The end of the Soviet Union, and the political career of Mikhail Gorbachev, came remarkably fast.…
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What Russia’s schoolchildren are being taught about Ukraine
Jamie Dettmer is Opinion Editor at POLITICO Europe. Vladimir Lenin once bragged: “Give me four years…
Energy emergency revives Estonia’s polluting oil shale industry
Press play to listen to this article KOHTLA-JÄRVE, Estonia — Russia’s war in Ukraine is prompting…
Ukraine’s long-standing fight for freedom
Larissa Kosmos is a Ukrainian-American writer. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The…
The cost of Ukraine’s de-Russification
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Wars transform nations and people — leaving them,…
Ukraine’s foreign minister: Shut the door on Russian tourists
Dmytro Kuleba is Ukraine’s foreign minister. Since Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested banning Russian tourists from…
Boris Johnson unveils extra £54M in military aid for Ukraine in surprise Kyiv trip
LONDON — The U.K. will send an extra £54 million in military support to Ukraine, outgoing…
Refugee Diaries: Ukrainian Independence Day — past, present and future
Every year, on August 24, Ukrainians celebrate breaking free of the Soviet Union in 1991. This…
Estonia fends off ‘extensive’ cyberattack following Soviet monument removal
Russian patriotic hackers hit Estonia’s public institutions and private companies with a cyberattack Wednesday following the…
Opinion | Restore Reagan’s Military ‘Margin of Safety’
While foreign policy ‘realists’ urge detente with China and Russia, only strength ensures peace.