Crimea
Market in Luhansk hit by Ukraine government shelling, August 2014.
The following is an edited version of a talk by Roger Annis on August 22, 2014, that was delivered to a session of the Peoples Social Forum that took place in Ottawa from August 21 to 25. Also on the panel was David Mandel, a professor of political science in Montreal and expert in the history of the working class movements in Russia and Ukraine. You can read Mandel's talk, titled "Understanding the civil war in Ukraine", HERE.
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal has published various left viewpoints on the political situation in Ukraine. These do not necessarily represent the views of the publishers.
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Ukraines' President Petro Poroshenko (second from left) greets US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Maidan square, Keiv, December 2013.
US President Barak Oba
A Crimean Tatar protester hold
Russian president Vladimir Putin signs law completing Crimea annexation.