13 neglected Russian stories this week
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and often strange as the Russian Federation…
Putin should be worried about both reports on Malaysian plane downing, Piontkovsky says
The Dutch report on the shooting down of the Malaysian jetliner last year released this week has attracted…
Kremlin reining in radical Russian nationalists lest Donbas veterans join them
Fearful that returning veterans of Russia's aggression in the Donbas may join forces with radical Russian nationalists, the…
Moscow continues to prepare mercenaries for Ukraine
Although the ceasefire in the Donbas appears to be holding for now and although the world’s attention has…
Ukraine at ‘final stage of saying goodbye to Soviet past,’ Kyiv expert says
Over the past six month, polls show that Ukrainian attitudes toward Russians have improved slightly but this does…
Putin admits Russian military are in Syria to defend Assad
Even in Russia where lying has become “an officially approved social norm” and where leaders on big things…
Putin’s wars already costing Russia ~100 billion US dollars a year, Illarionov says
Estimating the real costs, direct and indirect, of a military conflict is always difficult because so many factors…
Three new moves on the Eurasian propaganda chessboard
Every week brings new moves on the propaganda chessboard Eurasia now is. This week was no exception. Three…
Moscow demands diplomatic reciprocity from others but doesn’t extend it
As part of Vladimir Putin’s campaign to “raise Russia from its knees,” Russian officials constantly demand that Russian…
Russian occupation can’t risk banning Crimean Tatar Mejlis, Ukrainian journalist says
The Russian occupation authorities are increasingly repressing the Crimean Tatars, but they cannot take the risk of banning…
Obama’s ‘indecisiveness’ allowing Putin, Assad and Shiites to advance, Illarionov says
“The indecisiveness of the US leadership has given the armed forces of the Russian Federation the chance not…
Crimean blockade getting Moscow’s attention
The effectiveness of the Crimean Tatar-organized blockade of occupied Crimea is reflected not only in price rises and…
Russia now faces threat of real terrorism and even civil war, Moscow sociologist says
“The war in Syria is not a hybrid war or a media conflict,” Denis Sokolov says. Instead, “for…
Putin becoming a nation builder… in Belarus
Few people have done more to unite and mobilize the Ukrainian nation than Vladimir Putin over the past…