‘Why doesn’t Moscow set up an institute for enslaving other countries?’
Why don’t Russia and the other former Soviet republics have an special institute to produce specialists who know…
Putin’s recipe for a Russian disaster – cutting vodka prices and public transport at same time
Vladimir Putin has clearly learned the lesson some of his predecessors did not: when times are tough, boosting…
‘What can Ukraine expect from the West now?’ – former GULAG inmate asks bitterly
Myroslav Marynovich, a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group who spent a decade in the Soviet GULAG and…
Kremlin think tank confirms close links with Kremlin and with new Greek premier
There are denials, “non-denial denials,” and then denials that have the effect of confirming exactly what those doing…
Russian politician: Putin’s war in Ukraine opened the way to fascism in Russia
The war Vladimir Putin is conducting in Ukraine is leading not just to the economic destruction of Russia…
How Russian trolls are recruited, trained and deployed
Wikipedia defines a troll as Internet slang for “a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting…
Russian analyst: Russia’s turn to fascism should surprise no one
No one should be surprised that Russia is rapidly turning to fascism, according to Mikhail Yampolsky. It is…
Russians say international isolation is fine, but lower incomes and loss of Internet access aren’t
According to a new study conducted by the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russians…
Responsibility for Mariupol starts but doesn’t end with Putin
The killing of 30 innocent civilians in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol has sparked outrage around the world,…
Western leaders must make Putin lose face, not help him save it
Vladimir Putin is very much afraid of losing face, and some in the West are trying to figure…
Analysts: By declaring Russia an aggressor, Ukraine has gained a great deal
The decision of the Verkhovna Rada to declare Russian an aggressor country in the wake of the attacks…
Analyst: Putin acting like a terrorist in Ukraine because he can’t afford a full-scale war
Despite fears that Vladimir Putin may soon shift from his partially covert and still in some circles deniable…
Putin’s ‘hybrid war’ prompts Belarus to redefine ‘invasion’
Because both Vladimir Putin and the West have tried, albeit for radically different reasons, to avoid saying that…
Moscow analyst: Ukraine can win Putin’s war
Moscow believes that its attack on Mariupol and its envelopment of a significant Ukrainian force will put Russia…