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When I started working as a journalist in my native city of Donetsk I never imagined that war would come to town, until the day it did.

As the Remain and Leave campaigns for the UK's EU referendum gathered steam in the first few days of June, debates intensified, appeals to the electorate became more passionate, and new analyses emerged daily.

The shooting of a Hungarian police officer by a neo-Nazi leader spotlights the group’s Russia ties and wider threat to the region.

As any reporter knows, there are at least two sides to every story. Covering politics, war, or diplomacy can involve grappling with numerous viewpoints in an attempt to get a version of the truth for your audience.

Ukrainian reactions to the lead of the Vladislav Surkov documents – with some seeing them as confirming what they already knew about Moscow’s plans and others suggesting they were a Ukrainian plot to justify…

I think whataboutism has been thoroughly dissected plenty of times on this blog. That being the case, many people from a left-wing perspective often become very uncomfortable any time they happen to find…

When does a Russian warlord become a “pro-Russian separatist? Newsrooms around the world may want to ask themselves this question following Russian militant leader Arsen Pavlov’s assassination in Donetsk in mid-October.

How Does RT Fight Western stories highlighting Russian attacks on Syrian civilians? Blame the United States Say bad publicity will increase the Syrian war. Attack bad publicity’s credibility Deny.

Newsweek's Kurt Eichenwald has a fascinating little piece out overnight about a telling goof in the Russian propaganda channel that has played such a role in the 2016 election.

The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. Should we really be that surprised that Russia has opted to flat out ignore the cease-fire it agreed to in Syria?