Ukraine Going From Maidan To War / Volodymyr Ishchenko

About this episode

Volodymyr Ishchenko discusses the Russia-Ukraine war and misconceptions surrounding the conflict.

Research associate at the Institute of East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin and sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko returns to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war and many of the misconceptions we may have regarding the ongoing conflict. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Jacobin and New Left Review. He is the author of “Towards the Abyss: Ukraine from Maidan to War”, published by Verso Books. We will have new installments of Rotten History and Hangover Cure. We will also be sharing your answers to this week's Question from Hell! from Patreon. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell

People in this episode

Host: This Is Hell!

Guest: Volodymyr Ishchenko

Topics covered

• Russia-Ukraine war
• misconceptions
• sociology
• politics
• history

Keywords

• Ukraine
• Russia
• war
• Maidan
• sociology
• Volodymyr Ishchenko
• conflict

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Institute of East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Jacobin, New Left Review, Verso Books

Books & works: Towards the Abyss: Ukraine from Maidan to War

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