Putinism’s Godfather: Primakov laid groundwork for Putin in Russia
Many Western obituaries and appreciations of the late Yevgeny Primakov portray him as an alternative to Vladimir Putin…
Putin regime can’t be reformed, only replaced, like its Soviet predecessor, Yakovenko says
For several decades before the demise of the Soviet Union, there was an intense debate among both Russian…
Russian defender of Hitler no longer to ‘defend’ human rights in US
Andranik Migranyan, who became infamous for his suggestion that Hitler would have been a second Bismarck if the…
Putin’s pursuit of ‘Russian world’ is destroying it
Vladimir Putin has made the Russian language a key element in his definition of “the Russian world” he wants…
Putin now using FSB to intimidate journalists into not covering his opponents
In the age of the Internet, it isn’t enough for an authoritarian ruler to control what appears in…
Putin and His Entourage Can’t Imagine People Can Protest on Their Own
Vladimir Putin and his fellow siloviki are again showing, in the case of Armenia as they have in…
Few in Crimea now view themselves as Russian patriots
Many of the hopes that some Russians in Crimea had for their homeland after the Russian Anschluss have…
Moscow Patriarchate’s loss of Ukrainian churches will render ‘Russian world’ idea a purely militant nationalism, Falikov says
The Moscow Patriarchate’s looming loss of control over bishoprics and congregations in Ukraine to a new autocephalous Ukrainian…
Some in Donbas who want to create a new ‘Russian world’ are reaching back to pre-Christian times
Even as commentators in Moscow continue to debate whether the new Russian world should be based on the…
If Moscow fails to understand that Yerevan is not a Maidan, that alone could make it one, Markedonov says
Many Russian analysts are hurrying to suggest that this week’s protests in Yerevan and their suppression by the…
Anti-Americanism now Russia’s official ideology, ‘Nezavisimaya Gazeta’ says
Anti-Americanism has become part of the discourse of ordinary Russians over the last year, but senior government officials…
74 years after Hitler’s invasion, Russia — not Ukraine — moving toward fascism, Inozemtsev says
Seventy-four years ago today, Hitler turned on his ally Stalin and invaded the Soviet Union, an action that…
Kremlin’s Top Five ‘Propaganda Myths, Fakes and Stupidities’ for the past week
As he does each week, Dmitry Bukovsky of Kyiv’s “Delovaya stolitsa” compiles a list of “the top five…
Crimean commentator: Kyiv not pressing Russia as hard on Crimea as the West is
Western governments have made clear that they view Moscow’s Anschluss of Crimea as a violation of the international…