Those Ukrainians who have thrown their lot in with Moscow now find themselves in the same boat as an aging authoritarian regime.

Viktor Medvedchuk, for a long time a leading pro-Russia figure in Ukrainian politics, had until now been lying low since he turned up in Russia last year...

Ukraine’s successful counteroffensive in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions means that a large chunk of the country’s Russian-speaking southeast...

Zelensky is faced with a crisis even worse than all the previous ones.

The Kremlin is interested in the people of the Donbass as additional reserves of loyal voters.

With polls showing President Petro Poroshenko heading for a major defeat, elites are looking for contacts with the likely winner Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

The period until the runoff on April 21 will be a time of behind-the-scenes negotiations. 

Moscow does not seem to be attempting to influence the outcome of this contest.

Russia’s recent imposition of sanctions is all about Ukraine’s upcoming presidential election.