Could Moscow’s actions in Ukraine trigger war between Tatars and Bashkirs?
Moscow’s actions in Ukraine have had an impact on ethnic relations within the Russian Federation, given that they…
‘Beat the Jews, Save Russia’ – an ugly old slogan returns in Putin’s Russia
The climate of fear and hatred that Vladimir Putin has created in Russia which first was directed against…
Riga journalist: Moscow has already begun hybrid war against Latvia
In words that some will dismiss as being like those of the little boy who cried wolf and…
Nemtsov feared revolutions but what he sought is revolutionary
Boris Nemtsov “was afraid of becoming a victim of a revolution” whose results he feared could lead to…
Expert: Putin’s Russia now ‘one large KGB special op’
Russia’s problem is not Vladimir Putin but rather that “the special services have begun to rule that country…
Russian oppositioner: ‘Zombification of society keeps Putin in power but will destroy Russia’
The ongoing “zombification” of Russian society and especially of young people and intellectuals is “a guarantee of the…
Putin’s Russia between the Reichstag fire and the Kirov murder
No one can disagree with Yuliya Latynina that with the murder of Boris Nemtsov, Russia has entered a…
First Putin marginalizes his critics, then he kills them, and then he shifts the blame
The horror and revulsion all people of good will feel about the murder of Boris Nemtsov in the…
‘Instead of a Maidan, the Donbas has come to Moscow’
The murder of Boris Nemtsov within sight of the Kremlin means that “instead of a Maidan,” against which…
Nemtsov feared Putin would kill him and now the Kremlin leader has
Almost three weeks ago, Boris Nemtsov said that he feared that Vladimir Putin would kill him for his…
Kyiv analyst: Putin will likely attack a NATO country next
Because Vladimir Putin seeks both recognition as the leader of a superpower and a new Yalta at which…
Ten disturbing developments in and around Russia
Disturbing events are happening with such dizzying speed that it is impossible to keep up with all of…
Georgian diplomat: What stopped Putin in Georgia in 2008 won’t stop him in Ukraine
“Ukraine is where Georgia was six years ago, but Russia has been transformed into a second North Korea,”…
Putin is not a superman and the Russian military is not all-powerful
Despite Vladimir Putin’s bombast and his apparent success in convincing many Russians and some Western leaders otherwise, the…