Impressions from Kyiv under Poroshenko’s ATO
My taxi driver wants to know why the US isn’t helping Ukraine. He seems pretty convinced that everything…
Putin’s Crimea film borrows from Nazi propaganda film about Sudetenland
It turns out that the Kremlin is not that creative. According to an article posted online on 29…
The Russian mentality: fear of enslavement and the Resource Curse
Alfred Kokh had a long piece on his Facebook page yesterday about the Russian mentality, and Russian fears. …
Putin’s FSB speech paves road for more repressions and crackdowns in Russia
Highlights from Putin’s speech to the Federal Security Service board meeting on 26 March 2014: I would like…
Putin’s appearances in public hit record low
In a recent blog post, Irina Zarifian asks “who is giving orders [in Russia today]?” [The graph comes…
Putin waiting out conflict between FSB and Kadyrov forces, Belkovsky says
In his latest statement posted on Open Russia, Belkovsky argues that Putin is facing a conflict between different…
Russia’s goals in Ukraine: toward a second Yalta?
A narrative is emerging about Russia’s goals and ambitions in Ukraine. In this version of what is motivating…
