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Russian imperialism
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The rapidly changing landscape in Europe
Thirty years ago the political landscape on the European continent seemed stable and fixated for decades to come.…
Putin happy to see refugee crisis unsolved
The refugee question did not only affect the countries surrounding Syria, it has turned into an international issue,…
USSR dead? Not in Russia-occupied Crimea!
Did you ever think of what basic reason drives some people in Russia-occupied Crimea to support Putin? No,…
“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…
Putin regime has long had an ideology – Great Power Imperialism — Pavlova says
Far too many people in Russia and the West are prepared to accept the notion that Moscow does…
Savchenko’s release signals Putin’s fall to Earth
The return of Nadiya Savchenko to Ukraine is an inflection point in the Russian-Ukrainian [political and military –…
Putin elite’s anti-Americanism older and more deeply held than that of other Russians (study)
Members of the Russian elite became anti-American sooner and are more committed to anti-Americanism now than is the…
Russians won’t admit expulsion of Circassians was genocide — but Ukrainians should
One hundred sixty-two years ago today, tsarist forces defeated the Circassians in the North Caucasus after the latter…
Russian journalist Valeriy Solovey: What Russians don’t like about Ukrainians
Russian historian and journalist Valeriy Solovey gives a tongue-in-cheek account of what motivates Russian dislike of Ukrainians… or…
Under Putin, Circassians and Crimean Tatars at greatest risk of repression – and for same reasons
For most of Soviet times, Western commentators, to the extent they dealt with the issue at all, assumed…
Kremlin ‘really thinking about occupying Baltic countries,’ former RISI expert says
Most commentators have dismissed as overblown suggestions that Moscow is preparing to occupy Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania because…
Moscow’s Victory cult intended to keep non-Russians within an empire and former Soviet republics together, Ukrainian commentator says
Many Russian commentators have pointed out that the way in which Vladimir Putin is exploiting Victory Day is…
Why do many Westerners show sympathy to Russia and Communism – but not to their victims?
Those who study the post-Soviet world and especially its non-Russian parts are often struck by the fact that…
Seven reasons why Putin’s war in Ukraine is a turning point in Russian and world history
As the world’s attention shifts, many Russians and many in the West are telling themselves that Vladimir Putin’s…
Kerch bridge emblematic of new Russian imperialism, Kazarin says
Even though Moscow is facing difficulties financial as well as technical building its bridge to occupied Crimea, there…
Only beneficiary of Karabakh fighting is Putin, Piontkovsky says
Vladimir Putin is the only beneficiary of the renewed fighting in Karabakh, Andrey Piontkovsky says; and to the…
Taras Shevchenko. The case of a personal fight against the Russian Empire
Tense relationships between Ukraine and Russia it is not something which emerged in 2014. Over several centuries, Ukraine experienced…
Moscow’s pursuit of imperial greatness may again end with disintegration of Russia, Rubtsov says
As the 100th anniversary of the 1917 revolution that led to a partial disintegration of the empire and…
Russian ‘Maxim’ identifies 16 varieties of Russian patriots
Even though the Russian Constitution prohibits a state ideology, Vladimir Putin has made the promotion of patriotism as…
Strelkov co-founds “Committee of January 25th” to work against Ukraine, Belarus, and Russian liberals
Several well-known Russian nationalists and Stalinists have formed the “Committee of January 25th” a new “movement” to “prevent…