Putin — Media — Michael Bociurkiw

Globe and Mail: November 25, 2022

My very personal account for Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper of how history seems to be repeating itself in Ukraine, some 90 years after Joseph Stalin murdered millions of Ukrainians in a man-made famine

Globe and Mail Opinion: With a Russian invasion looming, we can’t forget about everyday Ukrainians

Global affairs analyst Michael Bociurkiw describes the split-screen reality of living in Kyiv these days, as Russia amasses a huge force on its borders.

Michael BociurkiwFebruary 17, 2022Russia, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, Michael Bociurkiw, Globe and Mail, Canada, opinion, oped, Putin

CNN Newsroom

Global affairs analyst Michael Bociurkiw breaks down the geopolitical dynamics of the fast-moving situation on the Ukraine-Russia border.

Michael BociurkiwNovember 23, 2021CNN, Paula Newton, Michael Bociurkiw, CNN Newsroom, Russia, Ukraine, Putin, LondonComment

CNN Opinion: Why Putin wants to keep Navalny locked up

The return of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny home: was it a brave move or a miscalculation?

Michael BociurkiwFebruary 6, 2021Russia, Alexei Navalny, Navalny, CNN, Cnn Opinion, Michael Bociurkiw, democracy, human rights, Putin, Vladimir Putin, GermanyComment

CNN Opinion: Can America Still Promote Democracy?

This Oped argues that recent events have diminished America’s global standing and that it will be more challenging to promote core US values overseas.

CNN Opinion: Who's standing up to Russia on Navalny poisoning? Not America

With the German government's announcement Wednesday of "unequivocal evidence" that the nerve agent Novichok was used in the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, we are once again reminded how a vacuum in global leadership -- notably, in this instance, the silence of the American President -- can potentially open the way for the world's strongmen to reach for the deadliest means to silence their critics.

Michael BociurkiwSeptember 5, 2020Russia, Navalny, Alexei Navalny, Cnn Opinion, Ukraine, Putin, Vladimir Putin, Germany, sanctions, Nord Stream, Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, CNN OpinionComment

BBC World TV: Ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine?

Global affairs analyst Michael Bociurkiw speaks to BBC World Television's Maryam Moshiri about an imminent ceasefire in E. Ukraine that was re-affirmed by Russia President Putin and Ukraine President Zelensky

Michael BociurkiwAugust 1, 2020BBC, BBCWorld, BBC World, Russia, Ukraine, Putin, Michael Bociurkiw, Zelensky, peace, diplomacy, ceasefire