FSB’s continuing conflict with Kadyrov highlights Putin’s weakened position
The conflict between the Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and Ramzan Kadyrov over who is to be held…
Rabid Russian imperialism and anti-Americanism feed worldview of key Kremlin strategist
Some "pearls of wisdom" from Leonid Reshetnikov, a retired SVR general, director of the Russian Institute for Strategic…
Belarusian language is under threat in Belarus, despite its president’s claims
Despite Belarus President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s tilt away from Moscow and even his own use of his country’s national…
Analyst: Recent sharp rise in Russian military spending shows Putin preparing for bigger war
Russian military spending, even as officially given by the finance ministry, provides a remarkably accurate early warning indicator…
Is Ukraine 2015 going to be a repetition of Hungary 1956?
Moscow’s actions in Ukraine now “strikingly recall the behavior of the Soviet Union” during the Cold War which…
West can stop Putin only by focusing on the dirty money Moscow keeps and uses abroad
Sanctions against Putin’s Russia and other authoritarian regimes are like those imposed in the past against apartheid in…
What the real Putin Constitution looks like
A constitution is not just words on paper but a living and breathing document that is given meaning…
Russia’s closing of Crimean Tatar media backfires on Moscow
No Crimean Tatar media outlet could ever do as much harm to Russia’s reputation and its ability to…
Russia in far worse shape than USSR was at end of first Cold War
Russia today is in far worse shape than was the USSR at the end of the first Cold…
Signing off for now, Crimean Tatar broadcaster says ‘We survived Stalin; we’ll survive Putin’
Because the Russian occupation authorities have refused to register it, the Crimean Tatar television channel ATR ended its…
Half of Russians say Stalin’s repressions justified by results, double of 2012
Forty-five percent of Russians now say that Stalin’s harsh repression was justified by the results he achieved as…
Belarusian spy agencies’ cooperation with Russian ones in Lithuania highlights larger problem
The security services of Belarus are closely cooperating with their Russian counterparts against Lithuania as far as their…
Russian occupiers to close all but one Crimean Tatar media outlet as of tonight
“At the stroke of midnight” today, Denis Krosheyev, Amnesty International’s deputy director for Europe and Central Asia, says,…
Moscow’s anti-Ukrainian hysteria threatens to get out of control
Many are taking comfort in the notion that just as Russians appear to have reduced their hatred of…