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Krushchev

National Geographic’s pre-coup view of The Crimea: “Russia’s Paradise Lost”

Tom Winter Jan 18, 2019 0

On the transfer to Ukraine: What was Khrushchev thinking? "He wasn't," she snapped. "Khrushchev had roaches in his head." And this: "Illegal. There was no referendum. No announcement.…
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Crimea

Rescinding the Krushchev decree of 1954 finds support in Crimea

Tom Winter Nov 7, 2017 0

November 7, 2017 - Fort Russ News - - Novorosinform, translated by Tom Winter - Vice Speaker of the Crimean Parliament Remzi Ilyasov has supported the idea of abolishing the…
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Crimea

What France knew in March, 2014 and forgets now: “With one simple decree, Khrushchev gave…

Tom Winter Aug 18, 2016 0

Mathilde Gérard, in Le Monde, March 15, 2014 Translated from French by Tom Winter, August 18, 2016 Translator note: Europe knew at the time that Kiev's jurisdiction over Crimea…
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Crimea

A Ukraine Primer

Tom Winter Apr 24, 2016 0

By Tom Winter (We trust that regular Fort Russ readers already know all this, but it might be useful to have it all in one place) 1. First thing: internal boundaries in Union…
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Crimea

French historian: Europe is blind to its actual enemies; Russia is not one of them

Tom Winter Dec 9, 2015 0

Sputnik France December 6, 2015 The French historian Marc Ferro judges that Europe has no call to consider Russia an enemy. Invited to Europe 1 on the occasion of the publication of…
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