobronosova — 2014-04-16 05:21:32

Connection between the local and the global is a crucial and eternal issue. However, sometimes the depth of our understanding of the local events on limited (or seemingly limited) areas has a direct impact on our ability to perceive both the broad horizon and the little marks upholding the constructions that serve global plans. For instance, those of Ukraine's northern neighbor.

Euromaidan: A Revolution between the Political Right and the Left>

Tetiana Bezruk — 2014-01-28 17:46:58

The right-wing groups are involved in protests from the very beginning; their record increases and their actions become legitimate. It is worth to differentiate between different right-wing groups on the Maidan: parliamentary – All-Ukrainian Union ‘Svoboda’ and its informal youth wing ‘Sich/C14’, extra-parliamentary groups – the ‘Right Sector’, which became the driving force behind radicalization.

Ukraine under Russian Occupation: What Can We Do? The Estonian Lesson>

Michelle R. Viise — 2014-03-15 21:21:58

Being vulnerable to destabilizing attacks by a hostile and cynical regime is a permanent situation for all of Russia's neighbors. We must keep the faith that one day the country's embattled pro-democracy movements will turn the tide and create a new, cooperative, and ultimately more stable Russia, but that time seems a long way off. Until then, Russia’s neighbors must endure and survive.

On National Unity and the Status of the Russian Language>

Volodymyr Kulyk — 2014-03-11 22:56:20

To fulfill the wish of the Ukrainian speakers, there is no need to deny the Russian speakers something important for them, but also to give something unimportant for the latter and annoying for the former. Even the requirements regarding a certain minimum of the Ukrainian language on TV and in cinemas on the condition that they are moderate do not entail any deprivation of the use of Russian.

Maidan as a Symptom: Trauma, Wound, and Crypt>

Tamara Hundorova — 2014-04-16 15:00:11

In Ukraine, where sacralization of the past was not only the vehicle but also the bane of national identity, it is especially important to go beyond the retroactive phantom pains which in the case of Maidan have become an open festering wound. Maidan should be transformed from “crypt” to “garden,” from “wound” to “scar” to allow us to think about the future and prepare for it. Are we ready for it?

Violence for Export? Ukrainian "Exotic" Cinema in London>

Olesya Khromeychuk — 2014-10-23 11:02:40

Slaboshpyts’kyi’s "The Tribe," just like Loznitsa’s "Maidan," forced the audience to look and listen hard. The entire dialogue of the film is in the Ukrainian version of sign language. Although this language will be understood only partially by viewers with hearing impairments outside Ukraine and, with the exception of certain gestures, many scenes did not require translation.