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Sadly, India has no moral standing to make constructive proposals for the resolution of a problem that it is not even willing to take a clear position on. Siddharth Varadarajan The United States, China, Israel and Russia (including its Soviet avatar) have resorted to aggression on numerous occasions before but the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered the most serious standoff between the big powers that the world has seen since the Cuban missile crisis. “History is relevant always,” says A.G. Noorani, “but history certainly does not justify this wrong.” Sadly, this history of past sins and misdemeanours weighs like…

No to Russian Imperialist Aggression, No to US/NATO interference, for a Democratic, Socialist Ukraine, for the Right of Self Determination for all Oppressed Nationalities DetailsPublished on Monday, 28 February 2022 15:21Written by Radical Socialist Kunal Chattopadhyay and Achin Vanaik Russian Imperialism is the Aggressor: We unequivocally condemn the Russian aggression on Ukraine. Beyond all discussions about how rightwing the Ukrainian regime is, what relationships it has with neo-Nazis or with the NATO, there are certain basic truths. Ukraine had been an oppressed nation under Tsarist Russia, which denied the distinctiveness of Ukrainian language and culture. Even after the February Revolution…

Here’s a guide to the causes behind a conflict that has just become a major military clash, and what’s at stake for Russia, the U.S. and NATO. A Ukrainian soldier on Wednesday in the eastern part of the country. Tensions between Ukraine and Russia have been simmering since 2014.Credit...Tyler Hicks/The New York Times By Dan Bilefsky, Richard Pérez-Peña and Eric Nagourney Feb. 24, 2022 It felt in recent weeks like a scene from the Cold War, a perilous episode from a bygone era. An unpredictable Russian leader was amassing troops and tanks on a neighbor’s border. There was fear of a bloody East-West conflagration.…