Penned from the crooked
timber of humanity
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The Minsk “cease fire” agreement and the calm before the storm.
Given that no one anywhere (including in Russia) seems to still believe the fairytale of Russia’s “non-involvement” in Ukraine, Putin may just decide to drop the pretense, and engage “the…
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Flight MH17 and Pretexts by Putin – Thoughts from Kiev
After the tragic downing of MH17 the phrase of the day in the western media became “game-changer”. Was this really such an earth-shattering event? Certainly it represented a turning point…
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Thoughts on Ukrainian Higher Education – Thoughts from Kiev
Surviving the 2014 legislative reform: new management challenges for Ukraine’s universities [dropcap size=big]O[/dropcap]n 1 July 2014 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Bill 1187-2 – a new law “On Higher…
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Can Europe tolerate a neo-fascist government in Russia? – Thoughts from Kiev
“Apparently, comparisons between Putin and Hitler are not well received in western intellectual circles these days, but the fact that during the run-up to the EU Parliamentary elections, every single…