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August 26th, 2008

Russia, Georgia: Unilateral Recognition of Abkhazia's and South Ossetia's Independence

Veronica Khokhlova · 14:56

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Russia has formally recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia today. Below are some of the initial reactions from LiveJournal's Cyrillic sector. 8 comments · »»

August 12th, 2008

Georgia, Russia: Tbilisi Reports

Veronica Khokhlova · 00:05

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Three bloggers who are currently in Tbilisi describe what life there has been like in the past few days. According to LJ user oleg_panfilov, everything is quiet in the Georgian capital this night, while tomorrow "there'll be plenty of politics," because presidents of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland and Ukraine are expected to descend on the city. 37 comments · »»

August 9th, 2008

Georgia, Russia: Cyrillic Bloggers React to the Conflict in South Ossetia

Veronica Khokhlova · 08:49

In a brief report sent around noon of Aug. 8 from a hotel basement in Tskhinvali, the beleaguered capital of South Ossetia, Russian journalist Mikhail Romanov wrote this about the nature of the conflict: "The city is under heavy howitzer and mortar fire. An endless cannonade. I've seen many wounded people. Peacekeepers are commenting succinctly: 'This is war.'" Below are more reactions from bloggers in Russia and Ukraine. 14 comments · »»

July 5th, 2008

Russia: Farewell to “Khrushchevki”

Veronica Khokhlova · 00:47

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Earlier this week, LJ user drugoi, one of the most popular and prolific Russian bloggers, posted 17 photos from a Moscow neighborhood of Khrushchev-era apartment blocks, commonly known as khrushchevki, pyatietazhki, or khrushchoby. The neighborhood is about to disappear, to make room for more up-to-date residential high-rises. Below is some of the text that accompanies drugoi's photos, and a few of the 331 comments that the post has generated. 3 comments · »»

July 2nd, 2008

Ukraine: Grassroots Activism

Veronica Khokhlova · 22:49

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Many Ukrainians, fed up with a culture of lawlessness that is flourishing in their country, are becoming increasingly involved in grassroots activism. One of the latest rallies - Velonayizd ("Bicycle Attack") - took place in Kyiv on June 21, when nearly 500 cyclists, bikers and pedestrians gathered in front of the municipal police headquarters for a Critical Mass-type event, prompted by the recent deaths of at least two cyclists and the authorities' failure to bring the perpetrators to justice. 3 comments · »»

May 31st, 2008

Ukraine, Russia: Personae Non Gratae

Veronica Khokhlova · 17:17

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On May 12, Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov was declared persona non grata in Ukraine, following his calls for Russia to take ownership of Sevastopol, a Ukrainian Black Sea naval port. On May 15, Russia denied entry to Vladyslav Kaskiv, one of the leaders of the 2004 protests in Kyiv and member of the Our Ukraine/People's Self-Defense faction in the Ukrainian parliament. LJ user varfolomeev66, a Russian journalist, compares the two cases. 0 comments · »»

May 22nd, 2008

Ukraine: A View From Crimea

Veronica Khokhlova · 22:35

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Last week, Ukraine banned Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov from the country, after he called for Russia to take ownership of Sevastopol, a Ukrainian Black Sea naval port. The incident received much coverage in the Russian and Ukrainian media and blogs. Below is one more post, written by a Russophone resident of Balaklava, a Crimean town that has an official status of a district of the city of Sevastopol. 1 comment · »»

May 15th, 2008

Ukraine: Moscow Mayor's Sevastopol Controversy

Veronica Khokhlova · 00:06

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Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov got himself barred from Ukraine this week, after announcing during a trip to Sevastopol - "a Ukrainian naval base mutually used by the Ukrainian Navy and Russian Navy" - that the city did not belong to Ukraine. Below are a few opinions from the Russophone blogosphere. 6 comments · »»

Links about Ukraine

September 5th, 2008

Matty, a U.S. missionary based in Kerch, Ukraine, blogs at The Gaws - here and here - about a Ukrainian visa ordeal he and his family are going through now.

Ukrainiana writes about Dick Cheney's visit to Ukraine: “Undoubtedly, the outgoing Bush administration wants to send a welcome message to Kyiv. But given the lame-duck status of both Cheney and Yushchenko, Ukraine’s accession into NATO hinges on the outcome of the presidential election in America no less than it does on Ukraine’s own presidential election in 2010.”

September 3rd, 2008

Ukrainiana and Foreign Notes discuss Ukraine's newest political crisis.

August 27th, 2008

Ukrainiana examines PM Yulia Tymoshenko's response to “accusations of treason.”

August 26th, 2008

Mayia guestblogs at The 8th Circle about “gender and democracy” in Ukraine.

August 25th, 2008

Greetings from Kyiv writes about this year's Independence Day in Kyiv: “In the last few years, Ukraine focused on featuring non-profit organizations and cultural groups in their Independence Day parade, but this year, they decided to go back to holding a military parade.”

Petro of Petro's Jotter was watching live coverage of the Independence Day parade in Kyiv: “[Yulia Tymoshenko] was not shown in any of the coverage. I wonder where she is celebrating?”