Russia’s seizure of Crimea wasn’t an act of an expanding empire but of an archaic regime throwing up a last line of defense against Westernization.
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Relief and Fear in a Divided Crimea
“I thought I was working for freedom and human rights,” said Serhiy Kovalsky. “But now I have the feeling that in reality I was working for Putin.”
Does Russia Really Want Crimea — And Does Crimea Want Russia?
The phantom of Crimean separatism has spooked Ukraine since the country’s independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Putin’s Moscow is Anxious, Gilded and Hollow
Moscow is always a surprising kind of place. I expected Putin’s us-against-them nationalism to be more strident than ever. But I find the city uncharacteristically subdued and anxious about the future.
Is Crimea Ukraine’s Next Ticking Time Bomb?
In the sleepy Crimean capital Simferopol, tension is building between supporters and foes of the central government in Kiev.
Students, Not Spooks, Effect Regime Change
You can bankroll a coup but you can’t buy a popular uprising.
