

On Israeli Russophones and Ukraine
Originally published in Open Democracy. In Israel, immigration from Ukraine increased by 110% this year. The Israeli government has described FSU immigration as ‘one of the greatest miracles that happened to the state.’ But what do the immigrants think? In November, Ukrainians marked the one-year anniversary of the anti-corruption protests that led to the fall of the government of then-President Viktor Yanukovych. ‘Little green men’ were soon running around Crimea, brandishin