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A demonstrator holds an EU flag with a Crimean Tatar symbol in its center, Kyiv, Nov. 29, 2013. PHOTO: SERGEI CHUZAVKOV/ASSOCIATED PRESS
February 28, 2022
by Marci Shore, Associate Professor of History.  On Feb. 24, Russia invaded Ukraine. In the early morning hours, before dawn, Russian artillery began bombarding Kyiv, Odessa...
February 28, 2022
Last Monday, after Russia’s 30-member Security Council discussed the situation in eastern Ukraine – specifically, the continuing conflict between Ukrainian troops and pro-...
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking to the Russian people this morning as the invasion of Ukraine began.
February 24, 2022
Frustrated by the continuing refusal of the U.S. and NATO to provide Russia the security guarantees it requested in December and by the refusal of Ukraine to fully implement...
The European Court of Justice, which on Wednesday rejected Hungary and Poland’s request to annul the EU’s rule-of-law conditionality regulation.
February 18, 2022
The attention of the EU and its citizens has, quite understandably, been focused in recent weeks on the buildup of Russian troops and equipment near its border and that of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron at their meeting in Moscow on Monday.
February 11, 2022
As the buildup of Russian military forces in Belarus continued in preparation for the 10-day Allied Resolve 2022 joint military exercise that began yesterday, and as fears...
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov after their meeting last Tuesday in Moscow.
January 26, 2022
The talks, prompted by the buildup of more than 100,000 Russian troops accompanied by tanks, artillery and other equipment near the Ukraine border, which began two weeks ago...
NATO-Russia Council
January 20, 2022
After a week of intensive discussions that began with a working dinner last Sunday and an eight-hour meeting last Monday between U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R....