On February 18, 2022, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov stated that he was “alarmed” by a reported spike in Ukrainian artillery attacks against rebels in the eastern region of Donbas with ...

Stiff-arming Russia at every turn, Ukraine emerged as the biggest hurdle to the Kremlin’s efforts to reconsolidate its empire and undo the independence movements of the early 1990s.

However, the national movements of Russia have not forgotten the history of Russia’s repeated rejection of federalism. “We want to leave the empire,” says Bashkir nationalist Ruslan Gabbasov ...

Russia Goes All In on ‘Texit’ Secession Movement, Border ‘Catastrophe,’ as Feud Intensifies Between Governor Abbot and Biden. Russia’s former president, Dmitry Medvedev, writes that ‘if necessary, we ...

Scotland, independence and its role in de-colonising Russia “We cannot really know what people are thinking because they could be put down as traitors to the state,” she said.

Precedents of Independence Movements in the Russian Empire It is not unprecedented for Russia’s constituent republics to demand independence when Moscow is weak. The 1917 Russian Revolution was ...

This brief provides a framework for evaluating independence movements and their likelihood of producing stable societies after independence. ... but rather wariness about the chief advocate of their ...

Marcus Ruiz Evans, who leads the CalExit movement, told Newsweek in an emailed statement: "It is true that in 2016 Russian troll farms did 'help' the organic push for Calexit." Citing a 2017 BBC ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published on February 24, 2022. Ukraine has been invaded by Russia in a pre-dawn attack. Up to 190,000 Russian troops were positioned near Ukraine's ...

Bracing for Independence Day. Ukraine will mark two key dates tomorrow: 31 years of independence and six months of war. But there’s a sense of fear hanging over the independence anniversary.