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Kseniya Kirillova is a Russian journalist that focuses on analyzing Russian society, political processes in modern Russia and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. She writes for Radio Liberty and other outlets and is an expert of the Center for Army, conversion, and disarmament studies and the Free Russia foundation.
The month-long official state of martial law declared in 10 Ukrainian regions on 26 November came to an end on 26 December 2018. This was announced by Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko at a meeting of the National Security and Defence...
Former political prisoner and Crimean Euromaidan activist Oleksandr Kostenko continues to experience severe health problems after injuries sustained during torture and beatings by Russian FSB officers. It all started on February 5, 2015,...
Recently, British media reported that half of the Russian diaspora in the UK are informants of the special services (SVR, GRU, and even the FSB). This revelation was based on a misinterpretation of a report about the scale of Russian...
What happened on November 25 in the Kerch Strait is an obvious act of military aggression, and this fact is clear even to Russians. The international community’s response to Russia’s aggression has been unequivocal, and Putin has...
Dissatisfaction within clandestine services Sergey Kanev doesn’t hide that he has sources among state law enforcement. According to him, the steady stream of leaks and GRU-op failures can be explained by three main reasons: negligence of...
“The Russian militants have always intimidated the locals, ever since they arrived in our area… so that almost no one dares to speak out or voice a pro-Ukrainian position as they know they could be killed on the spot. Right from the...
Aleksey’s story is quite interesting. A businessman from Nizhny Novgorod, he became actively involved in a Russian protest wave since 2011. He, together with other opposition activists, created the “Nizhny Novgorod civil movement” to...
Over two and a half years ago, I published an article titled ” The Kremlin’s revival of the ‘red project may ultimately turn against it,” which noted that the idealization of the Soviet past and the exploitation...
However, many American political scientists draw attention to the fact that if such a statement was really expressed, it could lead to far more serious consequences than it seems at first glance. Paul A. Goble, renowned American analyst...
Below we shall look at only the most evident, obvious arguments that indicate the fallacy of such a conclusion. By examining the facts, it will become obvious that in the USA, the Immortal Regiment celebrations are an operation sanctioned...
The three-month campaign leading up to the spring presidential elections officially started on 31 December 2018. According to current polls, no single candidate stands out. Among leading candidates, however, most can be classified as...
