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Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary Two weeks after Alexander Zakharchenko’s assassination, Donetsk separatist leader Denis Pushilin continued to consolidate his power. On September 20, he said that he would take part in the “DNR” leadership elections in November. Three...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary Despite dramatic warnings by the separatist leaders, no religious war has broken out anywhere in Ukraine during this year’s anniversary of the “Baptism of Rus”. However, the Church dispute remains unsolved. Meanwhile, the promised...
Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary After last year’s wide-ranging economic segregation between the “people’s republics” and the rest of Ukraine, 2018 began with another highly symbolic rift – when the last Ukrainian mobile carrier ceased to function in separatist...
Nikolaus von Twickel Summary Industrial production in the “people’s republics” has widely ceased after local leaders took control of all Ukrainian-run plants in their territory, officially in response to the trade blockade on government-held territory. The separatists downplayed fears over...
