US moves to adopt non-recognition law on Crimea
Sergey Aksyonov, head of the Russian occupation administration in Crimea, says that the international community will recognize Crimea…
Babchenko: Putin, not Poroshenko, has destroyed future of Russian language in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko criticized by some for saying that Russia will never have the status of a…
Why a new Russian offensive in Ukraine would cost Moscow more casualties than USSR suffered in Afghanistan
Ever more commentators are suggesting that a new round of Russian military aggression in Ukraine is likely in…
Russian analyst: China “the real military danger” to Russia
If anyone is going to carry out military aggression against Russia, Aleksandr Khramchikhin, the deputy head of the…
New Russian offensive in Ukraine “would cost more lives than USSR in Afghanistan”
Ever more commentators are suggesting that a new round of Russian military aggression in Ukraine is likely in…
New generation of Kyiv politicians offers hope for Ukraine
Almost a third of the members in the incoming Verkhovna Rada are young people who do not have…
Ukrainian Crisis has split Russia just as collapse of USSR and Chechen war did – Gudkov
Lev Gudkov, the director of the Levada Center, says that the ongoing Ukrainian crisis is dividing Russian society…
Kyivans now speaking Ukrainian, underlining Russia’s loss of Ukraine, Mirsky says
In 1991, Ukrainians separated themselves “not from Russia but from Moscow,” as shown by the continuing willingness of…
Ukrainian events ‘Belarusianizing’ Belarus, Kyiv commentator says
As a result of events in Ukraine, a Kyiv commentator says, “a large number” of Belarusians has “suddenly…
Moscow forced to intensify efforts to find new natural resource deposits
Vladimir Putin has approved plans to step up exploration for new natural resource deposits in Russia, a move…
Putin “leading Russia into Chinese slavery” – Nemtsov
As Andrey Illarionov has wisely put it, the debate among Russian opposition figures concerning what should be done…
Putin “has no alternative” to more force in Ukraine, Sokolov says
The meetings in Milan show that “Putin does not have a real alternative to the resolution of the…
Hybrid war “a Russian strategy since Mongol times”, blogger says
Many in Moscow and the West have seen Russia’s campaign in Ukraine as something new, but in fact,…
How Russian opposition could organise return of Crimea
After a week in which various opposition leaders have declared that they may not have agreed with how…