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It may be that after a time we shall again see a Ukrainian state that is not divided by the fronts of a civil war
Boris Kagarlitsky
Boris Yulyevich Kagarlitsky (born 29 August 1958) is a Russian Marxist theoretician and sociologist who has been a political dissident in the Soviet Union. He is coordinator of the Transnational Institute Global Crisis project and Director of the Institute of Globalization and Social Movements (IGSO) in Moscow. Kagarlisky hosts a YouTube channel Rabkor, associated with his online newspaper of the same name and with IGSO.
It is obvious to everyone that the catastrophe in Odessa has become a turning point in the history of the civil war
The preliminary outcome of the revolt in south-eastern Ukraine can be described as an unstable equilibrium
Russian bureaucrats have been honestly surprised at the reaction by the official West—they did not expect such anger or unanimous condemnation
In Ukraine, a genuine revolution is unfolding. This may seem strange, but it is something very characteristic of the history of that country
The lustre of the Crimean triumph will fade, and today’s triumphant leaders will again be seen by society for what they really are – small-time political intriguers who have happened to hold a winning hand
Why, do you suppose, war has not yet broken out between Russia and Ukraine? The answer is very simple: no one plans to go to war, and no one can
These two commentaries were written in January and February 2014 – before the fall of the Viktor Yanukovich regime and subsequent events
In Russia, nobody is surprised by stories of corruption
In 1604, King Philip III of Spain suffered a burn while sleeping near the fireplace because no nobleman could be found with the authority to move his chair.…