Anton Shekhovtsov

Anton Shekhovtsov is a Research Associate at the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, an expert at the European Platform for Democratic Elections, and General Editor of the “Explorations of the Far Right” book series at ibidem-Verlag.

Mimetic power: how Russia pretends to be a normal member of the international community

When it comes to promoting its influence abroad, the Russian state relies on mimicry and imitation.

By Anton Shekhovtsov

/ 31 Oct 2018

This is not a new Cold War

Fresh talk of a new Cold War between Russia and the west relies on outdated thinking and ignores new realities.

By Anton Shekhovtsov

/ 3 Nov 2016

The Crimean blockade: how Ukraine is losing Crimea for the third time

Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014 was not the first time that Ukraine lost the peninsula. In fact, Ukraine has been losing Crimea for 23 years.

By Anton Shekhovtsov

/ 12 Oct 2015

Look far right, and look right again

The Russian political establishment thinks that Ukrainians are 'traitors to Orthodox civilisation and Russian unity.’ But it is not only Putin’s Russia that is behind the challenge to democracy in Ukraine.

By Anton Shekhovtsov

/ 11 Jul 2014

Extremism in South-Eastern Ukraine

Extremists have hijacked the Anti-Maidan protests in South-Eastern Ukraine. and their extremism and ultranationalism is fomenting violence and hatred.

By Anton Shekhovtsov

/ 7 May 2014

The Kremlin’s marriage of convenience with the European far right

Putin’s strong-arm tactics in Eastern Ukraine and ‘moral, family-based’ policies have won him ardent support from far-right European groups. But they should not be under any illusions...на русском языке

By Anton Shekhovtsov

/ 28 Apr 2014

End of the road for populism in Ukraine

Ukrainians are having to pay a high price for the success of their revolution, and it is as yet by no means clear what exactly that victory will bring them. The problems in Crimea must be resolved and economic collapse must be averted – two very tall orders.

By Anton Shekhovtsov

/ 3 Mar 2014

A response to Cas Mudde’s ‘A new (order) Ukraine’

Events in Ukraine have provoked an avalanche of media comment, much of which, though well-intentioned, is not entirely accurate.

By Anton Shekhovtsov

/ 3 Mar 2014

Provoking the Euromaidan

Far-right agents provocateurs have been infiltrating the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine, and provoking the police and protesters to violence. Anton Shekhovtsov reports

By Anton Shekhovtsov

/ 3 Dec 2013

The transnational lone-wolf terrorist

When Ukrainian postgraduate Pavlo Lapshyn was sentenced for racially-motivated murder and terrorism in the West Midlands, the response from Ukrainian media was to distort facts; from authorities to remain silent; and from British journalists to pin blame on UK society. These approaches obscure the

By Anton Shekhovtsov

/ 12 Nov 2013

Out of harm's way

The moral case for releasing Yulia Tymoshenko is overwhelming. But her imprisonment might be a blessing in disguise for the Ukrainian opposition, argues Anton Shekhovtsov.

By Anton Shekhovtsov

/ 7 Jun 2013

Ukraine: the far-right in parliament for the first time

The Parliamentary election in Ukraine has, as expected, returned President Yanukovych’s Party of Regions to power. It has also had one less predicted result: the first election to the country’s parliament of MPs from the ultra nationalist far-right. Anton Shekhovtsov looks at the rise of ‘Svoboda’

By Anton Shekhovtsov

/ 1 Nov 2012