Andrey Kurkov, the author of Death and the Penguin, is ideally placed to guide us through the Ukrainian revolution as it unfoldsUkraine, previously a place most foreigners happily ignored, has forced itself on the world’s attention this year.The fact that Vladimir Putin stole Crimea would have been enough on its own. It was the first annexation in Europe since the second world war and cast Russia’s relations with the west into crisis. Then came Russian intervention in the east of the country, Ukraine shelling rebel cities, and the downing of MH17: horrific images of bodies lying among the sunflowers and …read more
Source: The Guardian
