The Soviet Union and now Russia has long viewed the Ukrainian diaspora with hostility. Here’s why.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Warsaw
Ukraine is struggling to assert its national identity and unite against pressure from Russia.
While the case of Lyudmila Savchuk might have highlighted a major push by the Kremlin to control online opinion, the reality on the ground does not look good for Putin.
When Ukraine’s pro-Russian president, Victor Yanukovych, was ousted in late February, thousands of outraged and fearful people in southern and eastern cities took to the streets to demonstrate against…
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