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Kazakhstan
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“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…
“Moscow borrowed Dracula’s management techniques” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Kremlin’s double standards on language issues in post-Soviet space continued
More than most governments, the Kremlin behaves in exactly the same way it routinely accuses other countries of…
Kremlin’s losing battle: Next stage of disintegration of Soviet space
Violence in Kazakhstan and Armenia are the clearest sign yet that the post-Soviet space is entering into its…
“Reposts are the Soviet anecdotes of today” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘What do French prostitutes, Kremlin media and Duma deputies have in common?’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“Just how bad is Russian economy?” and other neglected Russian Stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“How many Putins are there?” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Gorbachev’s support for Putin’s Crimean Anschluss – no surprise, Malgin says
Given his own willingness to use violence against people in Kazakhstan, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia and elsewhere, no one…
Moscow may have to open ‘third front’ to prevent Central Asian refugee influx into Russian cities, MGIMO expert says
Moscow may be forced to dispatch as many as seven army divisions to Central Asia lest the destabilization…
Kazakhs come to the aid of a Ukrainian Russians in Almaaty tried to beat up
In Soviet times, it was sometimes said that the best illustration of the meaning of “friendship of the…
Russians equated Ukraine with the US
Together with the United States, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, Ukraine was considered a country “most unfriendly to Russia”…
Kazakhstan: state-managed elections against the backdrop of the authorities’ crackdown on dissent
Early presidential elections resemble a staged play under the facade of democracy. Uncompetitive elections are a way for…
Russia’s CIS partners won’t celebrate Great Fatherland War Victory anymore
The Western media have kept close track of the growing list of world leaders who won’t be attending…
Where will Putin strike next?
The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize, to suggest that old rules and old expectations no longer apply…
Stalin’s Holodomor in Kazakhstan, or a very brief guide to “The Goloshchekin genocide”
In 1876, in the Russian town of Nevel, a little Bolshevik figure by the name of Philip Isaevich…
Restraining Putin until the inevitable collapse of his regime
Vitaliy Portnikov It is in Ukraine’s interest to restrain Putin from engaging in war until the collapse of…
Kazakhstan Dictator Woos Ukraine’s Poroshenko
On December 22, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Kyiv for a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.…
Why the presidents of Belarus and Kazakhstan are coming to Kyiv
The fact that the presidents of Belarus and Kazakhstan, Alexander Lukashenko and Nursultan Nazarbayev, have decided to visit…