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Ukraine
OPINION: Poland, Ukraine, Cannot Afford to Weaponize the Past
Why historical disputes, with narratives presented in black and white terms, must not be allowed to fracture the Polish-Ukrainian alliance.
June 14, 2026
Chornobyl
ANALYSIS: The Chornobyl Deception Part 2: Pathology of a Failed Regime
How the Soviet Union lied about Its worst nuclear disaster – and how the West helped.
April 28, 2026
Chornobyl
ANALYSIS: The Chornobyl Deception Part 1: Lies and Fabrications
How the Soviet Union lied about Its worst nuclear disaster – and how the West helped.
April 26, 2026
Russia
OPINION: Empires Don’t Resurrect Twice
Russia’s political class is going through a brutal geopsychological breakdown, far sharper than in 1991. The current cycle of alienation and hostility spells Moscow’s doom.
April 13, 2026
Movies
OPINION: ‘Nuremberg’ Wastes Its Potential by Twisting History
The lessons from the Nuremberg Ttibunal after World War II are still important today, but a new movie disappoints and offends by changing both the facts and the meaning of what happened.
Feb. 1, 2026
Books
Book Review: Cities on the Edge: How Ukrainian Modernism Anticipated a Century of Upheaval
The early years of the USSR were tumultuous. For Ukrainian culture and literature, they were both hopeful and tragic. Two newly translated classics bring that world to English-language readers.
Dec. 27, 2025
Kyiv
Tearing Down Russian Monuments in Ukraine
Reaction to ongoing efforts in Ukraine to remove vestiges of Russian cultural imperialism.
Dec. 25, 2025
US
OPINION: The US and the Ukrainian Holodomor
Has the US recognized the Holodomor as genocide?
Nov. 22, 2025
Putin
OPINION: Nov. 7, but the Bolshevik Revolution Is Ignored in Today’s Russia. Why?
This de facto erasure tells us as much about Putin’s Russia as the revolution itself once revealed about the early 20th century.
Nov. 7, 2025
Zelensky
Ukraine Has Identified Russians Responsible for Abducting 339 Children
Ukraine’s intelligence services are preparing a list of 339 children stolen by Russia and has identified those responsible who will all be sanctioned.
Oct. 31, 2025
Ukraine
The Human Side of War: Courage, Empathy, and the Fight for Freedom
Estonian Ambassador Annely Kolk joins Natalka Cmoc to reflect on courage, resilience, and the human cost of war — from trenches in Ukraine to echoes of Soviet terror.
Oct. 31, 2025
People
OPINION: Vitaly Korotych Remembered – An Intriguing Encounter with a Controversial Ukrainian Poet
My secret acquaintance in London during the Cold War with a Soviet Ukrainian “agent.”
Oct. 5, 2025
Ukraine
OPINION: The USSR’s Squalid Legacy
Lavrov’s Soviet-era sweater at the Alaska summit signals Kremlin nostalgia for the USSR, showing Putin’s desire to reclaim past power – a threat to neighbors and Russia itself.
Aug. 22, 2025
US
ANALYSIS: Kitchen Debate 2.0? Deciphering Trump’s Cryptic Truth Social Update
Following an uncharacteristic update slamming Moscow’s invasion, the US president issued another update likening him and Putin to Nixon and Khrushchev – in a historic Cold War debate.
Aug. 21, 2025
Russia
OPINION: Back in the USSR
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Alaska sporting a sweatshirt emblazoned with CCCP. It said everything about what Ukraine is fighting for (and against).
Aug. 17, 2025
Putin
Russian Disinformation – Germany Accused of Publishing USSR Flag Made to Resemble Nazi Swastika
The Ria Novosti news agency said Germany’s embassy in Russia had published a map of the post-war division of Germany that showed the Soviet flag stylized to resemble Hitler’s Nazi emblem.
July 9, 2025