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Perhaps before long every "citizen of the DNR" will be forced to carry a collection of quotes from Big Brother at all times? A letter from occupied Donetsk, conflict zone in eastern Ukraine by Anton Averchenko, engineer working in a defense plant, city of Donetsk for radiosvoboda.org.

Today the world faces a deeply corrupt Russian state where state control of the media is almost total, where control of major financial and resource assets resides almost exclusively close 'friends' many of whom have have KGB or St Petersburg connections (or both) going some way back, where increasingly neo nationalism is encouraged by the State up to a form of cult worship of the new 'Great Leader', a state which is not concerned with any former international agreements it's predecessors may have the signed - the Budapest Memorandum, Helsinki Accords and even the United Nations founding charter are clearly regarded as non binding. A Russian state increasingly is hurtling back to it's past. So tell me: was the Cold War won?

In times of Russian aggression in Ukraine the southern city of Mariupol has lived through occupation, liberation and artillery attack that claimed dozens of civilian lives. EMPR looks back at the chronicles of Russian aggression in Mariupol compiled by Vadym Dzhuvaga.

There is a battle coming in Ukraine and anyone that does not understand this either in Washington, London, Paris, Berlin or Kyiv now is too late already. Why is there a battle coming? Because A. either the Russian proxy army will advance or B. the Ukrainian forces will advance to regain the sovereign territory of Ukraine. 

At the conclusion of the second round of the Minsk talks the heads of Ukraine, Germany, France, and Russia agreed to a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. Officially the ceasefire was to be in force from February 15, 2015. In truth, the military offensive in the Donbas had never been brought to a halt. Read EMPR exclusive report from the front lines about an illusory truce.

We have read and heard a lot about volunteers providing food, medical supplies, and other essentials for the Ukrainian soldiers at the front. At the same time the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and government officials have claimed that the government is doing its job in supplying the soldiers with everything they need. EMPR has decided to see for ourselves how things stand.

We have heard and read a lot about volunteers providing food, medical supplies, and other essentials for the Ukrainian soldiers at the front. At the same time the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and government officials have claimed that the government is doing its job in supplying the soldiers with everything they need.

Do you know what is the Intermarium? This publication aims to describe it nature and potential use as an option to solve Ukraine issue. We do not object to it - the history is clear that only united can the central European nations survive, but we would not want one nation dominant as, for example, Germany is in the EU. We must beware of Germany and Russia - as we are re-learning after Minsk II, but some of us knew from the history.

One of the worst things the Ukrainian government could do in resisting Russian aggression is to try to copy the a-moral methods the Russian regime utilizes. If Ukraine were to try that Ukraine could end up with a regime and a society just like Russia has. EMPR presents deep analysis for our english-speaking audience prepared by Russian citizen Elizaveta Pokrovskaya for kasparov.ru. Every word worth your attention.

Crimean Tatars have a wedding dance, which during years of fight for the national identity was changed from the festival ritual to the symbol of return to the native land. By this dance, either of passion or pain, they tried to preserve themselves. It is called "Haytarma" meaning "return" in Crimean Tatar.

Donetsk. What is Donetsk? What an ambiguous and complex question. A similar question, a more important question should be asked: why and for whom is it advantageous to describe the citizens of Donetsk as losers, cowards, and separatists?

Minsk II is no better than Minsk I. Ask anyone whether 'Minsk agreements' holds or it's main articles are in place and you will get a conversation along these lines: