The problem, however, is that a series of concessions, capitulations and betrayals will destroy the state far more rapidly and inevitably than any set of enemies is capable of doing

From the very beginning of the revolt in south-eastern Ukraine the presidential administration in the Kremlin set out to establish its control

It seems that Russian authorities have found a way towards accommodation with the West

The war between the Ukraine government and the republics of Novorossiya [New Russia] is gradually taking on the character of a positional stand-off

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

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