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Jakob Hedenskog
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Analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS)
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Kampen mellan EU och Ryssland går rakt genom det splittrade Moldavien, där Moskva misslyckades med att sabotera det senaste valet – tills vidare.

Det skriver @jakobhedenskog.bsky.social, analytiker vid Centrum för Östeuropastudier @uisweden.bsky.social i @utrikesmagasinet.bsky.social 👇
Ryskt misslyckande i europeisk frontstat
Kampen mellan EU och Ryssland går rakt genom det splittrade Moldavien, där Moskva misslyckades med att sabotera det senaste valet – tills vidare.
www.ui.se
October 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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New SCEEUS Report🌐 Moldova’s Pivotal Parliamentary Elections

This will be the most serious test of Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid attacks, electoral interference, and corruption that have plagued previous votes.

Read the text by @jakobhedenskog.bsky.social ⬇️

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Moldova’s Pivotal Parliamentary Elections - Sceeus
SCEEUS Report| Moldova’s Pivotal Parliamentary Elections | By Jakob Hedenskog
sceeus.se
September 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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De skjebnesvangre hendelsene på Krim og i Donbass i februar-april 2014 var ikke lokale opprør, fredelige overføringer av territorium til Russland eller tilfeldige reaksjoner på ukrainske provokasjoner.

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Derfor startet den russisk-ukrainske krigen allerede i februar 2014 - GEOPOLITIKA
Tre misforståelser om Russlands første invasjon av Sør- og Øst-Ukraina. Mange politikere, diplomater og andre kommentatorer rundt om i verden daterer utilsiktet eller bevisst starten på den nåværende ...
geopolitika.no
June 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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New SCEEUS Report Out 🌐Armenia’s European hopes amid Georgia’s crisis: The EU’s opportunity in the South Caucasus

The South Caucasus is shifting – how should the EU respond?

Read the full report here ➡️ sceeus.se/en/publicati...
Armenia’s European hopes amid Georgia’s crisis: The EU’s opportunity in the South Caucasus - Sceeus
SCEEUS Publication | Armenia’s European hopes amid Georgia’s crisis: The EU’s opportunity in the South Caucasus | By Jakob Hedenskog and Hugo von Essen
sceeus.se
June 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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New SCEEUS Report Out 🌐 The European Offer for Democratic Belarus: A Strategic Agenda for the EU

Read the full text by Victoria Leukavets here ➡️
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The European Offer for Democratic Belarus: A Strategic Agenda for the EU - Sceeus
SCEEUS Publication | The European Offer for Democratic Belarus: A Strategic Agenda for the EU  | By Victoria Leukavets
sceeus.se
May 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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New SCEEUS Commentary Out 🌐 Pledges and Priorities: Mapping Europe's Uneven Support for Ukraine by Nicole Jeffler and Sara Lannebo

Read the text here ➡️
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Pledges and Priorities: Mapping Europe’s Uneven Support for Ukraine - Sceeus
SCEEUS Publication | Pledges and Priorities: Mapping Europe’s Uneven Support for Ukraine  | By Nicole Jeffler and Sara Lannebo
sceeus.se
June 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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New SCEEUS Guest Report 🌐The prospects of Moldova’s EU Accession With or Without a Defined Status of the Transnistrian Region

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The Prospects of Moldova’s EU Accession With or Without a Defined Status of the Transnistrian region - Sceeus
SCEEUS Publication | The prospects of Moldova’s EU accession with or without a defined status of the Transnistrian region  | By Eugen Cara
sceeus.se
June 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Several SCEEUS colleagues recently travelled to #Kyiv.

Here are some quick impressions from the trip: sceeus.se/en/news/quic...

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Quick Impressions: Kyiv, May 2025   - Sceeus
Quick Impressions: Kyiv, May 2025
sceeus.se
May 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Finishing their South Caucasus tour, SCEEUS analysts Hugo von Essen and @jakobhedenskog.bsky.social visited Yerevan, Armenia.

Read their quick impressions here ⬇️
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Quick Impressions from Yerevan, Armenia – March 2025 - Sceeus
Quick Impressions from Yerevan, Armenia – March 2025 I Jakob Hedenskog and Hugo von Essen
sceeus.se
March 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Read the quick impressions from Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have, at long last, agreed on a draft text for the peace treaty. From a historical perspective, this marks a crucial step on the long path towards peace.

Hugo von Essen and @jakobhedenskog.bsky.social are currently in Azerbaijan. Read their quick impressions here⬇️
Quick Impressions from Baku, Azerbaijan – March 2025 - Sceeus
SCEEUS I Quick Impressions from Baku, Azerbaijan by Hugo von Essen and Jakob Hedenskog
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March 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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New Commentary Out🌐A man with a plan? Trump’s plan for Ukraine

Europe needs to shift into a much more proactive and forward leaning posture and ramp up military support to Ukraine, writes Fredrik Wesslau.

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A man with a plan? Trump’s plan for Ukraine - SCEEUS
SCEEUS Commentary | A man with a plan? Trump’s plan for Ukraine by Fredrik Wesslau | Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies, SCEEUS
sceeus.se
February 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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@jakobhedenskog.bsky.social and #StefanIngvarsson:

Residents of the four occupied regions of Ukraine—Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk—face a deadline of 31 December 2024 to exchange their Ukrainian passports for Russian ones.

