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2017/06/29 - 09:28 •
Analysis & Opinion, Russia
The Levada Center poll concerning whom Russians see as the most outstanding statesmen of all times and places has attracted most attention because it found that they list Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin as number one with Vladimir Putin and...
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2017/05/19 - 12:32 •
Analysis & Opinion, Crimea, Politics, Russia
Vladimir Putin, who exploited Russian euphoria over the Anschluss of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea three years ago to boost his own power, now wants Russians to pay less attention to that region so that they will not be as inclined to...
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2017/05/06 - 07:00 •
Analysis & Opinion
The Foundation for the Development of Civil Society says in a 26-page report that “’a Putin majority’” exists and consists “not only of the traditionally supportive employees of the state, villagers and pensioners but also the...
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2017/04/26 - 07:09 •
Analysis & Opinion, Politics, Russia
A new Levada Center poll showing that more than half of Russians are tired of waiting for Vladimir Putin to bring them a better life but that nearly three-quarters of them still trust the Russian president has not surprisingly attracted a...
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2017/04/20 - 04:35 •
Analysis & Opinion, Politics, Russia
Eight days ago, US Secretary of State posed a rhetorical question to his G-7 counterparts, “Why should US taxpayers be interested in Ukraine?” There are both compelling reasons why they should be and even more why the real question is...
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2017/04/18 - 10:15 •
Analysis & Opinion, Russia
The massive participation of young Russians in the March 26 anti-corruption demonstrations led many Russian and Western analysts to predict that the rise of a generation born or at least grown up after the end of the Soviet Union will have...
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2017/04/15 - 12:22 •
Analysis & Opinion, Ukraine
Ninety-two percent of Ukrainian citizens now consider themselves ethnic Ukrainians, an unprecedented figure that is the product of Vladimir Putin’s aggression against their country and one that highlights the fundamental weakness of...
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2017/04/05 - 09:44 •
Analysis & Opinion, Russia
With the passing of time, the euphoria with which Russians greeted the Crimean Anschluss has weakened, a process that has been intensified by declines in standard of living and that has left public attitudes about the regime more negative...
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2017/02/23 - 12:37 •
Analysis & Opinion, Military analysis
Fifty-five percent of Latvians say they are ready to take up arms to defend their country in the event of a Russian invasion, and 39 percent say they will join or support in one way or another a popular resistance movement, according to a...
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2017/01/10 - 09:08 •
Analysis & Opinion, Politics, Ukraine
Iryna Bekeshkina, the sociologist who heads Kyiv’s Democratic Initiatives Foundation, says that so many Ukrainians now are in possession of guns that it is unreasonable to expect that future protests there like another Maidan will take...
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