In the aftermath of the revolution, Russia adopted a fiercely nationalistic stance at home and a more confrontational approach on the international stage.... More than 100 of those gathering were killed, some by police snipers, while up to 300 are still considered to be missing.In the end, as his attempts to quell the discontent failed, Yanukovych fled from Ukraine— to Russia.... Still, the war came home Fast forward to present-day Russia....

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From the 18th to 20th centuries, Russia and the Soviet Union carried out a program of Russification to discourage Ukrainian national identity.... 1920s-Ukraine becomes part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.... 1932-1933-Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's policy of collectivization leads to the Great Famine( Holodomor) in which millions of Ukrainians die of starvation....

He escaped a few days after the Russian invasion began in February.On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy proposed swapping Medvedchuk for prisoners of war being held by Russian forces.... Following are facts about the 67-year-old:-Born in Russia, Medvedchuk has often been photographed with Putin.... He denied those charges.-According to Ukrainian authorities, Medvedchuk was involved in the illegal sale of coal from separatist-controlled territories in the east of Ukraine....

This comes in response to accusations of the glorification of Nazism in the country.... Thousands of far-right activists held a torch-lit march in Kiev to mark the birthday of a controversial Adolf Hitler collaborator, Stepan Bandera. Reacting to the march, a top Russian legislator called for a pan-European response.In a Telegram post, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin condemned the actions of the far-right, calling them" unacceptable".He said: “ It is unacceptable when, in the 21st centur

But state television coverage showed him being confronted by police late at night last month looking confused and evasive, standing next to his car and a pile of bloody meat.... He did not have a hunting license.On Thursday, he finally admitted that he had “ blurted out ” a lie — the first thing that came into his head. Story continues below advertisement “ I was tired, ” he explained. The scandal could end his career.... He declined requests from The Washington Post for comment. Advertisement

1991 was a remarkable year. The map of Europe was re-drawn, one of the two major protagonists in the Cold War disappeared, and the first signs of future trouble in the post-Cold War order began to appear.

For Ukraine, it was a very good election – an election that demonstrated that the country, despite all the huge problems it has, has managed to build up a more or less functional system of pluralistic democracy. There are two major parties, which have real ambitions to obtain power, as well as some

by Daniel M. GersteinThe use of chemical weapons in Syria this week—reportedly by the regime of Bashar Assad—is an affront to humankind.... Russia, meanwhile, said the chemicals were released when Syrian air strikes hit a rebel chemical weapons production facility.... Russia's defense of the regime could embolden Assad and further strain already frayed relations between Washington and Moscow. Redlines against the use of chemical weapons were drawn and crossed during the Obama administration...

The first stage of the West’s new world war against Russia is complete. Ukraine can now serve as an outpost for launching media, digital, cultural and other attacks eastward – another example of the new kind of war that the global hegemon is waging around the world.