Tsikhanouskaya says Belarusian opposition has “lost the streets” for now but won’t end the revolution
In an interview with Le Temps, Sviatlana Tsikhanoŭskaya says that at present, the Belarusian opposition has “lost the streets”…
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Russian-occupied Crimea running out of water despite snowy weather – with Moscow still searching for way out
Read also: Crimeans have tap water only six hours a day as all Russian attempts to hydrate occupied…
The future of the pro-Russian project in Ukraine after the ban of Putin pal’s TV channels
Despite the overall positive impact and the enthusiasm of some Ukrainian social networks, Ukraine’s recent sanctioning of three…
Last Lenin statue in Ukraine falls
The last statue of Lenin on public land in those portions of Ukraine controlled by Kyiv was demolished…
Russian forces in Qarabagh violating their rules of engagement, Baku says
In yet another indication that the November 10 declaration was not a peace accord and that conflicts over…
Pandemic prompting Russia to reaction, isolation, and decay, Shevtsova says
Because of the pandemic, 2020 was “’the year of the Apocalypse” for both Russia and the West, but…
Like KGB in Soviet times, FSB ‘curators’ assuming expanded role in Russian academia
The special departments in educational institutions that existed in Soviet times and were headed by the KGB were…
Qarabagh war outcome opens way for Putin to create ‘post-Soviet space 2.0,’ Dubnov says
The most important outcome of the Qarabagh war was not the defeat of Armenia, the victory of Azerbaijan,…
Kazakhstan president lashes out at Russian suggestions Moscow ‘gave’ his republic land
Last month, Vyacheslav Nikonov, head of the Russian Duma’s education and science committee, observed that “the territory of…
KGB archives document Red Army’s atrocities against Ukrainian village in USSR after 1945
Red Army soldiers raising the USSR flag on the roof of Reichstag building in Berlin, May 1945. Iconic…
Ukraine in review: the biggest stories of 2020
2020 was a hard year for nearly the entire world: the COVID-19 pandemic and the multiple ensuing crises…
Occupied Crimea not only part of Ukraine suffering from water shortages, Balabukh says
Because of Moscow’s complaints against Kyiv, the entire world knows that Russian-occupied Crimea is suffering from a serious…
Putin claims mounting crisis in occupied Crimea can be reversed by fresh water supplies under Azov Sea
On December 17, Vladimir Putin said that the mounting water crisis in Russia-occupied Crimea, a crisis that means…
Russia still hiding Stalin’s genocidal crimes against Finns and Norwegians after 80 years
One of the most obscure aspects of Stalin’s rule was his deportation of Finns and Norwegians in 1940…
UNGA vote on militarization of Crimea highlights Moscow’s international isolation on Ukraine, Portnikov says
“Of these 17,” writes Portnikov, “three are members of [Russia’s] Eurasian Economic Union [which has five members –…
Moscow splitting Finno-Ugric languages to promote assimilation to Russian, Mari linguist says
Some people view what the Russian authorities are doing as solicitous of ethnic differences, says Kuznetsova, the Estonian…
Volodymyr Horbulin: Seven steps to defeat Russia in the wars of the future
Contents Step 1. Ukraine’s military and political leadership must realize that modern warfare is very different from the…
Soviet special services regularly reinforced Politburo’s view of the world, archives in Ukraine show
The archive contains some 1300 folders with the first reports being from the 1920s and the last from…
Vitaly Portnikov: Putin as “peacemaker” in Karabakh is a warning signal for Ukraine
Thus, Putin is once again a “peacemaker”. It is not at all difficult to remember what happened in…
US presidential election ‘extraordinarily unwelcome’ for Putin, Shlosberg says
If Vladimir Putin was pleased with the results of the 2016 US presidential election in which his operatives…