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War in Ukraine
The lights are on 24/7 in only one place in Kozachy Lopan, a smallish town in the far northeastern corner of Kharkiv region. Power is off almost everywhere but, inside a moderately-damaged school buil
Sep. 29, 2022
Brian Best, head of investment banking of Dragon Capital, a leading Ukrainian investment bank, discussed the possible energy crises in the EU caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine; the effectiveness of sa
Sep. 28, 2022
War in Ukraine
In an industrial suburb of Kharkiv, on the trash-littered grounds of a long-abandoned factory, men in combat armor are loading vehicles with everything from 50-kilo bags of flour, to sanitary napkins,
Sep. 28, 2022
War in Ukraine
Serhiy Zhadan shines at a front-line literary festival meant to defy Russian bombs. Kharkiv has been on the front line since the first bombs started dropping all over country. Ukraine’s second biggest
Sep. 28, 2022
War in Ukraine
Caught in the middle of artillery duels after months of Russian occupation, the residents of newly liberated areas in eastern Ukraine are still shaken.
Sep. 27, 2022
War in Ukraine
First comes the scent of pine needles. The semi-sweet, rotten orange smell of corpses is a little later. The most recently discovered mass grave of the Russo-Ukraine war is on the northern outskirts o
Sep. 27, 2022
War in Ukraine
“Estonian boys, defect now! You’ll be fed and get home by Christmas!“ – such World-War-era slogans may have been heard from time to time on the Eastern Front, as depicted by the Soviet cinema. In the
Sep. 27, 2022
War in Ukraine
Late in the evening of Sept. 21, outstanding news spread across the Ukrainian internet that a large-scale exchange of prisoners of war took place and 205 of our soldiers returned home. The entire coun
Sep. 26, 2022
War in Ukraine
Putin has been rattling his saber, making threats and calling for mobilization. Just last week the news and social media were full of stories and images of torture, killings and mass graves. In the fa
Sep. 26, 2022
War in Ukraine
Fresh hostilities broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region last week. As a result, nearly 100 people have been killed in the busiest week of violence in the region since
Sep. 26, 2022
There were few surprises in the Italian elections held on Sep. 25. The center-right coalition won 44% of the votes for the Senate, far more than the center-left coalition, with 27%, according to the v
Sep. 26, 2022
Abu Dhabi’s indifference to the war in Ukraine is not driven by the financial windfall it reaps from Kremlin-linked fugitives flocking there en masse so much as peddling the myth of authoritarian stab
Sep. 25, 2022
War in Ukraine
One of the most famous movies in history, Dr. Strangelove by director Stanley Kubrick, is also known by the less known subtitle of How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. What was a dark com
Sep. 25, 2022
Autumn is here and, despite the ongoing war, Hasidic pilgrims from all over the world are arriving in Ukraine to honor one of the founders of the Hasidic movement. Every year in September the populati
Sep. 24, 2022
War in Ukraine
The release of 215 defenders of Mariupol, including ten foreign citizens who were in Russian captivity, in exchange for Viktor Medvedchuk and 50 Russians was sensational news. The contrast in the reac
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
Ukraine exchanged a record-high 215 imprisoned soldiers with Russia on Wednesday, September 21, including crack troops of the Azov Battalion who led the long defense of Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks,
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
The lights are on 24/7 in only one place in Kozachy Lopan, a smallish town in the far northeastern corner of Kharkiv region. Power is off almost everywhere but, inside a moderately-damaged school buil
Sep. 29, 2022
Brian Best, head of investment banking of Dragon Capital, a leading Ukrainian investment bank, discussed the possible energy crises in the EU caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine; the effectiveness of sa
Sep. 28, 2022
War in Ukraine
In an industrial suburb of Kharkiv, on the trash-littered grounds of a long-abandoned factory, men in combat armor are loading vehicles with everything from 50-kilo bags of flour, to sanitary napkins,
Sep. 28, 2022
War in Ukraine
Serhiy Zhadan shines at a front-line literary festival meant to defy Russian bombs. Kharkiv has been on the front line since the first bombs started dropping all over country. Ukraine’s second biggest
Sep. 28, 2022
War in Ukraine
Caught in the middle of artillery duels after months of Russian occupation, the residents of newly liberated areas in eastern Ukraine are still shaken.
Sep. 27, 2022
War in Ukraine
First comes the scent of pine needles. The semi-sweet, rotten orange smell of corpses is a little later. The most recently discovered mass grave of the Russo-Ukraine war is on the northern outskirts o
Sep. 27, 2022
War in Ukraine
“Estonian boys, defect now! You’ll be fed and get home by Christmas!“ – such World-War-era slogans may have been heard from time to time on the Eastern Front, as depicted by the Soviet cinema. In the
Sep. 27, 2022
War in Ukraine
Late in the evening of Sept. 21, outstanding news spread across the Ukrainian internet that a large-scale exchange of prisoners of war took place and 205 of our soldiers returned home. The entire coun
Sep. 26, 2022
War in Ukraine
Putin has been rattling his saber, making threats and calling for mobilization. Just last week the news and social media were full of stories and images of torture, killings and mass graves. In the fa
Sep. 26, 2022
War in Ukraine
Fresh hostilities broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region last week. As a result, nearly 100 people have been killed in the busiest week of violence in the region since
Sep. 26, 2022
There were few surprises in the Italian elections held on Sep. 25. The center-right coalition won 44% of the votes for the Senate, far more than the center-left coalition, with 27%, according to the v
Sep. 26, 2022
Abu Dhabi’s indifference to the war in Ukraine is not driven by the financial windfall it reaps from Kremlin-linked fugitives flocking there en masse so much as peddling the myth of authoritarian stab
Sep. 25, 2022
War in Ukraine
One of the most famous movies in history, Dr. Strangelove by director Stanley Kubrick, is also known by the less known subtitle of How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. What was a dark com
Sep. 25, 2022
Autumn is here and, despite the ongoing war, Hasidic pilgrims from all over the world are arriving in Ukraine to honor one of the founders of the Hasidic movement. Every year in September the populati
Sep. 24, 2022
War in Ukraine
The release of 215 defenders of Mariupol, including ten foreign citizens who were in Russian captivity, in exchange for Viktor Medvedchuk and 50 Russians was sensational news. The contrast in the reac
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
Ukraine exchanged a record-high 215 imprisoned soldiers with Russia on Wednesday, September 21, including crack troops of the Azov Battalion who led the long defense of Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks,
Sep. 22, 2022
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