Kremlin, worried about a popular explosion, taking steps to suppress it before it begins
Vladimir Putin is not acting with the self-confidence one would expect of someone who has just won re-election with…
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Putin’s greatest fear is the FSB refusing to fire on the Russian people, Golts says
Aleksandr Golts, a Moscow specialist on military affairs and the deputy chief editor of Yezhednevny zhurnal, says that…
Russian Guard’s aspirations open the way to mass repressions, Stanovaya says
Russia is on the way to acquiring a government institution fully capable of mass repressions, Tatyana Stanovaya says.…
Putin gives his Guard powers even NKVD didn’t have: the question now is why? Gorevoy says
Vladimir Putin on May 24th gave his National Guard the right to assume control over and give orders…
Putin’s Russian Guard is true ‘heir to the NKVD,’ its deputy commander says
In explaining why the new Russian Guard plans to restore the red banner and the name Feliks Dzerzhinsky…
Putin moves to give his “personal guard” KGB-like functions
The Rosbalt news agency is reporting that the Kremlin plans to give the National Guard of Russia additional functions…