Russians increasingly casual in talking about use of nuclear weapons
One of the most dangerous trends in Russia today is the increasingly casual approach many people there have…
Moscow Patriarchate tells Russian troops: “Your task is to wipe the Ukrainian nation off the face of the earth”
In the wake of the exposure of the Russian massacre of Ukrainian civilians in Bucha, an action that…
To ‘de-Nazify’ Ukraine, Moscow must impose a brutal generation-long occupation, Novosti journalist says
In vicious language that makes the notorious Morgenthau Plan for Germany in 1945 look like a first draft…
Karachay-Cherkess women protest Moscow’s use of Muslim troops in Ukraine
Almost from the beginning of Putin’s war in Ukraine, there have been reports suggesting that non-Russians and Russians…
Four million-plus ethnic Ukrainians in Russia becoming a problem for Moscow
Even before flight to the Russian Federation in 2014 and earlier this year swelled their numbers, Ukrainians were…
Leaders of Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine shifting allegiance to Kyiv
When Vladimir Putin began his full-scale war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, he destroyed many things but…
Most former Soviet republics seek ‘balance’ on Ukraine to avoid angering Moscow or breaking with the West
Most former Soviet republics have sought to maintain a “balanced” position on Putin’s war in Ukraine lest anything…
Putin likely to view West’s declarations about Ukraine as appeasement, as Hitler did their predecessors’ words about the Rhineland, Pastukhov says
Vladimir Pastukhov says that it is unclear why Western leaders say with increasing frequency that they are not…
China may help Russia’s navy in Azov, Black and Caspian seas by deepening and widening Volga-Don Canal
Last week, officials of China’s CCCC Dredging Group met in Astrakhan with representatives of the Russian enterprise responsible…
Failure of Russian people and West to stop Putin 20 years ago led to war in Ukraine, Podrabinek says
There can be little doubt that “the lion’s share of responsibility” for Putin’s war in Ukraine “rests with…
Any concessions to Putin on Ukraine will mark end of the West, Skobov warns
“Putin is conducting a war to destroy the world order based on the legal limitations of the use…
Putin thinks he is restoring the Soviet empire; in fact, he is recreating the conditions that led to its demise
Vladimir Putin may think he is restoring the Soviet empire; but in fact, he is willy-nilly recreating the…
Ukrainians overwhelmingly support their army and Zelenskyy, expect to defeat Russia, but want more help from West, five new polls show
Viktor Belyayev of the independent Belarusian portal, ThinkTanks.by, has assembled the results of five new polls from Ukraine…
Kazakhstan plans to expand use of Caspian route to bypass Russia in trade with the West
According to a Russian analyst, “the events in Ukraine have stimulated the activity of the leadership of the…