A new communist generation in the former Soviet Union

By Greg Butterfield From a talk at the Workers World Party forum in New York City on June 3, 2016. Last month, I made a whirlwind visit to seven cities in four countries of the former Soviet Union: Russia, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, and Moldova. The trip was based around an invitation to […]

InterUnit Statement No. 5: The soft putsch in Brazil

In 2015, the Ghost Brigade (Prizrak) of Novorossiya created an internationalist anti-fascist military unit called InterUnit, which operates in the territories of the Lugansk People’s Republic. InterUnit is a military-political group that carries on the heritage of the Resistance against Nazism and other liberation struggles of the last century, and takes its motto from the […]

Ukraine: Russian Andrei Sokolov kidnapped and disappeared after receiving suspended sentence

For more than two months, the whereabouts of Russian citizen Andrei Sokolov, was convicted in Ukraine in April 2016 of helping the authorities of the unrecognized Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), have remained unknown to his family, comrades and lawyers. Andrei Sokolov in jail in Mariupol. Andrei Sokolov went to the Donbass in December 2014. Sokolov […]

Victor Shapinov: Russia’s refusal to recognize Donbass republics continues ‘misguided policy’

By Dmitry Rodionov, Free Press(Excerpts) On Tuesday, May 31, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov answered questions online from journalists and readers of Komsomolskaya Pravda. Every fifth question concerned Ukraine and Donbass. Lavrov underlined Moscow’s readiness to continue to support the Donbass, and also talked about Russia’s position on the prospect of an armed OSCE police […]

Lugansk Komsomol: Children of Donbass demand peace

June 1: “In the evening, my mother collected warm clothes, documents, took water, and we went down to sleep in the basement. It was very damp and cold. Now I dream of the smell of the damp cellar at night,” Dima, 12 years old. “There was no light, no water. I had to walk to […]

Petrenko: Oligarch confessed to usurpation of power in Moldova

May 25: The leader of Our Home is Moldova (Red Bloc) Grigory Petrenko commented on a statement by Vladimir Plahotniuc at an economic forum organized by the oligarch’s organization. We publish Grigory Petrenko’s comment, “Stabilizets Plahotniuc,” which he posted on Facebook: Grigory Petrenko Speaking at today’s so-called economic forum, Plahotniuc actually confessed to the usurpation […]

Head of Lugansk People’s Republic recognizes monument to Alexei Mozgovoi in Alchevsk

May 26: Head of the Lugansk People’s Republic Igor Plotnitsky ordered the authorities in Alchevsk to improve the grounds around the recently-installed a monument of LPR People’s Militia Battalion Commander Alexei Mozgovoi. “I will ask you to improve the grounds,” Plotnitsky told Alchevsk Mayor Natalie Pyatkova at today’s meeting with the heads of cities and […]

Alexey Markov: Horror in our town!

By Alexey Markov Deputy Commander, Prizrak (Ghost Brigade) May 24: In the photo — frightened residents of Alchevsk held at gunpoint, mixing concrete for the base of the monument to Alexei Mozgovoi. Even children are not spared by the fiends of the Ghost Brigade! 🙂 In reality, we didn’t even have time to take up […]

Alchevsk residents mobilizing to defend Mozgovoi monument

By Marina Tesminetskaya On May 23, the anniversary of the death of A.B. Mozgovoi, near the Palace of Culture of Metallurgists in Alchevsk, a monument to the legendary commander was unveiled. Alchevsk residents waited for the installation and supported the initiators of this event. Now the townspeople learn that the monument is allegedly illegal and […]

Officer involved in installation of Alexei Mozgovoi monument fired by Plotnitsky

By Alexander Krot Skidanov May 24: Just a few hours ago came the shocking news: former Chief of staff of the Ghost Brigade of Alexei Mozgovoi, his colleague and right-hand man, Yuri Shevchenko, who replaced the deceased brigade commander and, subsequently, headed the fourth brigade NM LNR, was fired from his post this morning by […]