Moscow TV is almost silent on Russian retreat from Kherson, so Russians turn elsewhere
The Russian withdrawal from Kherson and the subsequent Ukrainian victory has received scant coverage on Russian state-run television.…
Kherson defeat could end Putin’s Victory cult as Crimean War defeat did Russia’s 19th-century one, Klishin Says
Russian commentators are offering various ideas about what the Russian defeat in Kherson will mean for Russia’s future,…
Zelenskyy orders study on extending diplomatic recognition to Chechnya-Ichkeria
Having declared Chechnya-Ichkeria a temporarily occupied land last month and pressed by a petition signed by more than…
Shamil Battalion from Russia’s Daghestan now fighting Russian forces in Ukraine
Named for the Islamic divine who led the North Caucasian resistance to the advance of tsarist forces in…
Bashkirs launch armed underground movement against Russia’s war and for national independence
On September 21, when Putin declared his partial mobilization, the anonymous Telegram channel “The Committee of Bashkir Resistance”…
Putin’s martial law in occupied regions “preparation for mass deportations” of Ukrainians, Kyiv says
Vladimir Putin has ordered the introduction of martial law in the Ukrainian regions Moscow seeks to annex in…
The current international system has failed and must be replaced – ‘Grani.ru’
Putin’s war in Ukraine and the way in which Russia has conducted itself more generally under his rule…
Seeking a diplomatic agreement with Putin is amoral, senseless and dangerous, Russian analysts say
Two of Russia’s more thoughtful analysts, Vladislav Inozemtsev and Aleksandr Skobov, argue in separate commentaries that seeking an…
Russian forces in Ukraine have destroyed almost 60 times more civilian facilities than military ones, Kyiv says
Over the first five months of Putin’s war in Ukraine, Russian forces there have destroyed 17,300 civilian buildings…
Most Russians increasingly optimistic about what war in Ukraine says about Russia’s future, Levinson says
A new Levada Center survey shows that the percentage of Russians who think the country is on the…
Even ‘good Russians’ should stop being invited to discussions about Ukraine and, if invited, should shut up, ‘Grani’ editors say
A month ago, Olha Rudenko, editor of The Kyiv Independent, posted on Facebook a comment about an unfortunate…
For Russians, their war in Ukraine is still ‘a TV war’ not directly involving them, Fedorov says
Today what is happening in Ukraine is for most Russians “’a special operation on television,’” VTsIOM director Valery…
Only 4% of Ukrainians still identify as followers of Moscow Orthodox church – survey
The share of Ukrainians identifying as members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has fallen…
Russian forces have seized and taken to Russia 5100 Ukrainian orphans, Herasymchuk says
In a crime that cannot fail to stir the conscience of the world, Russian military units since Vladimir…