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Roland Sylvester
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Roland Sylvester is an English graduate majoring in Russian Studies. Currently living, learning and working in Kyiv. email roliesylvester@gmail.com |
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The recent Russia-U.S. summit bore the first strategic arms reduction movement in seven years. This was duly dangled before the world’s eyes as an achievement, something to sing and dance about; Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama gazing out into a new world – as Shaun Walker, for the Independent dubbed it, a “post-Cold War world.” Jul 14, 2009 at 14:03 | Comments 4 |
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Crimea is, for so many Ukrainians, a special place; a Black Sea Garden of Eden in which to unwind the knots of city life. Whether bathing on an idyllic Balaklavan beach, or perusing the pristine remains of Ancient Greece in Sevastopol, the peninsular seduces with its coquettish charm. Many have fallen under this spell over the ages: Greeks, Romans, Mongols, Russians and Ukrainians have all, at various times, staked their claim to Crimea. Jul 6, 2009 at 14:49 | Comments 1 |
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“You understand, George, Ukraine is not even a nation,” then-Russian President Vladimir Putin was reported as saying to then-U.S. President George W. Bush in 2008. The statement embodies a sentiment that permeates much of the recent hostility between the two neighbors: Russian pomposity. Russia seems to think it runs things around here. It therefore seems pertinent to evaluate this attitude; does Russia have a right to be arrogant? Which, put tongue-in-cheek, is the better nation, Russia or Ukraine? Jun 12, 2009 at 17:21 | Comments 2 |
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The collapse of the Soviet Empire heralded an age of openness in relations between the peoples once shrouded by – and those that dared peek behind – the Iron Curtain. The curtain would be raised; seeds of common fraternity would germinate on both sides; things would “warm up.” The Cold War had ended. Mar 26, 2009 at 17:07 | Comments 6 |
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It’s a hard-knock life for us. So sings the orphan Annie in the famous Broadway musical. Mar 26, 2009 at 16:48 | Comments 7 |