Putin’s most likely next anschluss – a united Ossetia within the Russian Federation
A Georgian political analyst has warned that Vladimir Putin’s most likely Anschluss in the coming year would involve…
The Russian Federation’s disintegration won’t be like the USSR’s, Zhordan says
One of the most superficially compelling arguments of those who insist that the Russian Federation will never fall…
A Trump-Putin deal on Crimea could trigger a much bigger war, Israeli analyst says
Avraam Shmulyevich, a leading Israeli specialist on ethnic issues in the former Soviet space, says that Kyiv might…
With reforms impossible, some Russians predict revolution, Baklanov says
Given that Vladimir Putin has signaled that any serious reforms in the near term are unlikely or even…
Where Russia is already beginning to collapse – the Permafrost Zone in the Far North
The Siberian Times newspaper has called attention to a study showing that the melting of permafrost zone in…
Former Soviet republics must and will become Russia’s ‘protectorates,’ Moscow blogger says
Given loose talk among some in the West about recognizing a Russian sphere of influence over the former…
Putin’s Busy Week
Even as Russian propagandists say that the Kremlin leader was not involved in the Russian doping program, something…
No matter how much Trump may want to, he can’t ‘give’ Ukraine to Putin, Piontkovsky says
“However much he may desire it, no [US president including Donald] Trump can give Ukraine [to Russia]” because…
Russia learned in Aleppo what to do with Ukrainian cities, Moscow TV host says
Most people have been horrified by what Russian and Syrian forces did in Aleppo even if they accept…
The ugly things Moscow might do if Ukraine is consigned to a Russian sphere of influence
All too many people in the West are casually talking about recognizing Ukraine as lying within a Russian…
The West didn’t ‘betray’ Russia: Russia betrayed its best self
For the past several weeks, many in Russia and the West have been having fun with a Facebook…
25 years on, evil empire is less big but no less evil, Yakovenko says
Twenty-five years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev bowed to the inevitable and handed over the nuclear codes to Russian President…
Moscow media have launched an anti-Belarus campaign, Warsaw’s EAST Center says
Beginning in November, the Eurasian States in Transition (EAST) Center in Warsaw says, Moscow media sharply increased the…
Ten types of Russian weapons didn’t work well in Syria, the Russian defense minister says
Russian forces demonstrated their prowess in the destruction of the opponents of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad,…