Volodymyr Ishchenko

Volodymyr Ishchenko is a sociologist studying social protests in Ukraine. He is the Deputy Director of the Center for Society Research (Kiev), an editor of Commons: Journal for Social Criticism, and a lecturer in the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

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Pro-Russian activists clash with Maidan supporters as they storm the regional government building in Kharkiv on 1 March 2014. (Photograph: Sergey Bobok/AFP) Views
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
On Supporting Progressives in Ukraine, Wherever They Are
I have little doubt that Russian security services were in some way involved in the recent escalation of violence in several towns in eastern Ukraine . The seizures of administrative buildings on 12 April were well co-ordinated between different towns, the armed men were well equipped and showed...
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