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Russian TV has enthusiastically covered the Trump-Ukraine scandal

(Monkey Cage blog) Russian state-controlled television has been extensively covering the news that President Trump allegedly pressured Ukraine’s president to investigate the son of former vice president Joe Biden, who is leading in…

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Washington’s Security Assistance to Kyiv: Improving Long-Term Returns on Military Investments in Ukraine

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas in 2014, the United States has committed over $1.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine. This…

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Haran: Zelensky was not the candidate of anti-Maidan. He is the candidate of anti-politics. You can be anti-political without being anti-Maidan.

(ECFR) Volodymyrska Hill, Kyiv, on a June evening in 2019. Kyivans and tourists stroll along the riverside park’s newly relaid paths, many wending their way to the brand new footbridge and…

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Brian Whitmore: 100 days of Zelensky (AUDIO) with Volodymyr Dubovyk

(Kyiv Post) The economy is improving. Long-stalled land reforms are on the way. A historic prisoner swap with Russia was just completed. And the novice president is proving himself surprisingly tough…

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Ishchenko: The positive side of Zelensky is that he has offset the political contradictions between pro-Russian and pro-Europe

(FP) Ukraine—“Things here often start with great hopes and end in great disappointments. But this time, I get the impression things could change,” said Nikolai Savitsky, a 54-year-old businessman, outside a…

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