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VITALY PORTNIKOV: Crimea is turning into a reservation with an invented past, an uncertain present and a dreary future

By Vitaly Portnikov 04.02.2014 NEWSru Translated by Olya Lutska and edited by Voices of Ukraine Source: http://rus.newsru.ua/columnists/02Apr2014/neletit.html The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation has banned flights to Crimea. Actually, it’s not even news. After the occupation of the … Continue reading

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Vitaly Portnikov: An Israel on the Dnieper. How the myth of recreating the USSR failed.

By Vitaly Portnikov 03.23.2014 Focus.ua Translated by Ivan Pakhotin and edited by Voices of Ukraine Source: http://focus.ua/opinion/300854/ As Ukraine gained independence, the Russian myth of imminently rebuilding the former Soviet empire got buried. In Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948 the first head … Continue reading

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Vitaly Portnikov: Putin’s Human Shield

By Vitaly Portnikov 20.03.2014  LiveJournal Translated by Olya Lutska and Edited by Isis for Voices of Ukraine Source: http://v-n-zb.livejournal.com/6870279.html  It’s the dirtiest war in modern history When, at the beginning of Russian actions in Crimea, Vladimir Putin told reporters that, “the Russian … Continue reading

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Palace mystery

by Vitaly Portnikov 10.01.204,  Grani.Ru original: http://grani.ru/opinion/portnikov/m.223217.html A few days before the beating of Ukrainian journalist Tetiana Chornovol, I met her in the House of Trade Unions on Kiev’s Independence Square. Tanya studied a huge map, which reminded me of … Continue reading

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