Armenia is the Vichy France of today, Khzmalyan says
Armenia now is like Vichy France in the early 1940s, Tigran Khzmalyan says, “an occupied country” governed by…
Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russia Today – leading outlets for anti-Semitic and anti-Israel propaganda, Israeli researchers say
In its annual survey of anti-Semitism in the world, the Kantor Center at Tel Aviv University says that…
“Putin backers to ‘bare their breasts’ for Kremlin leader” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Left-wing radicals in Urals see Russia on verge of a revolution like 1991
Encouraged by the Russia-wide protests on March 26, several extra-systemic radical left-wing parties have become more active in…
10% decline in number of births in Russia frightens economists
Just before the May holidays, Russia’s state statistical agency released figures on births, deaths and marriages that Moscow…
Striking Russian truckers, opposition parties to cooperate as some regional officials start talks
As the long-haul truckers’ strike in Russia enters its second month, some of the striking truckers have reached…
Would shift to Latin script liberate Ukrainian or destroy it?
Even though Ukrainian has a stronger historical claim to the Cyrillic alphabet than does Russian and even though…
Demolition of khrushchoby now – a chilling echo of 1999 apartment bombings
Vladimir Putin ensured his rise to power by orchestrating the blowing up of apartment buildings in Moscow and…
Russia must decentralize or it will stagnate and then disappear, Pastukhov says
The new Russian revolution, Vladimir Pastukhov says, is today “only a question of time” but will provide “a…
Russian long-haul drivers’ strike still strong on Day 30
Government-controlled media in Moscow continue to ignore the long-haul drivers’ strike on its 30th day, and regional outlets…
A new “scissors crisis” in Russia: Oil prices up but GDP down
Over the past year, the editors of Nezavisimaya gazeta point out, the price of oil has risen by…
Daghestan’s long-haul truckers detail their grievances in appeal to Putin
While some drivers are going home briefly to plant their gardens and while officials are claiming that the…
Moscow Patriarchate taking control over property of its parishes in Ukraine to block them from leaving
Faced with a rising tide of parishes in Ukraine whose members have voted to transfer their allegiance to…
Russians list Putin’s greatest successes and greatest failures
A new Levada Center poll showing that more than half of Russians are tired of waiting for Vladimir…