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Mar 1, 2022 · Why do Russia, the U.S. and Europe care so much about Ukraine? Both Russia and the West see Ukraine as a potential buffer against each other. Russia considers Ukraine within its natural sphere...
- Patrick Kingsley
- You Have Been on Sabbatical For A Year in Russia. Why Did You Leave early?
- What Do Everyday Russians Know, and What Do They Think of The War?
- What Signs of Change, If any, Should We Be on The Lookout for?
- Are You Surprised by The West’s Response?
- How Would You Grade Biden’s Response?
- What Do You Think Is Going on in Putin’s Head Right Now?
- How Will You Continue to Make Yourself Heard?
In Russia, it’s now a crime to call the war a war. It’s criminal to call human suffering, human suffering. It's criminal to say that Russian troops have killed peaceful Ukrainians. And all of this can be enforced retroactively, which means that statements I made weeks or months ago could lead to my arrest. Yet even if I could remove my previous sta...
Remember that the vast majority of Russian citizens do not use sophisticated social media networks. So many do not know that there is a war. On the state media, they hear about border skirmishes. They hear rubbish about “de-Nazification.” They hear there are no casualties—even though if they were on Twitter or TikTok, they would see hundreds of Rus...
Watch what Russia’s citizens do, not what they say. For example, despite whatever Putin and state propaganda say about the eventual demise of the United States and Western Europe, Russian people rushed to banks to withdraw dollars and euros before it was too late. They already started to ignore what the government says rather than obediently follow...
It was not difficult to predict that once people around the world saw the shelling of peaceful cities, millions of refugees, children and women being killed by indiscriminate bombing, that there would be sanctions to stop this war. The day before the war began, I was giving a public lecture in Moscow. When asked, I said that potential sanctions and...
The administration has been impressive in their support for Ukraine. The Biden administration has been very effective at galvanizing other countries and taking a bold stand. Of course, Ukraine wants more help, more arms, a no-flight zone. But the current administration has been better than the Obama or Trump administrations in this respect. Middlin...
He doesn’t have a realistic picture of what’s happening; he can’t accept the reality. I don’t think he knows that the Russian casualty rate is so high. I doubt he understands that the Russian army shells big cities and that the toll it’s taking on civilians is intolerable for the whole world. He likely does not understand the sanctions, how they ma...
I was one of three authors who circulated a letter for economists opposing the war, which was eventually signed by some 350 Russian economists working around the world. This may not sound like much, but it is when you consider that it is now a state crime in Russia to refer to the invasion as a “war” or to say that Russia is at fault. It’s hard to ...
Sep 15, 2022 · Despite these pressures, Western support for Ukraine remains strong. The U.S. public continues to be staunchly in favor of helping Ukraine. Over 70 percent of Americans support providing Ukraine with military and financial assistance, according to a new survey conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
- Ivo H. Daalder
Feb 24, 2022 · The city of Chicago’s large Ukrainian-American population is watching with growing concern the events transpiring in Ukraine, as Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the start of...
Feb 23, 2022 · CHICAGO (CBS Chicago/CBS News) -- President Joe Biden on Tuesday said the Russian invasion is under way in Ukraine, and announced new sanctions against Russia as a result of the actions...
Apr 17, 2024 · Published: April 17, 2024 8:37am EDT. Ukraine is now experiencing a level of existential threat comparable only to the situation immediately after the full-scale Russian invasion in February...
Jun 22, 2022 · Published: June 22, 2022 4:02pm EDT. As Russia’s war in Ukraine becomes a quagmire of attrition, Western leaders are slowly coming to two realisations about Vladimir Putin’s intentions....
