Avoiding WW3 is at stake in the fight about veto powers in UNSC
The United Nations was set up to prevent World War III, Elena Galkina writes. But with wars raging…
Kyiv urged to defend indigenous peoples in occupied Crimea and in Russian Federation
Kyiv must use all international mechanisms defend the indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation, not only to protect…
Putin convinced that whatever he does, Obama won’t respond militarily, Borovoy says
Vladimir Putin is acting in Syria as he has in Ukraine on the basis of his conviction that…
Putin likely to move in Central Asia next, Ukrainian commentator says
The focus of the international media has shifted from Ukraine to Syria, just as Vladimir Putin hoped because…
“Putin Version 3.1” – Stanovaya on the Kremlin leader’s modus operandi after Crimea
When Vladimir Putin first appeared on the Russian political Olympus, people asked “Who is Mr. Putin?” In the…
‘Russia becoming even more dangerous than it appears,’ Rubtsov says
At the end of Soviet times, some commentators suggested that the USSR was becoming like “Upper Volta with…
Seventh KrymNash myth — that annexation was a response to West’s denigration of Russia — baseless, Popov says
The seventh “Krymnash” [CrimeaIsOurs] myth, one suggesting that Russia has not engaged in aggression in Crimea and the…
Kremlin – a ‘psychopathic power with dangerous illusions,’ Vike-Freiberga says
Many foreign leaders have offered diagnoses of Vladimir Putin and his regime – Germany’s Angela Merkel has suggested…
67 countries support limiting Russia’s veto powers in UNSC, Ukrainian permanent rep says
Sixty-seven countries, including two permanent members of the UN Security Council (Britain and France), now support the idea…
‘Support Ukraine and you’ll go to jail,’ Kremlin tells Russians
A Russian court has sentenced Rafis Kashapov of the Tatar Social Center to three years imprisonment for his…
Is Russia’s patriotic wave ebbing?
Two analyses published today, one about last Sunday’s regional elections and another about postings on the Internet, suggest…
Belarusian study highlights six aspects of Moscow’s new geopolitical strategy
A study by two Belarusian scholars entitled “The New Geo-Strategy of Russia: Consequences and Challenges for the Architecture…
Russian aggression in Ukraine reflects major demographic considerations
The continuing de-Russification of Russia, caused by the influx of migrants from Central Asia and the Caucasus and…
Will anyone be left to defend Russians persecuted by Putin’s regime?
As the Russian authorities make ever more absurd charges against ever more individuals and groups and routinely fail…