Sergey Radchenko
@DrRadchenko
Historian of the Cold War and after. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor @KissingerCenter @SAISHopkins. Now on Substack https://profradchenko.substack.com
I will soon be starting a new academic project: a history of the war between Russia and Ukraine. I am to have the book published by 2032 (10th anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion).
Latest: Zelensky has signed law stripping powers of Ukraine’s independent anticorruption agencies, according to two sources close to the president. It has not yet been published on the presidential site.
"Shame!" shouted many Ukrainian lawmakers as a majority formed from Zelensky's ruling party, pro-Russian oppo bloc & Yulia Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna voted to, in effect, dismantle Ukraine's independent anticorruption institutions. My story on a grim day: ft.com/content/21cf3d…
Zelensky ignored the protests and signed the law. Fateful decision.
Protesters in Kyiv today chant “veto the law,” urging Zelensky not to sign the abruptly passed legislation that dismantles Ukraine’s independent anti-corruption bodies.
Incredible scenes in Kyiv. The real question is how do you fight a war if you have chaos at home. It's beyond belief that Zelensky would score such a spectacular self-goal at such a difficult time.
A lot of newly released material in the UK archives recounts this horrible story. The couple were eventually released. But this is a story that deserves to be told.
Yeltsin sacks Chernomyrdin, March 23, 1998. open.substack.com/pub/profradche…. Fun documents.
On Russo-Iranian nuclear cooperation. Interesting historical documents. open.substack.com/pub/profradche…
Chronicles of a f**ked up country.
“Kurchatov, Korolyov and Stalin live in your DNA.” Russian military TV showcases the giant Shahed drone production plant in Tatarstan, boasting that children after 9th grade are working there to help kill Ukrainians.
"Yeltsin had been in good form, both physically and intellectually, and initiated no less than six toasts to Schroeder and his predecessor." open.substack.com/pub/profradche…. Russia, EU, NATO. Fun historical documents.