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In fiery speech, Biden calls out Putin on Ukraine: ‘This man cannot remain in power’

LVIV, Ukraine — With the war in Ukraine at a critical juncture, President Joe Biden on Saturday used the capital of a country once dominated by the Soviet Union to demand an end to Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s vast power and to exhort U.S. allies to stand up to Russia’s…

Los Angeles Times

Biden calls for end of power for Russia’s Putin in speech on Western unity on Ukraine

LVIV, Ukraine — With the war in Ukraine at a critical juncture, President Joe Biden on Saturday used the capital of a country once dominated by the Soviet Union to demand an end to the rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin and to exhort U.S. allies to stand up to…

Los Angeles Times

Biden Ending Europe Trip with Unity Message that Echoes Past

Twenty-five years ago, Joe Biden visited Warsaw, Poland, with a warning: Even though the Soviet Union had collapsed, some of NATO’s original members weren’t doing enough to ensure the alliance’s collective defense. “Now it is time for the people of Western Europe to invest in the security of their continent…

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When Putin says Russia and Ukraine share one faith, he's leaving out a lot of the story

Russian President Vladimir Putin has often asserted that Russians and Ukrainians are “one people.” He points to a few factors: the Russian language spoken widely in both countries, their similar cultures, and the two countries’ political connections, which date back to medieval times. But there is one more factor that…

The Conversation

Commentary: Speaking Russian doesn’t make me a supporter of Putin’s war

While celebrating Purim with my family last week, I learned that our friend Daniel Lerman’s business has received 20-30 threatening calls and emails a day, as well as a cadre of negative online reviews. He owns Russian Universal Services, which helps Russian speakers complete legal documents. Daniel immigrated to Los…

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine's fight for its identity is more than a century old – it is not about to stop

In just three weeks, the war in Ukraine has seen what could be the largest refugee movement since the second world war.

The Conversation

In the Russia-Ukraine information war, propaganda master Vladimir Putin is being outdone by savvy Volodomyr Zelenskyy

While Ukraine's celebrity President Volodymyr Zelenskyy harnesses the power of social media to win the information war, Russia's old-fashioned propagandist Vladimir Putin is being schooled.

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Why China Hasn't Condemned Russia: American-Led Sanctions Against Russia For Its Invasion Of Ukraine Are Fueling A Global Realignment.

"The friendship of the peoples of China and the Soviet Union is everlasting." 1967 Sino-Soviet propaganda poster (via Soviet Visuals).

Benzinga

Russia-Ukraine: The civilians fighting on Kyiv’s front lines

People are swapping suits for army fatigues, volunteering with the Territorial Defence Forces to fight Russian troops.

Al Jazeera

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

'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.

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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

Salon

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

Edinburgh Live

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.

Evening Standard

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.

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Al Jazeera

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.

Tribune News Service

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…

The Conversation

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 [email protected].

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.

Reuters

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.

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