On the 24th of February 2022 belligerent Russian forces advanced towards Kyiv in an attempt to seize Ukraine. The US offered Volodymyr Zelensky a plane out of the country. However, in an act which has proven symbolic of heroic Ukrainian resistance, he obdurately refused to desert his country while it was under siege. Ever since, […]
When I woke up on the morning of Feb. 24, 2022, and saw my homescreen flooded with notifications, I knew. Three days earlier, when Russian President Vladimir Putin made a speech announcing Russia’s recognition of the fake DNR/LNR as separate republics, I knew. Four days earlier, when my parents made the rushed decision to fly […]
Censorship abounds as a theme in literature. George Orwell’s 1984 and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale are classic examples. In a now chilling turn of reality, Putin has banned what the Russian government deems “LGBT Propaganda”. Towards the end of 2022, the Russian government passed a law criminalising the creation, production, distribution, and consumption of […]
The US and Germany agreed late last month to send main battle tanks to Ukraine, marking a watershed moment in NATO’s efforts to support Ukraine against the Russian invasion. The NATO tanks being delivered to Ukraine include 14 M1 Abrams tanks from the US and 31 Leopard 2 tanks from Germany, signalling a significant shift […]
Update, 9:55pm, 3 December: This story has been updated with statements by The Edinburgh Tab and the Russian Speaking Society. They can be viewed at the bottom of this article. The Edinburgh University Ukrainian Society (EUUS) has criticised a recent article in The Edinburgh Tab discussing the Russian-Speaking Society (RSS) at the University. Published on […]
Russian MP Vyacheslav Nikonov has had his honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh formally revoked. Nikonov has been stripped of the degree as a result of his endorsement of Russia’s war on Ukraine. He is on both the UK and US lists of official sanctions as an active member of Putin‘s United Russia party. […]
Kyiv faces massive blackouts and a looming burden on its energy system after a series of Russian attacks on its infrastructure on Halloween. Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klitschko announced the resumption of water and power supply on Tuesday 1 November. However, he added that scheduled partial blackouts would continue in order to let the city cope […]
You may remember the days of the coy acronym ‘BRIC’ being bandied around by Western analysts as they predicted the rise of nations and the fruitful economic and political relationships which Brazil, Russia, India and China would offer. Well, there is not much fruit being borne from the authoritarian regimes of Russia and China as […]