Syrian rebels claim to have reached Damascus' suburbs
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Syrian rebels claim to have reached Damascus' suburbs

Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Syrian rebels claim to have reached the suburbs of Damascus, Syria's capital, on Dec. 7, as the rebel groups' rapid offensive against pro-government forces continues. In a statement issued by the Free Syrian Army rebel group, the group claimed that they reached "the gates […]
Opinion: Gogol, the Ukrainian Kafka that Russia couldn’t claim
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Opinion: Gogol, the Ukrainian Kafka that Russia couldn’t claim

The question of Nikolai Gogol’s “belonging”—especially now, as Ukrainian and Russian cultures, long bound by an imperial past, are severing their ties before our eyes—remains a deeply painful issue for Ukrainians. Gogol, one of the most gifted writers ever born on Ukrainian soil, loved Ukraine profoundly as a civilization, was Ukrainian-speaking by origin, yet chose […]