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Putin’s man in Minsk unlikely to achieve Putin’s purposes, Yegorov says
Many are worried that Vladimir Putin’s new man in Minsk, Mikhail Babich, the new Russian ambassador and special…
West’s paramount task is to prevent Belarus from being swallowed up by Russia, Melianas says
Imantas Melianas, a senior Lithuanian specialist on ethnic minorities and national security, says that the most important task…
Moscow pursuing ‘forced integration’ of Belarus into Russia now, Sivitsky says
Russian actions toward Belarus since 2015 show that Moscow is no longer pursuing the “union deal” it had…
Could Putin’s pseudo-Cossacks on Belarusian border become ‘the little green men’ in Belarus?
As relations between Moscow and Minsk deteriorate, the Russian government has moved units of Vladimir Putin’s pseudo-Cossacks into…
Stalin frequently modified Russia’s borders, adding and subtracting territory, Butakov says
One of the most widely held misconceptions about the USSR was that borders among the various republics were…
Are Russian oligarchs serving as Putin’s ‘little green men’ in Belarus?
In the wake of the political changes in Yerevan, Belarusian analysts are saying that Moscow would not react…
Fearful of Moscow and his own people, Lukashenka fails to crush pro-Russian march in Minsk on Victory Day
Despite his heavy-handed approach to any and all demonstrations that he and his regime have not approved in…
Putin planning to interfere in Belarusian elections to replace Lukashenka, Sivitsky says
Russians already now are “considering scenarios of a so-called ‘transit of power’ in Belarus” in the parliamentary and…
‘Ukrainian-Language Samizdat Appears in Russia-Occupied Crimea’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘State Reserve Fund Running Out, Ruble Collapse Predicted’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Northern Kazakhstan likely to be Putin’s next target for aggression
Given that Vladimir Putin very much hopes to get a new political boost like the one he received…
Ukraine suffered the most deaths in the Holodomor, while Kazakhstan had the highest percentage loss of population
Experts at the Kyiv Institute of Demography say that Ukrainians suffered the greatest number of excess deaths as…
“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…
“Russia Now Leading Source of ISIS Fighters” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘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…
‘UN: Human Rights in Crimea Have Deteriorated Since Occupation’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘Russian Banking System on Brink of Collapse’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
FSB may be well pleased with Zapad-2017 outcome, Belarusian analysts say
The Zapad-2017 military exercise has ended “without the annexation of Belarus, a new round of aggression against Ukraine,…