The 2018-19 elections in Russia and Ukraine (1) will change Eastern Europe’s political landscape.
- Le Monde diplomatique
That could mean new chances for an end to (or escalation of) the war between Russia-led irregular separatists and Russian regulars, on the one side, and Ukrainian governmental forces (as well as some paramilitary units) in the…
In both cases the Russian and Ukrainian political leaders’ behaviour has more to do with internal than foreign factors.
But the domestic political implications of the Russia/Ukraine conflict in both countries diverge, contradicting the widespread belief that the…