Crimean Anschluss divides Russian left just as much as it does Russian right
That Vladimir Putin’s Anschluss of Crimea has divided Russian nationalists has been obvious since the opening days of…
Tone deafness: “Dissatisfaction” about food destruction will be limited to the Internet, Russian MPs say
A measure of Moscow’s tone deafness or perhaps of the callous disregard by elites in the capital of…
Most Russians like Soviet symbols but lack knowledge about Soviet past – and that is dangerous
A VTsIOM poll shows that the overwhelming majority of Russians have a positive attitude toward Soviet symbols but…
For some in Europe, ‘better red than dead’ has become ‘better Putin than a Muslim,’ Czech says
During the Cold War, some on the European left routinely chanted “better red than dead” to show their…
Pro-Moscow “republics” in Ukraine likely to end as did Serbska Kraina in Croatia, Kyiv columnist says
The analogies people employ, even if they are far from exact, often say more about how people see…
Putin “starving the serfs”, risks provoking trouble from below
Russians overwhelmingly support Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine “but only because this war does not require…
‘Thieves’ steal 58 years of archival material from Crimean Tatar paper
Thieves broke in and stole hard drives on which were 58 years’ worth of the archives of the…
Today’s Molotovs not finding the new Ribbentrops they hoped for, Ikhlov says
At the end of 2014, Moscow commentator Yevgeny Ikhlov posted on Livejournal a comment entitled “Molotovs in Search…
Moscow mulling ‘nuclear provocation’ against Ukraine, Kyiv analyst says
To overcome the stalemate on the ground and to get itself out of the diplomatic corner it has…
Moscow’s claims of ‘historic right’ to Crimea don’t stand up, Popov says
The second of the eight myths Vladimir Putin has propounded to justify his illegal annexation of the Ukrainian…
Russia’s health minister contradicts Putin: Mortality up not because of longer life spans but because of alcohol and suicides
When Russian health officials reported earlier this summer that mortality rates in Russia had ticked up again, Vladimir…
Russian aggression in Ukraine ‘not as successful’ as Kremlin wants or needs, Borovoy says
Vladimir Putin not only has further isolated his country from the world by vetoing the UN Security Council…
Ankara congress underscores why Crimean Tatars are such an asset for Ukraine and such a problem for Moscow
The Second World Congress of the Crimean Tatar People which ended yesterday in Ankara shows why the Crimean…
Normalization of relations with Moscow impossible until Russian occupation of Crimea ends, Ukrainian foreign minister says
In the most detailed discussion of what might be called Kyiv’s non-recognition policy of the Russian Anschluss, Ukrainian…