A carnival float featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin handling Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko like a puppet, is presented in the center of Cologne, western Germany, on February 28, 2022, where a “Freedom for Ukraine” demonstration took place instead of the traditional carnival Rose Monday procession.
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Caught between reliance on the Kremlin and strong antiwar sentiments at home, Alexander Lukashenko is treading a fine line on Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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As Russia’s war on Ukraine intensifies and men aged 18-60 are forced to stay in the country, many are made even more vulnerable.
Bravery: protesting Russian TV producer Marina Ovsyannikova stages her protest.
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The best of the last week’s coverage of the war in Ukraine.
As a nation on the edge of Europe,Poland is dealing with a massive influx of refugees from Ukraine.
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Senior politicians accuse the west of ignoring their warnings for years.
Putin: ‘Russia does not start wars, it ends them.’
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In ideological terms, Putin’s regime is neither totalitarian nor fascist. But it is reactionary, and in a way that begs questions about the recent maltreatment of language in Western politics
Children march in a parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, about 100 kilometres east of the Ukraine border, in May 2015.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin wants parts of Ukraine to be closer to Russia, and would like to prevent Ukraine from becoming part of NATO.
Devastation: news crews and their fixers risk their lives to bring news of the conflict to people around the world.
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Oleksandra Kushynova, a fixer with Fox News, was killed along with the cameraman she was working with.
Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war are buried in Lviv in early March 2022.
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Plus, a rare archive of Ukrainian dissident literature from the Soviet era is now in danger. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
A recent protest in London against Russia’s invasion.
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Behaviour change would also help tackle the climate, nature, food and fuel emergencies.
Firefighters extinguish a fire at a destroyed apartment complex after a Russian rocket attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, on March 14, 2022. The majority of the city’s residents are Russian-speaking.
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The Russian diaspora has mostly been careful about overtly criticizing Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Does that imply support, or fear of Russian retribution?
A woman hugs a Polish volunteer before he crosses the border to go and fight against Russian forces.
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According to some reports, thousands of people from around the world are signing up to fight on behalf of Ukraine. But comparisons to the Spanish Civil War’s International Brigades are misguided.
Crimean Tatars gathered for a rally commemorating the 70th anniversary of Stalin’s mass deportation, in Simferopol, Crimea, on May 18, 2014.
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A scholar who spent many years living with the Crimean Tatars explains their long history of persecution.
Russian-made goods will likely cost more in Western liquor stores if most-favored-nation status is removed.
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The US, Japan and other wealthy G-7 nations plan to remove Russia’s status as a most-favored nation. A trade expert explains what that term means and what might happen next.
A Yemeni mother holds the tiny foot of her malnourished child in 2021.
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Far more people are dying of hunger around the world than in Europe’s new war.
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The British courts will now have longer to investigate and can target companies that own properties in questionable arrangements. But key issues remain unresolved.
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While the ruling is binding, it is not enforceable. Still, it could compel other nations to support Ukraine’s cause.
At the heart of the economic war: the parity of the rouble.
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The idea: to use the credit channel by making foreign banks bear the consequences of the devaluation of the Russian currency.
Ukrainian refugees in Lviv board a train for Poland, March 15.
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What can New Zealand do now to support Ukraine while avoiding unnecessary risk to its own citizens and interests?
Bravery: Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova stages a protest live on Russian TV.
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The live protest on one of Russia’s main state-owned TV news bulletins is a blow to Putin because of his near total control of broadcasting in the country.
Social media has allowed fake news about the Ukraine invasion to proliferate.
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Increased media literacy education and government regulations are necessary to combat fake information on social media platforms.