Russian military observer: To counter NATO in Baltic, Moscow ready to use nuclear weapons
Faced with superior NATO forces in the larger Baltic Sea region and the threat they pose in the…
Russian historian: New laws on archives and names show Ukraine ‘increasingly diverging’ from Russia
“The mental gap between Ukraine and Russia is growing, and the trajectories of the two country are ever…
Moscow commentator: Belarus must vote this year to join Russia or face ‘liquidation’
In what appears to be a response to Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s recent declaration that Belarus will never become the…
Russian internal troops prepare to counter “maidans” across Russia and in occupied Crimea
Russian internal troops are currently conducting exercises in six of the countries federal districts – the North-West, Central,…
Russian military analyst: New Russian attack on Ukraine likely as a frozen conflict threatens Putin’s goals and interests
Vladimir Putin’s goal in Ukraine remains regime change in Kyiv, something he had hoped his intervention in Crimea…
To Moscow’s making of republics inside Ukraine, there is apparently no end
During the first years of Soviet power, a Moscow newspaper published an article telling its readers how easy…
Moscow wants Crimean Tatars to forget their history; Kyiv wants all Ukrainians to remember it
There are many significant differences between Moscow and Kyiv but perhaps none is more indicative of the kind…
Russian occupiers close 11 of 12 Crimean Tatar media outlets and 2700 of 3,000 others
Of the slightly more 3,000 media outlets in Crimea before the Anschluss, the Russian occupation authorities have reregistered…
When a preposition is predetermination – Putin began his attack on Ukrainian statehood in 2004
Vladimir Putin stopped using the preposition “v” or “in” Ukraine in 2004, reverting to the older form “na”…
Putin conducting ‘hybrid genocide’ against Crimean Tatars, Muzhdabayev says
Moscow officials are asserting and some in the West are accepting the notion that local officials in Crimea…
Russia and Russian nation owe their existence to the Mongols, Kalmyk émigré Eurasianist argued
Eurasianism by definition is diverse because it argues that Russia to one degree or another has roots in…
18 of 20 Ukraine’s ministers now speak English, up from two in Yanukovich regime
Sometimes a simple statistic can highlight a fundamental change, and that is true of one from Ukraine. At…
Russians refuse to note Putin is treating Crimean Tatars the same way Hitler did
For more than a year, Russians have failed to take note of and react to the fact that…
10 reasons why Ukraine’s Donbas is not and will not become a Northern Ireland
At a time when many commentators are seeking to explain what is going on in Ukraine by searching…