Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary Amid fresh international sabre rattling over Donbas, Moscow and the separatists took new measures to seemingly bolster the economy (or save it from ruin), most notably with a Kremlin decree that allows the “People’s...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary While they reported record COVID-death figures, the “People’s Republics” launched an unprecedented campaign against the OSCE Mission, which was followed by a military escalation in the south of the Donetsk region. Ukraine destroys howitzer...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary Separatist leaders claimed a customs union between “DNR” and “LNR” as a road to economic boom, in what looked more like a ploy to cover up economic failure. Local participation in the Duma elections...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary In the run-up to the Russian Duma elections, the separatists trumpeted the participation of local holders of Russian passports as a “signal to the world”. However, it was not clear that – apart from...
