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• Belarus as 'the next Crimea'? Highly unlikely

  After the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 many feared that this 'compatriot protection scheme' could become a precedent. Which...

• Why the reforms in the Ukrainian gas sector falter

  The liberalization of the gas sector in Ukraine is highly controversial due to the burden it places on Ukrainian households, who have...

• The Odesa Fire: Remembering Tragedy in a War of Memories

  On the 2nd of May 2014 in Odesa, Ukraine, clashes between supporters and opponents of the new Maidan-government killed 48 people. All...

• The politicisation of religion in rural Ukrainian Orthodox Church Communities

  In 2019, the outcome of a hard-fought battle over the structure of the Eastern Orthodox Church shook Ukrainian religious life to its core. For...

• State, space and society. Public participation in the development of the Zenit Arena

  The World Cup 2018 in Russia appeared to be flawless and therefore a success for president Putin. But to what extent did civil society...

• ‘Everyone Likes Naturalness and Sincerity’: Sincerity Rhetoric in Contemporary Political Discourse in Russia

  In the run-up to the Russian presidential election of 2018, the concept of sincerity played a central role in the political language of...

• Een rijk als geen ander? Russische boeren, modern burgerschap en landconflicten in het gouvernement Oefa, 1861-1917

  De Russische kolonisering van grond in oostwaartse richting was een bijzondere vorm van kolonialisme. Vooral door de vestiging van boeren...

• Schaken en communisme: 64 velden om de superioriteit van de Sovjet-Unie te bewijzen

  In de driekwart eeuw dat de Sovjet-Unie tussen 1917 en 1992 heeft bestaan, kwamen slechts drie wereldkampioenen schaken niet uit Rusland...

• Does identity building in Nazarbayev’s Kazakhstan mean an exit from the Russian world?

  With roughly 21 percent ethnic Russians, Kazakhstan inhabits the largest Russian minority of the five Central Asian republics. But this...

• The Orthodox churches and the 'Church war' in Ukraine

  The relations between Ukraine's two biggest Orthodox churches, the church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) and the church of the Kyiv...

• Cooking Towards Communism: Domestic Cooking and the Khrushchev Regime’s Struggle for the Communist Way of Life

  During the Khrushchev-era, domestic cooking was not merely a mundane aspect of Soviet everyday life. In fact, the regime perceived it as a...

• Similar but not equal: the image of Ukraine on Russian news websites

  Ukraine and Russia are more than just neighbours. The history of these two countries, for instance, are closely connected. But since...