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December 19, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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Moving forward, the international community must learn from past mistakes and adopt a more assertive and strategic approach to dealing with Russian aggression.

With Julia Kazdobina and @jakobhedenskog.bsky.social in The @kyivindependent.com / @yahoonews.bsky.social
Opinion: Why the West misunderstood Russia’s initial assault on Ukraine
It marked a significant escalation in Russia’s war against Ukraine that had been unfolding since early 2014. What followed was a hybrid war that would span nearly a decade, culminating in Russia’s fu...
www.yahoo.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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Understanding the events of 2014 and the West’s delayed and inadequate response offers critical lessons for interpreting the current war.

With #JuliaKazdobina and @jakobhedenskog.bsky.social in The @kyivindependent.com

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Opinion: Why the West misunderstood Russia’s initial assault on Ukraine
On July 17, 2014, the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17, a commercial plane flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, shocked the world. The crash claimed the lives of all 298 passengers and crew...
kyivindependent.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Moldova’s presidential election and the referendum on membership of the European Union (EU), which take place on 20 October 2024, constitute a defining moment for the country. #moldova #eu

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Moldova’s European Defining Moment: Presidential Election and Referendum in the Shadow of Russia’s War in Ukraine - SCEEUS
SCEEUS Report No. 16, 2024 | Moldova’s European Defining Moment: Presidential Electionand Referendum in the Shadowof Russia’s War in Ukraine by Jakob Hedenskog | Centrum för Östeuropastudier, SCEEUS
sceeus.se
October 16, 2024 at 1:08 PM
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Had there not been so many Western misconceptions about Russia’s 2014-21 invasion, today’s larger war might have been avoided.

With J. Kazdobina & @jakobhedenskog.bsky.social

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How the West Misunderstood Moscow in Ukraine
Ten years ago, Russia’s first invasion failed to wake up a bamboozled West. The reasons are still relevant today.
foreignpolicy.com
July 17, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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Russian war crimes in Ukraine, the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia or the population exchange in the occupied territories form a systematic pattern of atrocities targeted at Ukrainians as a group.

Stefan Ingvarsson and @jakobhedenskog.bsky.social
A Ceasefire in Ukraine Won't Stop Violations against Civilians in Occupied Territories - SCEEUS
SCEEUS Report | A Ceasefire in Ukraine Won't Stop Violations against Civilians in Occupied Territories by Jakob Hedenskog & Stefan Ingvarsson | Centrum för Östeuropastudier, SCEEUS
sceeus.se
June 27, 2024 at 6:17 AM
May 31, 2024 at 7:26 AM
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Poli­ti­ker & Jour­na­lis­ten folgen noch immer der rus­si­schen Pro­pa­gan­daer­zäh­lung eines “Bür­ger­kriegs“ in der Ost­ukraine 2014-21.

Mit Julia Kazdobina & @jakobhedenskog.bsky.social für @russlandverstehen.bsky.social @libmod.bsky.social

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Warum der Donbass-Konflikt nie ein Bürgerkrieg war
Im April 2014 begann Russland eine verdeckte bewaffnete Invasion des ukrainischen Donezbeckens. Viele Politiker, Journalisten und auch manche Wissenschaftler folgen jedoch noch immer der russischen Pr...
russlandverstehen.eu
April 30, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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"As Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine rages on, the stability of neighboring Belarus, which has been backing Russia's aggression, appears to be fracturing," writes Sławomir Sierakowski, a senior fellow at Mercator, in this guest op-ed.
Opinion: Russia's war may have opened Pandora's box for Belarus
As Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine rages on, the stability of neighboring Belarus, which has been backing Russia's aggression, appears to be fracturing. Has Russian President Vladimir Putin's ...
kyivindependent.com
May 1, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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Våldsamma protester fortsätter att skaka Georgiens huvudstad Tbilisi. En Ukrainabaserad expert fruktar en utveckling som i Kiev under Euromajdan. ”Ett första dödsfall kan bli den tändande gnistan”

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Protester mot ”rysk lag” kan bli nytt Euromajdan | SvD
Våldsamma protester fortsätter att skaka Georgiens huvudstad Tbilisi. En Ukrainabaserad expert fruktar en utveckling som i Kiev under Euromajdan. ”Ett första dödsfall kan bli den tändande gnistan”, sä...
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May 2, 2024 at 1:20 PM
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Багато політиків, журналістів i дипломатів у всьому світі, коментуючи ці події, досі дотримуються пропагандистського наративу Кремля про війну на Донбасі, яка триває протягом останніх 10 років.

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Війна Росії проти в Україні триває вже 10 років, а дехто з експертів на Заході досі цього не второпає
10 років тому, в квітні 2014 року, російсько-українська війна, яка розпочалася з окупації Криму 20 лютого 2014 року, перетворилася на масштабний збройний конфлікт. Однак навіть сьогодні не бракує експ...
argumentua.com
April 27, 2024 at 7:50 PM
www.axess.se/artiklar/kri... Efter att Azerbajdzjan lagt under sig Nagorno-Karabach kan den långvariga konflikten mellan Armenien och Azerbajdzjan vara över. Men Rysslands krig mot Ukraina riskerar att komplicera fredsprocessen.
April 16, 2024 at 2:28 PM