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September 08, 2015 | Newsweek
What is Putin's Next Move in Ukraine—and the Baltics?
While Putin says he’s getting friendly signals from the U.S., he’s planning to topple the Ukraine government.
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Eastern Europe
September 08, 2015 | The Washington Post
Putin Won His War in Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine slips from the headlines, can Russia declare victory?
September 01, 2015 | Brookings Institution | Up Front
Putin’s Deceptive Pause: What are Russia’s Next Steps in Ukraine?
A deceptive late-summer pause has settled over the Ukraine crisis. At least, in the coverage of it. For many weeks now, the war in the Donbas has slipped off the front page.
July 30, 2015 | The Guardian | Global Development
Ukraine Agribusiness Firms in 'Quiet Land Grab' with Development Finance
Hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from the World Bank’s private lending arm were used to expand industrial farms amid mounting concern about environmental impacts.
July 15, 2015 | The New Yorker
The Story of Ukraine Through Its Many Monuments
People, and countries, put up monuments to display what they think of history and of themselves. They tear down monuments for the same reason.
July 03, 2015 | The Guardian
Lidl Has Received Almost $1 Billion in Public Development Funding
Supermarket chain owned by one of Germany’s wealthiest families lent money over past decade by World Bank and others as it expands into eastern Europe.
June 18, 2015 | Newsweek
Tongue-Tied on Ukraine’s Front Lines
Ukraine's official language is Ukrainian, but Russian still dominates newspapers, TV shows, and businesses. Efforts to promote the Ukrainian language raise the question: who is really in charge?
June 15, 2015 | Harper's Magazine
Fugue State: The Struggle for National Identity in Wartime Ukraine
Ukraine's history of foreign conquest, most recently Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, precludes any clear sense of Ukrainian identity. Could nationalism help mend Ukraine's sectarian violence?
June 03, 2015 | Brookings Institution | Up Front
Stumbling Towards Conflict with Russia?
Marvin Kalb explains the vague policies of both the U.S. and Russia concerning Crimea's sovereignty and possible Western military intervention in Ukraine.
May 29, 2015 | Jeneen Interlandi | Science & Story
Hungary: Inside Two Roma Settlements
Images by Jeneen Interlandi depict life in two Roma settlements in Hungary where residents live with what looks like deep rural poverty: no indoor plumbing, no reliable electricity, no reliable heat.
May 27, 2015 | Pulitzer Center
Hungary: The Artist in Gusev
A profile of Marianna Pongo, an artist and writer who lives in Gusev, a Roma settlement in Nyiregyhaza that is blighted by poverty and struggling against segregation.
May 12, 2015 | Jeneen Interlandi | Science & Story
A Roma Settlement in Hungary
Photographs from the Vigtelep settlement in Miskolc, Hungary, where residents are facing eviction.