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Ukraine’s Election Exposes Putin's Lies
Despite the best efforts of Vladimir Putin and his terrorist commandos in the eastern Donbas region, Ukraine’s presidential elections did in fact take place on May 25th, under conditions that...
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Enough False Rhetoric From Putin
I have one request to Russia’s fascistoid leader: stop lecturing Ukraine and the world.I’ve been listening to you for close to 15 years now and, frankly, I’m tired of your half-baked views and...
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The End of the Donbas?
As Ukrainian army units battle it out with Putin’s terrorist commandos in eastern Ukraine, we should remember that, regardless of the outcome, the Donbas is probably dead. That may be good news for...
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How Putin Lost Ukraine
Half a year ago, in the fall of 2013, Ukraine was well on the way to becoming an authoritarian vassal state of Russia. Now, thanks to Russia’s neo-fascist dictator, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine is well on...
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Bawdy Lyrics Mock Putin in Ukraine
Ukrainians have taken to fighting back against Russia’s fascistoid dictator, Vladimir Putin, with obscenities and humor. A Ukrainian psychiatrist I recently saw on Ukrainian TV calls such behavior...
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Ukrainians Die, as Europe Coos
Excuse the lurid title, but it’s only a variant of a headline that appeared many years ago in a New York tabloid: “Mother Dies, as Baby Coos.” I can’t speak for the accuracy of that headline, but...
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Contradictions Define Kremlin Apologists
According to the conventional wisdom, Vladimir Putin and his Western supporters propagate a uniform message throughout the world. At its most extreme, this view sees Russia as having a formidable...
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Separatists Terrorizing, Kidnapping, Beating Citizens in Ukraine
Several weeks ago, I had written of a woman, G, from the town of Druzhkivka, in Donetsk Province, who had noted in her last e-mail to me: “Alexander, they will kill us.” In turn, I had ended my blog...
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Why Germans Are Smitten With Putin
The German liberal newspaper Die Zeitrecently shed a bright light on the German population’s odd love affair with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Germans profess a love of democracy and human rights;...
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Ukraine’s Election Exposes Putin's Lies
Despite the best efforts of Vladimir Putin and his terrorist commandos in the eastern Donbas region, Ukraine’s presidential elections did in fact take place on May 25th, under conditions that...
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Enough False Rhetoric From Putin
I have one request to Russia’s fascistoid leader: stop lecturing Ukraine and the world.I’ve been listening to you for close to 15 years now and, frankly, I’m tired of your half-baked views and...
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The End of the Donbas?
As Ukrainian army units battle it out with Putin’s terrorist commandos in eastern Ukraine, we should remember that, regardless of the outcome, the Donbas is probably dead. That may be good news for...
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How Putin Lost Ukraine
Half a year ago, in the fall of 2013, Ukraine was well on the way to becoming an authoritarian vassal state of Russia. Now, thanks to Russia’s neo-fascist dictator, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine is well on...
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Bawdy Lyrics Mock Putin in Ukraine
Ukrainians have taken to fighting back against Russia’s fascistoid dictator, Vladimir Putin, with obscenities and humor. A Ukrainian psychiatrist I recently saw on Ukrainian TV calls such behavior...
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Ukrainians Die, as Europe Coos
Excuse the lurid title, but it’s only a variant of a headline that appeared many years ago in a New York tabloid: “Mother Dies, as Baby Coos.” I can’t speak for the accuracy of that headline, but...
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Contradictions Define Kremlin Apologists
According to the conventional wisdom, Vladimir Putin and his Western supporters propagate a uniform message throughout the world. At its most extreme, this view sees Russia as having a formidable...
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What’s Rong with Wrussia?
Everything, according to some. Many things, according to others. Nothing, according to many Russians.Back in 2004, two US academics, Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman, wrote a controversial piece for...
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How Much Are Ukrainian and Malaysian Lives Worth?
When Vladimir Putin’s proxies shot down a Malaysian Airlines jet with close to 300 passengers over eastern Ukraine on July 17th, I was shocked.But I wasn’t shocked on July 15th, when the former head of...
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An Interview with Jiri Valenta
Below is an interview I conducted recently with Jiri Valenta, a distinguished scholar of Soviet and post-Soviet studies.* * *MOTYL: Jiri, you’re one of the world’s most experienced and knowledgeable...
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Recriminations and Denials After Putin
One of these days Russians will wake up from what they now think is a dream and realize that it was a terrible nightmare. They’ll realize that Vladimir Putin—their current hero and demigod—is really a...
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