Crimea

History does not repeat itself. However, if it does, then we are facing a catastrophe. This should be the starting block for analysing the Ukraine crisis. Ukraine is neither Cuba in 1962 nor is it…

For over a month now Russia has been conducting a major military buildup near its borders with Ukraine, and on the illegally annexed Crimean Peninsula. At the time of this writing there are…

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky may not get everything right, but one thing is for sure – since becoming president in May 2019, he has worked tirelessly to resolve Ukraine’s territorial…

It’s been years now since the US-Russia relationship began to deteriorate and has kept reaching new lows. It all started after the Clinton-Obama era attempt at yet another “reset”, ending in…

The Black Sea continues to be embroiled in a tug-of-war amid intensifying great power competition. Russia has made some significant military moves in the region this year and seems to be working…

April marked seven years since the Russia-backed separatist conflict broke out in eastern Ukraine. Despite countless ceasefire attempts and much international outrage the conflict remains unresolved,…

When Alexei Navalny boarded a plane to Moscow on January 17, he turned his life into a metaphor. He knew it, his wife knew it, and everybody else on the plane knew it. So did the millions of people…