Ellison Center Statement on the war in Ukraine The Ellison Center condemns the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine as a violation of that country’s sovereignty as well as its flagrant disregard of international laws and norms. As an institution that embodies the principles of pluralism and evidence-based academic inquiry, the Center also condemns President Vladimir

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“Ukraine is not a member of NATO, so the U.S. is not required to provide help.”

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“…Russia is the number one exporter of natural gas in the world. The number two exporter of crude oil, the number three exporter of coal. It also was the number two exporter of petroleum fuels. So gasoline, diesel jet fuel etc., and it also exports a very large amount of nuclear power technology. It’s there’s

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“Russian President Vladimir Putin is moving fast, and our sanctions, by President Biden’s own admission, could take months to have an effect. But there may be another pressure point. “At the University of Washington, Professor Scott Radnitz teaches Russian studies and also monitors Russian social media, noting that despite Putin’s control of the internet, Russians

“No one should have been surprised that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine on Thursday morning, experts in that region’s history and politics said. “‘This didn’t come out of nowhere,’ said Professor Scott Radnitz, associate professor of Russian and Eurasian studies in the University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson School of International

The Ellison Center condemns the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine as a violation of that country’s sovereignty as well as its flagrant disregard of international laws and norms. As an institution that embodies the principles of pluralism and evidence-based academic inquiry, the Center also condemns President Vladimir Putin’s blatantly self-serving distortions of Ukraine’s past and

“John Koenig, University of Washington professor and ambassador, talks to FOX 13 Morning News about Russia invading Ukraine.”