Pepe Escobar — Russia, Ukraine Too The Minsk Understanding Fiction (Exclusive!)

Rostislav Ishchenko is arguably the leading international analyst focused on the extraordinarily turbulent Russia-Ukraine relations. He posts regularly on Ukraina.ru, amongst frequent English linguistic communication translations here.

In contrast to the 24/7 “Russian aggression” demonization movement effective on all corners of the Beltway as well as spreading towards selected European capitals, Ishchenko’s analysis, for event of the information war deployed on all fronts of the Russia-Ukraine saga comes every bit a breath of fresh air.

Although nosotros were non able to come across inwards individual during my recent view to Moscow, due to conflicting schedules (the coming together volition convey house afterward inwards the winter), Ishchenko graciously accepted to reply my most pressing questions regarding what could hand off adjacent on the Russia-Ukraine front, amongst translation past times Scott Humor.

Ishchenko’s answers on the province of affairs inwards Donbass should likewise last expanded to Crimea, after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov revealed he had data close Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko planning an armed provocation on the edge amongst Crimea inwards the concluding x days of December....

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