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Russia and western values: how the east was lost to capitalist opportunism

Letters: Michael Meadowcroft on the west’s mistakes after the collapse of the Soviet Union and Anthony Matthew on why proposing a Nuremberg-style tribunal for Vladimir Putin is a bad idea. Plus letters from Tony Wild and Oscar Clarke

The Guardian - UK

Kyiv's Jews, persecuted under Polish-Lithuanian, Russian, Nazi and Soviet regimes, now face the onslaught of Putin's forces

While hundreds of Jews are leaving Kyiv amid Russian attacks, many more, led by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, who is of Jewish origin, are staying on to defend the country.

The Conversation

How Putin’s disinformation mirrors classic Soviet propaganda from the Cold War

The US and the UK also did plenty of nefarious things during this period, 88-year-old Milton Leitenberg tells Andrew Buncombe

The Independent UK

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'A central European miracle': why the city of Lviv is so important for Ukraine

Concerns are mounting that Russian invading forces are seeking to push into western Ukraine, after the region of Lviv was subjected to missile strikes fired from the Black Sea on March 18. Lviv lies 550km west of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv and its residents have been preparing for war for…

The Conversation

Russia may not stop with Ukraine – NATO looks to its weakest link

Hours after Russian missiles first struck Ukrainian cities on Feb. 24, German naval commander Terje Schmitt-Eliassen received notice to sail five warships under his command to the former Soviet Republic of Latvia to help protect the most vulnerable part of NATO's eastern flank.

Reuters

Ukrainian MP claims citizens are being 'abducted' and sent to distant parts of Russia

Inna Sovsun has accused Russia of using tactics similar to those used by the Soviet Union and the Nazis

Wales Online

Africa, Ukraine and Cold War hangover

Many African countries remember the Soviet Union as an ally — and the U.S. as a backer of thugs and tyrants

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How an Edinburgh student helped Russia become a nuclear power

At the very start of the Cold War, a former student of Edinburgh University was exposed for having passed on highly confidential state secrets that would play a pivotal role in enabling the Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons.

Edinburgh Live

Vladimir Putin’s latest rant shows that he has lost his mind

The prophet and inspiration for the Soviet Union, which Vladimir Putin apparently aspires to rebuild on bigger and better lines, was Karl Marx. But a better understanding of Putin’s motivations for a greater Russia, and the lesser Ukraine, might be derived from the collected works of Sigmund Freud.

Evening Standard

Personal ties that bind: How Xi-Putin relationship has evolved

Close ties between two leaders unlikely to differ much in short term, even if China distances itself from Ukraine war.

Al Jazeera

Commentary: My grandmother was in the Winter War. It was as ugly as this one

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators are reportedly getting closer to a deal that would end the Russian invasion. The deal, if and when it arrives, likely will resemble the Moscow Treaty of 1940, which crowned the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland. Ukraine will sign up to a version…

Tribune News Service

A short history of Ukrainian nationalism — and its tumultuous relationship with Russia

Three weeks have passed since since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his violent, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. While his stated objectives hinted at the elimination of Ukraine’s defence — demilitarization — and the removal of its political class — denazification — the rationale behind the invasion is harder to decode.

The Conversation

Curious Kids: Why did Putin invade Ukraine now? Is it for the U.S.S.R. again?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. Have a question you’d like an expert to answer? Send it to CuriousKidsCanada@theconversation.com.

The Conversation

The Russian diaspora isn't showing much support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Members of diaspora communities often mobilize to provide support to their ancestral homeland during a crisis. While the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a crisis for Ukrainians, it’s also a crisis for Russia, and thousands have been detained for protesting the war.

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Ukraine's president says 1991 borders must be recognised - adviser

Ukraine's president has not altered his position that the international borders in place when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 must continue to be recognised, a presidential adviser said on Thursday.

The Conversation

Russia's actions in post-Soviet wars provide clues to its brutal Ukraine invasion

In the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it’s worth examining the evolution of Russia’s official rhetoric and military actions in former Soviet states since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.

The Guardian - UK

Russia playing ‘smoke and mirrors game’, says Liz Truss

UK foreign secretary also says Kremlin could extend ambitions to other east European countries in effort ‘recreate the Soviet Union’

Tribune News Service

Review: 'The Orchard,' by Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry

FICTION: An intensely evocative and ultimately shattering coming-of-age novel set in the waning years of the Soviet Union.

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UK warns Ukraine-Russia peace talks are 'smoke and mirrors' and war could spread West

Hopes rose of a Ukraine-Russia war breakthrough after President Volodymyr Zelensky said talks were getting more 'realistic' - but Liz Truss warned Putin wants to create a new Soviet Union

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Says There Will Be No Domestic Food Shortages

Russia said on Tuesday there was no risk of a food shortage on the domestic market and cautioned consumers against rushing out to stock up on staples after the West slapped sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Russia's economy is facing its gravest crisis since the 1991 fall…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Once a Powerful Symbol in Russia, McDonald’s Withdraws

Two months after the Berlin Wall fell, another powerful symbol opened its doors in the middle of Moscow: a gleaming new McDonald’s. It was the first American fast-food restaurant to enter the Soviet Union, reflecting the new political openness of the era.

The Conversation

Why Russian attacks on innocent Ukrainian citizens will probably intensify

In 1942, a citizen of the southern Soviet Union city of Rostov-on-Don recalled its bombardment, documented in the book Rostov Under the Shadow of the Swastika by Vladislav Vyacheslavovich Smirnov:

The Independent UK

Once a powerful symbol in Russia, McDonald's withdraws

Two months after the Berlin Wall fell, another powerful symbol opened its doors in the middle of Moscow: a gleaming new McDonald’s

Chicago Tribune

Ukrainian-born Walter Polovchak — the Cold War’s ‘littlest defector’ — lives happily in a Chicago suburb but is devastated by events in his homeland

A black-and-white photograph from August 1980 shows 12-year-old Walter Polovchak, small and skinny with hair falling onto his forehead, flanked by adults as he walked into a courthouse for a custody hearing.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: President Biden says don’t worry about nuclear war. Maybe we should

I was in middle school the last time I contemplated dying in a nuclear fireball. It was 1983, and I had just seen “The Day After,” a TV movie that depicted a fictional but horrifying U.S.-Soviet war.

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