Developments in “DNR” and “LNR”: 18 December 2020 -19 January 2021 (Newsletter 86)

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...

“The conflict is not frozen”

From July 24 to 29, 2020, the German NGO DRA and the Charitable Foundation Vostok SOS, with the support of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, have conducted another international monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine. Please find the report of...

Developments in “DNR” and “LNR”: 24 November – 17 December 2020 (Newsletter 85)

Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary Amid ongoing economic gloom, separatist leaders painted a bright future for the coming years and claimed that the COVID-pandemic was under control. While official birth statistics revealed a spiraling downward trend, the “DNR” announced...

Developments in “DNR” and “LNR”: 4 – 23 November 2020 (Newsletter 84)

Written by Nikolaus von Twickel Summary As the coronavirus crisis continues, there is mounting evidence that the “People’s Republics” are preparing massive industrial reorganization whilst they are going through the worst economic crisis of their short existence. Hopes about the...