Putin’s Russia well on its way to ‘criminal neo-totalitarianism’ with a ‘neo-terror’ and a ‘neo-GULAG,’ Pastukhov says
Vladimir Pastukhov says that Putin’s Russia is well on its way to “criminal neo-totalitarianism” with all the attributes…
Putin’s plan for military base in Belarus destabilizing that country
Vladimir Putin’s decision to force Mensk to agree to the establishment of a Russian base in Belarus is…
Blogosphere ridicules Russian diplomats for walking out when Ukrainian President spoke
Yesterday, in the best tradition of Soviet undiplomatic behavior, Russian diplomats walked out of the UN General Assembly…
Putin’s diplomatic strategy: Don’t offer solutions, create new problems – a disaster for all
Vladimir Putin has nothing positive to offer toward the resolution of any of the crises he has helped…
The Bitkov ‘case’ – a continuing Putin crime that must not be forgotten
Even more than his easily exposed bald-faced lies, Vladimir Putin relies for the success he often enjoys at…
With talk of new Russian base, Putin has united Belarusian opposition
By calling for the establishment of a Russian air force base in Belarus, Vladimir Putin has united the…
13 neglected stories from Putin’s Russia this week — No. 3
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and often strange as the Russian Federation…
Obama-Putin meeting won’t be a disaster for Ukraine, Portnikov says
Many Ukrainians and their supporters fear that the upcoming meeting of US President Barack Obama and his Russian…
Belarusians must challenge totalitarian regime ‘because tanks are approaching,’ Lithuanian diplomat says
Zygimaitas Pavilionis, the Lithuanian diplomat responsible for Vilnius’ relations with the EU Eastern Partnership program, says that Belarusians…
Russia’s propaganda efforts may mean it is ‘too late’ to save Belarus, Shimansky says
Russia’s propaganda effort in Ukraine and now in Belarus and especially the overwhelming dominance of Russian media outlets…
Putin reprising in Belarus Stalin’s tactics in the Baltic countries in 1939-1940, Felshtinsky says
In the wake of the August 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact which gave him a free hand in the Baltic…
‘Don’t mention Crimean Tatar Mejlis because we say it doesn’t exist,’ Russian occupiers order media
Russian occupation officials have sent a letter to Crimean and Sevastopol media outlets directing that they are not…
Moscow pushing Mensk around on military air base, Belarusian security experts say
The Mensk Center for Strategic and Foreign Policy Research says that Moscow has not succeeded in gaining the…
Moscow supports separatism almost everywhere except at home
Yesterday in Moscow at an event organized by the Anti-Globalist Movement of Russia but paid for by the…