Serhiy Kudelia (Baylor) and Taras Kuzio (Alberta): Nothing Personal: Explaining the Rise and Decline of Political Machines in Ukraine. Natalya Domina (Western Ontario): My Little Futuristic Prison: Thoughts on the Crimean Sanatorium Druzhba, a Simultaneously Utopian and Dystopian Project. From e-flux, Oleksiy Radynski on Maidan and beyond, part II: The cacophony of Donbas; and Ekaterina Degot on a text that should never have been written? Jasmina Tesanovic ventures into the "Palace of Corruption" where deposed Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych partied and gloried in graft while the #Euromaidan raged on his doorstep. From TNR, Linda Kinstler on how Kiev's Maidan is still occupied, and it's become a darker, more dangerous place lately; eastern Ukraine has been a mafia state for years — can Kiev break the cycle of violence?; Russia and Ukraine really have no idea what's going on along the border; and Josh Kovensky on how Putin can still invade Ukraine whenever he pleases — and he's hoping the West won't notice. Is anyone in charge of Russian nationalists fighting in Ukraine? Documents show how Russia’s troll amy hit America: Max Seddon on the adventures of Russian agents like The Ghost of Marius the Giraffe, Gay Turtle, and Ass — exposed for the first time. From Red (Team) Analysis, Helene Lavoix on war and peace in Ukraine: Hope, outrage and fortitude (and part 2). Sergii Leshchenko on why Ukraine's new president needs to get fellow oligarchs to stop being so corrupt. From New Left Review, an interview with Volodymyr Ishchenko on Ukraine’s fractures. Slavoj Zizek on why both the left and right have got it wrong on Ukraine. Marcela Escobari on Ukraine’s real problem, in four graphs. Explaining Ukraine is a pain; it stays mainly just the same.
