Survey: Most Russians say they want a democracy but don’t support democratic values
A majority of Russians – 57 percent – say they want to live in a democratic state, according…
Kadyrov may be loyal to Putin and Russia but most Chechens aren’t, activists say
Ramzan Kadyrov is widely considered “one of the rulers in the North Caucasus most loyal to Vladimir Putin,”…
Chechen and Afghan echoes of Putin’s military operation in Syria
On the first anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s decision to introduce Russian forces into the Syrian civil war on…
“Russians make big money killing Ukrainians” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
No panic from Putin as West still doesn’t recognize nature of his threat to the world, Pavlova says
Many Russian opposition commentators are saying that in the wake of the release of the report showing Moscow’s…
MH17 report may lead Moscow to use military force against Belarus, Minsk analyst says
The reactions to the international report that Russia was behind the shooting down of the Malaysian jetliner have…
“DNR” and “LNR” preparing youth there for annexation of region by Russia, Husarov says
Moscow continues to insist that it recognizes the Donbas as part of Ukraine and will seek its return…
Eastern Europe arming itself because ‘no one wants to be the next Ukraine’
In what many are calling “the Putin effect,” countries across Eastern Europe, including even Belarus, nominally Russia’s closest…
Putin’s plans for state structure reform go far beyond a new KGB and State Council, Dragunov says
Last week, Kazan’s Business-Gazeta published the prediction by Artem Dragunov that Vladimir Putin plans to do away with…
Putin’s State Council would be a new Politburo designed to make succession easier, Solovey says
Rumors that Vladimir Putin plans to create a State Council are widespread, Valeriy Solovey says; and the only…
Will Russia soon cease to have a President… and have a Chairman or Tsar instead?
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the outrageous but often leading indicator of Kremlin plans, sang the Russian Imperial anthem “God Save…
US, Ukraine said behind efforts to split Russia by reviving Urals Republic
Given that the USSR fell apart along ethnic lines, most analysts have focused on the ethnic divisions of…
Separatists of the world again meet in Moscow to support Russia and oppose US
Separatists from a variety of countries around the world except the Russian Federation assembled in Moscow today to…
Huntington profoundly wrong about Ukraine, Kyiv historian says
Samuel Huntington thought that Ukraine was a country divided by “the clash of civilizations,” and this notion lies…