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The history of Donbas is a history of anti—cosmopolitanism and resistance to outside political forces, says Hiroaki Kuromiya, the author of Freedom and Terror in the Donbas: A Russian—Ukrainian Borderland, 1870s—1990s.

The Russian government’s international media, such as RT and Sputnik International, aren’t propaganda because they ignore contemporary events in Russia, says The Daily Beast contributor and pundit James Kirchick.

29 years on from the Chernobyl explosion and people are finding new and innovative ways to remember the disaster. Nadia Parfan is a co—founder of 86’ Festival which aims to address energy issues such as alternative energy sources and energy security.

I always think he's [Putin] been overrated as a grand strategist, I see him more as a tactical guy. I think he’s more emotional than people think,” former US Ambassador to Moscow from 2011—2014 and now professor of political science at Stanford University Michael McFaul said Hromadske.

While miner protests have shook Kyiv last week, sparking accusations of oligarch Rinat Akhmetov’s role in organizing them, AP Correspondent Peter Leonard supports the assertion that the protests were not “impromptu.”