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While Western media deploys Zelensky’s heritage to refute accusations of neo-Nazis in Ukraine, the president now depends on them as front line fighters in the war with Russia, report Alex Rubinstein and Max Blumenthal.  By Alex Rubinstein and Max Blumenthal The Grayzone Back in October 20

While Western media deploys Volodymyr Zelensky’s Jewish heritage to refute accusations of Nazi influence in Ukraine, the president has ceded to neo-Nazi forces and now depends on them as front line fighters.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on February 14 and went on to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow the following day. Preceding Scholz was French President Emmanuel Macron, who met with Putin and Zelenskyy (in that order) on February 7 and 8 (see EDM, February 10). These four leaders comprise …

What is the Steinmeier Formula and will it lead to peace in eastern Ukraine?

Moscow and Kyiv fundamentally disagree on the provisions of the only peace plan they have.

On January 26, in Paris, senior political advisors to the Russian, Ukrainian, German and French heads of state and government convened to “reanimate” (such is the term in circulation) the quadrilateral “Normandy” process of consultations. The meeting, lasting eight and a half hours (almost twice longer than anticipated), marks a breakthrough of sorts, in that all sides have publicly acknowledged …

With Ukraine again at the forefront of a recent peak in tensions between Russia and the West, former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt has pitched in on the debate, condemning Moscow and calling for the West to toughen up.

A belligerent new intervention reveals just how far removed from reality many Western hawks are With Ukraine a

Sergey Lavrov also noted that Moscow agreed with the Steinmeier Formula, a mechanism for the steady implementation of several provisions of the Minsk accords

Against the backdrop of the current war scare over Ukraine, a recent statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin has attracted attention. In it he blaste