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...
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...
The year 2020 in the Donbas was overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which by all accounts hit the “People’s Republics” hard but whose exact impact is hard to gauge, given the notorious secrecy of the separatist de facto authorities. More...
