Beginning with this August 3, on Mondays, portal Delfi (in the Latvian language) and Latvian public media portal (in the Russian language) will publish the blog series “Letters from Donetsk”. Their author’s – Donetsk resident’s – name will be Veronica (the name is changed because of security considerations). Veronica will describe her own and the […]

03.08.2015. www.delfi.lv (LV), www.lsm.lv (RUS) Since the very beginning, even since the students’ Maidan massacre in Kiev, I knew: “That should be written down! Tragic, but also fateful events are rapidly developing, the Ukrainian live history is created, therefore, everything should be fixed, any detail, otherwise later on they may be forgotten under the layer […]

Western political leaders should speak clearly about Russia’s war against Ukraine, including Russian forces fighting in Ukraine and the Kremlin’s direction of the campaign. To do otherwise buttresses Putin’s attempt to obfuscate Russia’s direct role in the conflict. The West must also recognize that Putin has used each lull in combat, now under the cover […]