She insists that she never agreed to be a spy. Old documents, and old spies, tell a different story.
Askania-Nova, in southern Ukraine, is the oldest steppe reserve in the world. Home to some of the last remaining patches of virgin steppe and a variety of wild animals, it is now threatened by war.
In war-torn Ukraine, the world’s oldest steppe reserve – home to zebras, buffaloes and wildebeests – fights for survival.
An interview with Dimiter Kenarov for WBEZ’s Worldview (Chicago Public Radio)
Dimiter Kenarov on poetry and conflict in Ukraine
No tourists, frightened Tatars, and Russians have taken all the jobs. Welcome to Crimea in winter.
Two performances seem to be taking place in parallel: one inside the theater with actors, and another in the streets outside with soldiers in green balaclavas and no recognizable insignia.
Ukainians thought that, post-Maidan, their country would start to look more like Europe. But for members of the LGBT community, things may have even gotten worse.
Interview for East-Central Europe Past and Present
In 1976 it looked like a good idea: divert the waters of the Danube into a salt-water lagoon on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast. But the result has been a human and environmental disaster on an epic scale.