Vladimir Putin has slammed the brakes on a much-ballyhooed Duma proposal to offer Ukrainians in the occupied Donbas region Russian citizenship on a simplified basis (Kommersant, July 18). Almost certainly, the initiative was abandoned because, if these individuals were to obtain that status – as the residents of the breakaway “republic” of South Ossetia did...
Moscow cannot afford a South Ossetian strategy in Ukraine’s Donbas
By Ukrainian Weekly Editor5 Mins Read