Even an end to sanctions wouldn’t prevent humanitarian disaster in Russia, Borovoy says
Even if Vladimir Putin succeeded by some miracle in his current effort to get Western sanctions on his…
Putin’s “peacemaking” in Ukraine is continuation of his war by other means, Portnikov suggests
Clausewicz famously observed that "war is the continuation of politics by other means;” but in the case of…
Russians today increasingly like a dehumanized mass of orphans, Moscow psychologists say
Two speakers at a Moscow conference of Russian psychologists and psychoanalysts say that Russians today, especially the residents…
Putin’s push for new base in Belarus – a serious challenge to European security
Russia already has two military facilities in Belarus – a radar site near Baranovichi and a naval communications…
4 reasons why Ukraine could eventually fall back under Moscow’s control
Anatoliy Oktysyuk, a Kyiv analyst, says there are four reasons why, however much optimism about the future Ukrainians…
West caving on Crimea – Putin’s first undeserved victory in Syria
Yesterday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Paris that “when Ukraine restores its sovereignty not over Crimea but…
Putin’s increasingly xenophobic propaganda now attacking whole peoples and not just regimes
As Vladimir Putin gets his country involved in ever more wars, a subtle but significant change has come…
‘The Normandy Four’ has dissolved into ‘three plus one,’ Portnikov says
The Normandy Four in which Moscow has placed so much faith as a way of advancing its interests…
Putin and Obama agreed on far more about Ukraine and Syria than they’ve acknowledged, Illarionov says
Neither the Russian nor the American side put out an official statement about the meeting of the two…
Avoiding World War III at stake in fight about veto powers in UN Security Council, Moscow scholar says
The United Nations was set up to prevent World War III, Elena Galkina writes. But with wars raging…
‘Putin will never leave Ukraine in peace,’ commentators say
Vladimir Putin’s new war in Syria has driven Ukraine off the front pages of the world’s press, and…
Moscow now emphasizing subversion over direct aggression in Ukraine, Kyiv analyst says
No one should conclude that the current lull in the fighting in the Donbas marks the end of…
World’s response to Putin: More than 100 countries now seek limits on veto power in UN Security Council
Two weeks ago, 67 countries said they favored limiting the veto powers of permanent members of the UN…
Popov demolishes last KrymNash myth — that Crimean Anschluss hasn’t cost Russia anything
This week, Moscow historian Arkady Popov completes his demolition of what he calls the eight myths of the…