Victor Arsenyevich Kaspruk ( uk, Віктор Арсенович Каспрук; born April 30, 1955 in

Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Ky ...

) is a

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political scientist, political analyst, journalist, and publicist. (no source found)

Biography

In 1980, Kaspruk graduated from the Taurida National V.I. Vernadsky University (

Simferopol Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, it is ...

Crimean Oblast During the existence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, different governments existed within the Crimean Peninsula. From 1921 to 1936, the government in the Crimean Peninsula was known as the Crimean Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic; ...

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

, now

Autonomous Republic of Crimea The Autonomous Republic of Crimea, commonly known as Crimea, is a de jure autonomous republic of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,

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). He is the author of more than 1,800 articles on the subject of Ukrainian and international politics. He has trained with courses at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metr ...

(1998) and courses organized by the Center for International Cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel "Mashav" (2006). Research and interests by Victor Kaspruk include internal Ukrainian politics, the Middle East, the

Arab world The Arab world ( ar, اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also known as the Arab nation ( '), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, refers to a vast group of countries, mainly located in Western A ...

, and the following countries: Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Lebanon, Jordan, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Sudan, Somalia, Mauritania, Yemen, Djibouti, Eritrea, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Latin America, the United States, and South-Eastern Asia, in particular: China, India, Japan, South Korea and North Korea. Victor Kaspruk has been an international observer for ''The Ukrainian Week'' magazine and newspaper ''

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'' ("Day"). He cooperates with the Ukrainian services of

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. He has been Laureate of the magazine ''Suchasnist'' ("Modernity") and the League of Ukrainian patrons of 2006, for a series of articles on domestic and world politics, as well as interviews with leading figures of the

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

ian opposition.

References

External links

Blog led by Victor Kaspruk

Articles by Victor Kaspruk

Post-Kuchma Times
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Two centers of power thwarting reforms in Ukraine
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Frozen country
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Kaczynski's start
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"The curse of natural resources"
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