Issue 6/2022: Point of No Return
Contents
Future of Russia-West relations
End of an era. Three scenarios for the future of Russia-West relations Tony van der Togt
What would be the consequences of a Russian collapse? Agnieszka Legucka
Russia-Ukraine. Only one will remain Yevhen Magda
After Ostpolitik. Perspectives for future relations between Moscow and Berlin Jan Claas Behrends
Russian and Rashism. Are Russian language and literature really so great? Tomasz Kamusella
Why Russia needs decolonisation for its future democratisation Miłosz J. Cordes
What happens after Russia falls Helen Faller And Nick Gluzdov
What was so little about “Little Russia”? James C. Pear Ce
Opinion and Analysis
Poland’s Ukrainian refugee assistance as a transformational experience Maciej Makulski
Russia’s closure of the Jewish Sochnut agency reveals its true identity policy Vladyslav Faraponov
De-Stalinisation as a postulate of freedom Mariusz Maszkiewicz
The whirlpool of Belgrade’s EuroPride. Russophilia and Russian influence in Serbia Filip Mirilović
Towards a dissolution? Lex Inzko and the fight over history Aleksandra Zdeb
Strategies for the German Baltic Sea Council presidency during the Zeitenwende Iris Kempe
A waste of energy Dylan Van De Ven, S Amuel Frerichs, Alexander Malyarenko
Interviews
Inaction is something we cannot tolerate An interview with Oksana Bulda and Liza Bezvershenko
Stories and ideas
Kharkiv – the city of resilience. Photo-report by Wojciech Koźmic
Modern East Germany’s dependence on Russian oil evokes old divisions Isabelle De Pommereau
Art, culture and society
Ukraine’s defiance goes beyond the battlefield Kate Tsurkan
History and Memory
The best story. The Ukrainian past in Zelenskyy’s words and the eyes of the public Félix Krawatzek And George Soroka
What the past is for. Polish-Ukrainian memory politics and Putin’s war Daniel Edison
Zhyve Belarus! Analyses and perspectives. Two years since the 2020 Belarusian uprising
Introduction Jan Malicki
Belarusian political elites. New, imagined, lost? Maxim Rust
From utopia to dystopia Justyna Olędzka
The re-Sovietisation of Belarus Aliaksandr Papko, Kacper Wańczyk
Belarusian language and culture. Is the patient more alive than dead? Katarzyna Bieliakowa
Neo-totalitarianism as a new political reality in Belarus Pavel Usov
In anticipation of a new world Oleksandr Shevchenko
Gudijos istorija for the 21st century Andrzej Pukszto