Developments in “DNR” and “LNR”: 25 May – 7 June 2021 (Newsletter 89) Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary Faced with ongoing labour unrest over unpaid wages, the Kremlin has apparently decided to hand over big factories from the troubled...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary The depth of the economic crisis in the “People’s Republics” was highlighted by a bitter strike over unpaid wages in one of its biggest steel factories. There were also fresh reports of systemic divides...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary The “People’s Republics” accompanied the massing of Russian forces along Ukraine’s eastern border in March and April with some propaganda – but there were few signs of significant military mobilization inside them. The COVID...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary The Donetsk separatists arrested a number of prominent pro- and anti-regime figures while in Luhansk they quietly installed a new deputy “prime minister”. Both regimes played down the COVID-pandemic despite signs that it is...
