Russian historians wrote detailed accounts of Russia's takeover of the Crimea, Finland, Ukraine, Poland, and other lands, but they did not describe these areas as Russian colonies. Instead, mainstream Russian historians argued that 'Russia colonized itself'. The discourse of self-colonization was ...
(Reuters) - The U.S. government is studying ways it could ease sanctions on Russia's energy sector as part of a broad plan to enable Washington to deliver swift relief if Moscow agrees to end the Ukraine war, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Reu...
In the ensuing years, Russia imposed increasingly restrictive laws, arresting social media users over posts, demanding access to user data, and introducing content filtering. This put pressure on both Western social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (which has been blocked in Russia...
Currently, Russia has established de facto control over all local state structures on the peninsula. From 1954 until the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, Crimea was part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. When Ukraine gained independence in 1991, Crimea became an “autonomous republic...
Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 was a major turning point. Afterward, popular support for joining NATO rose among Ukrainians, who had once been more ambivalent about the alliance. "Putin has constructed...
“Russia has already invaded Ukraine. They did it in 2014, occupied illegally Crimea and Donbas. This is a further invasion of their sovereign territory," Wallace said. Whatever the description, the latest developments were enough to force the 27-nation bloc into a mode of high alert, an...
Days later, Russia illegally annexed Crimea, and its proxies seized government buildings in Donetsk and Luhansk in the east of Ukraine, declaring themselves independent of Ukraine. They met little formal resistance: Under Yanukovich, Ukraine’s armed forces and intelligence agencies had been gutted...
Once the upstart foreigner stole Russia’s throne, there was no stopping her enlightened reforms, her empire's expansion, and her pursuit of love and legacy.
How did Austria become a country? Austria Austria is a largely German-speaking country in Central Europe. It was once the seat of an enormous empire ruled by the Hapsburg family. Today, it is home to more than 8 million people and most of its territory is situated on the Alps mountain ...
This highly sensitive work continues to shape important Ukrainian decisions about the course of the war, says Mr Hnizdovsky. This includes potential future strikes on Russia's Kerch Bridge, which is the only direct land link between Russia and Crimea. ...