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Kazakhstan
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‘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…
‘Putin’s aggression in Ukraine: 35,000 killed and wounded’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘For Putin’s Visit, Perm Becomes Ultimate Potemkin Village’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Kremlin agents seeking to reduce part of Kazakhs to a Russian-speaking sub-ethnos of the Russian nation, Gali says
The Russian government has set up a network of agents in Kazakhstan in order to undermine that country’s…
Profound contraction of ethnic Russians in former Soviet republics since 1989
The number of ethnic Russians in what were the non-Russian republics of the former Soviet Union has fallen…
Russia and its authoritarian friends lag increasingly behind its free enemies, Illarionov says
Not only are the countries Russians identify as friendly more likely to be authoritarian and poor than those…
“Putin backers to ‘bare their breasts’ for Kremlin leader” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Would shift to Latin script liberate Ukrainian or destroy it?
Even though Ukrainian has a stronger historical claim to the Cyrillic alphabet than does Russian and even though…
‘Kremlin’s greatest worry: will the siloviki shoot at the people?’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Moscow reacts to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan switching from Cyrillic with hysterics
Russian reaction to the decisions of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to move away from the Cyrillic-based scripts Moscow imposed…
Putin is ‘a criminal but not Stalin’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“Kremlin views Trump as ‘stupid, un-strategic, and manipulable,'” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘Russian spies interfered with Nobel Committee to prevent Poroshenko Peace Prize’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Why did Putin say Russia’s prostitutes were ‘best in the world’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Former Soviet republics must and will become Russia’s ‘protectorates,’ Moscow blogger says
Given loose talk among some in the West about recognizing a Russian sphere of influence over the former…
Was Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament a blunder?
By now, it is a well-known story: in the early 1990s, Ukraine surrendered the world’s third largest nuclear…
UN committee adopts resolution recognizing Russia as occupying power in Crimea
73 states voted in support of the document entitled “Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of…
“Putin is a Russian Trump” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“How to pray for Putin” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“Russians make big money killing Ukrainians” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…