Russia’s constitution must declare ethnic Russians country’s only ‘state-forming people,’ Korovin says
Valery Korovin, a member of the Izborsky Club, has asked Russia's Civic Chamber of which he is also…
Sakha Constitutional Court in Russia rules ‘all the territory of Yakutia is the historical motherland of the Yakut people’
On October 21, 2016, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) handed down a decision that…
Ukrainian hackers publish Surkov’s plans to destabilize Ukraine in coming months
In a case where those who live by hacking may die by it, Vladislav Surkov, the Kremlin’s point…
A frozen conflict better for Ukraine than what Putin wants and what West may accept, Piontkovsky says
Ukraine would be far better off if it were left with a frozen conflict in which Russia openly…
Ethnic clashes replacing ‘dedovshchina’ abuse in Russian military units, Moscow paper says
Russians and many in the West have come to believe that “dedovshchina,” the notorious practice in which draftees…
Russia is losing the ‘real’ World War 3, Varlamov says
Historically, wars were fought over territory; in the 20th century, they were mostly about resources; today, they are…
Putin’s ‘improvised war hysteria’ risks going ‘out of control,’ Shelin says
The militaristic hysteria the Kremlin has unleashed in order to frighten the West and win support at home…
Russians now killing doctors as aggressiveness spreads throughout population, commentator says
Aggression in Russian society is “changing qualitatively,” Aleksey Tarasov says, with ordinary Russians now regularly attacking and even…
“Putin offers new lies for old” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Putin and Russia both far weaker than many think, three analysts say
Vladimir Putin and the country he heads are far weaker than Moscow propaganda suggests and, what is equally…
Russia’s largest problem: Permafrost lying beneath two-thirds of its territory will melt this century
The Russian government says it will invest 80 billion US dollars in developing Russia’s Far North between now…
Religious affairs in Russia now under control of security services, Lunkin says
Roman Lunkin, president of the Russian Experts Guild on Religion and Law, says that “religious policy in Russia…
Anti-Americanism is ‘cult of Putin’s Russia’ with all the consequences thereof, Pastukhov says
“Anti-Americanism,” Vladimir Pastukhov says, “is the Marxism of ‘the Russian spring’ and the religion of the ‘post-modern’ post-communist…
Putin likely to expand Russian invasion of Ukraine in January, Felgenhauer says
Rumors and fears about the possibility of a third world war between Russia and the West have become…