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Russian neocolonialism
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Disintegrated Russia will be nuke-free, nations subjugated by Moscow decide
The post-imperial Russia disintegrated into 41 states will be nuke-free, nations subjugated by Moscow decided on their 8th meeting in Paris and London
Russian war against Ukraine neocolonial in nature – Polish President Duda
According to Polish President Andrzej Duda, Russian aggression against Ukraine is neocolonial in nature. Moreover, during his attendance…
Moscow Patriarchate moved into Africa to provide cover for FSB officers and PMCs, not to punish anyone over Ukraine, Horyevoy says
The Moscow Patriarchate has insisted and most people have accepted the idea that Kirill has expanded the presence…
Ex-puppet state leader turned MP admits it is Russian Army fighting in Donbas
Since 2014, the Kremlin has consistently denied Russia’s leading role or even involvement in the ongoing war in…
Moscow supports Northern peoples in ways designed to cost them their way of life and identity, Horyevoy says
The Ukrainian journalist who specializes on religious and ethnic questions presents a damning portrait of what the Russian…
On historical unity in a prison of nations: Ukraine’s Institute of National Remembrance Head strikes back at Putin
[editorial]In July, the article “On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians”, signed by Vladimir Putin, was published…
‘Russia may cut itself off completely from the West,’ Sergey Medvedev says
What is already taking place, the HSE scholar says, is the formation of “a medieval strata-based society” where…
If anyone wrote Russian history the way Putin writes Ukraine’s, Putin would be outraged, Travin says
The European University specialist says that he will leave to others a critical appraisal of Putin’s words about…
Putin’s essay on Russia and Ukraine about far larger issues than that, Yavlinsky says
That it was a fundamentally imperialist challenge to the existence not just of Ukraine but of all Russia’s…
Putin’s tale about unity of Russians and Ukrainians prompts Kazan scholar to speak about real unity of Turkic peoples
“Historically,” Khakimov says, “the Turkic peoples formed on the territory of the Turkic khanate … extending from the…
Putin’s fixation on Ukraine is demagogic, delusional and dangerous
One impression from the lengthy and stylistically incoherent text is that the author is deeply involved with the…
Why the West should be paying close attention to Putin’s article
This thinly veiled ode to Pan-Slavism attempts to bind the fate of Russia and Ukraine together in a…
Alternative history: how Russia seeks to annex Kyivan Rus
“For the Kremlin, history is not something to be studied and remembered. It is something that must be…
Disinformation on the UN Charter as a tool of Russian imperialism
Other false claims concern “UN bias” and the UN as a “channel for Russophobia.” Still, the UN Charter…
Moscow’s effort to isolate Finno-Ugric peoples in Russia from Finno-Ugric world proves less than fully successful
That effort was described by Prague-based commentator Vadim Sidorov as an effort to erect a new “iron curtain”…
Putin’s aggression against Ukraine part of broader effort to destroy international rules of the game and force West to recognize his right to do so, Skobov says
But a consideration of them collectively shows that what Putin is about is not just subordinating Ukraine to…
Kremlin behaving toward Ukraine now the way it did toward Georgia before 2008 invasion, Portnikov says
Moscow’s propaganda campaign against Ukraine and its dislocation of troops near the Ukrainian border echo the propaganda it…
Putin claims right to territories of former Soviet republics
Speaking to a meeting on the seventh anniversary of his Anschluss of Crimea, Vladimir Putin said that the…
Kremlin simultaneously seeking to destroy republics and nations on which they rest, Shro says
In a Guildhall commentary, he suggests that these two processes, in turn, are connected with “the strengthening of…
Catalonian portal highlights Udmurt efforts to preserve that nation and its language
Alex Bustos, a Catalan journalist who has made a visit to Russia, points out that “in the very…