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Cheka
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Chekist Operation Trust — model for Putin’s approach to Russian Church and Russian nationalism, Khazanov-Pashkovsky says
The Trust, as a Chekist operation directed at and designed to disorder the anti-Bolshevik White emigration at the…
The real clash of civilizations: Last Lenin comes down in Kyiv as Stalin cult rises in Moscow
Most of those influenced by Samuel Huntington’s ideas about “the clash of civilizations” have focused on the confrontation…
“Syrian strikes transform Trump from ‘ours’ to ‘another Hillary’”and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Putin’s special operations achieve a second and larger victory when they are exposed
Many in the US and elsewhere are horrified by Vladimir Putin’s overt and covert efforts to affect the…
Russian blogger Yakovlev: My grandfather was a “chekist” and a murderer
Have you ever seen a real chekist ID? This belonged to my grandfather and I still have it.…
By itself, Ukraine’s prosperity won’t return the occupied territories, Shvets says
One of the most frequently heard arguments offered both by Western countries and some Ukrainians is that the…
Activists in Kyiv trying to demolish monument to Cheka secret police
Activists have started demolishing the monument to the Cheka – the infamous Soviet secret police created by Lenin…