There's also the point that a lot of Ukrainians speak Russian because it was the language of the Soviet Union. And in Kyiv, for example, there were a lot of people from other Republics (eg Georgia) a… (View Post)

If by "region" they mean Kiyivska Oblast, then yes it borders on Belarus and includes part of the largely empty Chernobyl exclusion zone (View Post)

Indeed. I'm a Liberal Internationalist Brexiteer. The EU is far too inward-looking and protectionist. Among many other faults. (View Post)

Alexander is Greek, and Boris is Bulgar, so Turkic (not modern Bulgarian, which is Slavic, but the language of the early medieval Bulgar Khanate) (View Post)

If we throw the book at him now, there is no disincentive to roll into Mariupol, forge a land bridge to Crimea, send tanks across the Pripyet Marshes to Kyiv. So far all he has done is to formally re… (View Post)