Putin and Trump aren’t conservatives: they’re reactionaries, Golts says
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have managed to convince many others and perhaps even themselves that they are…
Three pieces of very bad economic news for Putin
Vladimir Putin may not have been able to use the 2018 FIFA World Cup to distract Russians sufficiently…
Moscow boosting tensions in Sea of Azov but can’t change strategic situation there, senior Ukrainian intelligence officer says
Ukrainian forces long anticipated what Russian ships are doing in the Sea of Azov and have taken measures…
Russia’s transformation of ethnic mix in occupied Crimea an act of genocide
Most definitions of genocide focus on the mass murder of one ethnic group by representatives of another, but…
Trump’s summit with Putin constitutes an ‘unprecedented act of betrayal,’ Eidman says
Even before it takes place and US President Donald Trump makes concessions to Vladimir Putin in exchange for…
Russia and West defeated communism in 1991 but not Russian imperialism, Shenderovich says
In 1991, Russian liberals successfully defeated communism, but they failed to understand that they needed to defeat a…
Russian cemeteries now feature real headstones for regular troops KIA in Ukraine
Even though the Russian media are providing ever less coverage of Ukraine and Russia’s involvement there than only…
Ukrainian suggestion that Russia should be called Muscovy infuriates Russians
Even though Russian officials and commentators have felt free to call Ukraine and Ukrainians other names, the suggestion…
Moscow still refuses to recognize Soviet genocide of Ingermanlanders
Most of the peoples whom Stalin deported have been allowed to return to their home areas and have…
Putin-Trump meeting won’t result in dramatic changes on Ukraine many fear and some hope, Shevtsova says
Vladimir Putin has achieved a major goal with plans for a summit between him and US President Donald…
Putin’s rise had 13 ‘fathers’ and 12 serious opponents, Illarionov says
Vladimir Putin and the Russian political system known as Putinism did not emerge out of nowhere, Andrey Illarionov…
Three largest Russian militant training facilities identified
After the Wagner disaster in Syria, Russian and Western journalists reported about its training facility near Molkino where…
Two dangerous proposals on Crimea with even more dangerous consequences
Any time a dispute lasts beyond a few weeks, it is almost inevitable that some of those involved…
Japanese expert: Ethnic Ukrainians form 60% of Northern Territories’ (Kuriles’) population
Yoshihiko Okabe, an expert on Russia at the University of Kobe in Japan, says that “about 60 percent…