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Non-Russian nations of Russia to defend themselves from Putin because their elites won’t
In the face of Vladimir Putin’s continuing attacks on the non-Russian republics, including now a call by his…
“Ever More Russians Fleeing Moscow’s Oppression for Ukraine” and other neglected Russian news
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Putin’s preparations for war reflect total bankruptcy of his system, Melnikov says
Recent days have featured a drumbeat of developments suggesting Russia is preparing for war: Moscow has boosted its…
“Occupiers’ Methadone Ban Fueling HIV Explosion in Crimea” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘Russians Stripped of More Medals as Doping Scandal Spreads’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Moscow can’t close Ukrainian language schools in Russia because there aren’t any
A major reason that Moscow has to struggle to find symmetrical responses to anything other countries do is…
Russia’s second counter-revolution struggles to commemorate the first
Over the last century, Russia has suffered two revolutions followed by two counter-revolutions, and not surprisingly, its current…
Five disturbing Russian developments in danger of being overshadowed by 1917 anniversary
All governments schedule their announcements to achieve maximum benefit for themselves, trumpeting things they are proud of at…
Russia’s ‘special path’ is ‘modernization via catastrophe,’ historian Sergey Medvedev says
Russia today, Sergey Medvedev says, “stands where Russia did at the beginning of the 1990s: before the inevitability…
Ukrainian nation disappearing in Russia, Kyiv ethnographer says
The once large Ukrainian nation within the borders of what is now the Russian Federation is rapidly disappearing,…
Does Sobchak have a winning message for Russia beyond Moscow’s Ring Road?
Kseniya Sobchak has made her first foray outside of Moscow, a step that appears almost obligatory these days,…
Russian liberals attack current regime but defend foundation of regime as such, Birna says
One of the fundamental weaknesses of liberal Russian thought and behavior, Irina Birna says, is Russian liberals are…
Russian military having serious problems retaining contract soldiers, new data show
Vladimir Putin said this week that he remains committed to moving to an all-volunteer military, even though budgetary…
‘Desperate Pensioner Asks Putin to Send Him a Coffin’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘Russian Security Agencies Said Increasing Recruitment of Ukrainians’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
The Black Hundreds of 1917 have returned to Russia
In a classical example of Russian suggestions that “everything new is the well-forgotten old,” Nakanune commentator Elena Kiryakova…
Putin will restore Iron Curtain after elections, Agora’s Chikov says
Pavel Chikov, head of the Kazan-based Agora Human Rights Organization, says that after Vladimir Putin is re-elected, the…
Russian Finance Minister: Higher military spending, lower oil prices led to collapse of USSR and can do the same to Russia
Yesterday, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov became the most senior Moscow official to say what many independent analysts…
Putin’s power isn’t legal but has been legitimized by violence and lies, Yakovenko says
Vladimir Putin’s power is “not legal because he was not once chosen in correspondence with the law,” but…
‘Russia Disappearing from Radar Screen of Young Ukrainians’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…