Is Putin normal?
Over the past year many people have approached me, both in private and in public, with the question…
Realism takes hold in the West
The scope and impact of the Maidan, the subsequent occupation and annexation of the Crimea by Russia and…
Is Putin poisoning his opponents?
Russian journalist and opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza remains in critical condition after having fallen ill as a result…
Giving it all away to Putin
Today I discussed the rule of Putin – the Putinshchina –with one of the leading Lithuanian diplomats, whose…
The cancer of cynicism
By Robert van Voren After the Soviet Union disintegrated, gradually a new generation took the lead. Some already…
Is there a resumption of political psychiatry in the former USSR?
By Robert van Voren Introduction Since the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis, the former Soviet Union is again…
Merkel, Ukraine, and the Second World War
By Robert van Voren When Nazi-Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Wehrmacht swept through Ukraine with…
Russia is at war with Ukraine
By Robert van Voren, July 18, 2014 Acknowledgement of this fact makes finally clear to the world what the…
Don’t be deceived: Russia is waging war
By Robert van Voren Over the past months there have been so many moments that I need to…
RUSSIANS SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESY
After 35 years of being involved in Soviet and Russian affairs I continue to be surprised, amazed, appalled,…
Statement for Sub-Committee on Human Rights of the European Parliament on the situation in Russia
Prof. Dr. Robert van Voren Postbus 1282 1200 BG Hilversum (NL) tel.:+31-651534123 / e-mail [email protected] / www.robertvanvoren.com Chamber…
National hysteria in Russia and those who stay sane
A few days ago Lev Shlozberg, member of the council of the Pskov region, stood up and addressed…
Putin’s propaganda. Is Russia returning to the 1930s?
He was tense, and rightly so. A few days ago Lev Shlozberg, member of the council of the…
ANOTHER RUSSIA-ORCHESTRATED ROGUE STATE?
So it seems the next steps are becoming clearer. Yanukovych, propped up health-wise by his mentor Putin, will…