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Why this minority group in Moldova is so resistant to the country’s shift toward the EU
As Moldova tries to align itself with the European Union, the region of Gagauzia continues to lean pro-Russian. Now, there ...
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‘50 officers were selected’. This Belarusian drove a tank through Red Square in 1945 Parade
The first Victory Parade in Moscow featured more than 1,800 units of military hardware. In the morning of 24 June 1945, ...
An artist traces her choices under Putin’s Russia – from resistance to retreat to exile – one mural at a time
Victoria Lomasko, a graphic artist and muralist, has spent her career documenting how authoritarianism took hold in Vladimir ...
I was the only tourist in Europe’s least visited country – it was 24C in March, friendly and painfully cheap
MY flight hadn’t even taken off before one of the country’s residents, a passenger in the neighbouring seat, asked why in the world I had decided to visit their homeland.  She may have been the ...
The New Voice of Ukraine on MSN8d
Ukrainian troops advance near Borova, Toretsk, Pokrovsk and Kurakhove — ISW
Ukrainian forces recently advanced east of Zeleny Hai, according to geolocated footage released March 27. The video shows ...
Times Union18d
An artist traces her choices under Putin’s Russia – from resistance to retreat to exile – one mural at a time
Advertisement Article continues below this ad In 2019, I invited Lomasko – who goes by Vika for short – to Miami University, where I teach Imperial Russian and Soviet history. The Havighurst ...
Houston Chronicle18d
An artist traces her choices under Putin’s Russia – from resistance to retreat to exile – one mural at a time
The rallies of 2012 seemed to signify that Russian citizens from a wide range ... the rituals of government-sponsored marches, and Lenin posters plastered everywhere. Young Vika stands with ...