All that Russia is doing now is organizing a tactical pause for itself in order to concentrate its forces and start advancing in the southeast of Ukraine.
The question is can two autocrats elected democratically - because they control both mainstream media and public life - continue to be Putin's agents in Europe and contribute to the decomposition of democracy from within?
For some companies money doesn’t stink, even if it’s made at the cost of murder. This applies to companies that still remain in russia and do business as usual or only issued some vague statements.
What could be qualified as a war crime, the chances of russia leadership being held responsible for them, the institutions authorized to investigate and resolve this type of cases, as well as possible timing and benefits for Ukraine.
Mass killings, destruction and terror are by no means “abuses of the perpetrators” or a side effect of hostilities. This is the main task of the Russian invasion. These are planned actions.
A basis for supporting totalitarian regimes by Russians- and the Putin's regime is totalitarian, not authoritarian - is a totality of a pleasant feeling that the whole world is afraid of Russia.
Along with the patriotism and heroism of our people in the war against russia, we are increasingly experiencing the positive consequences of decentralization.
Since russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian cultural scene has been demanding a rethinking of russian culture, placing its actors in a broad political context.
Katsap is a post-communist phenomenon, a deliberate bearer of neo-bolshevism ideology, a serial criminal, and a cannibal who boasts of his being a katsap.
The course of events at the front suggests that our army seems to be fighting heroically and effectively, and professionally. This is no longer the naked and barefoot army I saw in 2014 at checkpoints near Mariupol