by Kennedy Applebaum Original Source: Quemado Institute Even though Donald Trump lost 28% vs 24% to Ted Cruz in the first US Republican primary event in Iowa on February 1, Trump still boasts an overwhelming lead in nationwide polls, with some estimates as high as 55% or 62% of potential voters favoring the billionaire businessman. … Continue reading
Can Novorossiya Outlast Kiev? Introduction by Kennedy Applebaum Quemado Institute January 6, 2016 Will there be a regional breakup of Ukraine in 2016? Pro-Novorossiya observers consider this the optimum solution for Donbass. The Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics have survived almost two years of political and military conflict, and have established themselves as legitimate states, … Continue reading
About DPR Readiness for Dialogue with Ukraine and the Likelihood of Kiev Sabotaging Local Elections Interview with Alexander Zakharchenko Zakharchenko official website Edited autotranslation by Quemado Institute January 4, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Alexander Zakharchenko answered reporters’ questions about the readiness of the Donetsk People’s Republic [DPR] for direct dialogue with Ukraine, and the … Continue reading
Western-Backed Opposition Groups Prove Responsible Introduction by Karl Pomeroy Quemado Institute January 3, 2016 An academic study, conducted by political scientist Ivan Katchanovski at the University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, reveals what many Donbass observers have known all along: the Maidan Massacre was a false flag operation intended to spur the overthrow of Ukraine’s democratically … Continue reading
American Hawk Spurs Ukraine to War with Russia Guest Commentary by Natalia Vitrenko First published December 8, 2015 Translated for Fort Russ by Tom Winter Fort Russ December 31, 2015 The sermons, insolent, cynical, and provocative, of US Vice President Joseph Biden are humiliating and insulting to me as a Ukrainian politician, scientist, and citizen … Continue reading
Minsk vs. Novorossiya: A Moral Question Introduction The Political Divide by Kennedy Applebaum Quemado Institute November 6, 2015 [November 7 update: Addendum on Alexander Dugin] Some supporters of the early vision of an independent Novorossiya, notable figures such as Alexey Mozgovoy and Igor Strelkov, and analysts including Vladimir Suchan, Gleb Bazov, Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin … Continue reading
Introduction by Kennedy Applebaum Quemado Institute October 6, 2015 Updated October 7, 2015 The DPR/LPR elections that had been scheduled for October 18 and November 1 have been officially postponed by the leaders of those two former nations, Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky. This unfortunate event has come to pass at the insistence of ill-informed … Continue reading
Putin, Obama Could Bury the Hatchet at UN Meeting in New York Guest Article Sputnik News September 17, 2105 Now a reset in the relations between Russia and the US is quite possible as Moscow is ready more than ever to play a distinctive role in the settlement of the Syrian conflict, Melkulangara Bhardrakumar, former … Continue reading
DPR PM: Real Combat May Develop in the Streets of Kiev Quemado Institute September 14, 2015 Donetsk People’s Republic Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko gave a 12-minute press conference on Saturday, September 12, 2015. Among other topics, he explained issues of the coming October 18 elections, especially as they relate to the fulfillment of the Minsk … Continue reading
Ukraine’s Donetsk Republic Calls Kiev’s Decentralization Reform a Farce Guest Article TASS News Agency September 2, 2015 MOSCOW The militia leader stressed once again that in line with Minsk-2, Kiev should agree with Donbas on changes to the country’s fundamental law. The constitutional reform being conducted in Ukraine is not in the slightest in line … Continue reading