Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary While Moscow continued its russification drive in the “People’s Republics”, it failed to make significant military gains in the Donetsk region. No date for “referenda” about unification with Russia was set, and only Luhansk...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary The appointment of more Russian officials to government posts and a massive campaign for a “referendum” in the “People’s Republics” were the latest indicators that Moscow has already decided to annex these East Ukrainian...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary The appointment of five Russian officials to key “government” posts in Donetsk and Luhansk plus wide-ranging regional cooperation agreements triggered fresh talk that Moscow is planning to annex the “People’s Republics”. As Russia’s military...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary While the Russian offensive in Donbas continued to be extremely slow, the Kremlin overhauled its management of the “People’s Republics” by replacing Dmitry Kozak with domestic policy chief Kirienko as their new “curator”. However,...
