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…
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Vitaly Portnikov: “The ghost of the Soviet Union was definitively buried in Ukraine in 2014”
Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov was forced to resign following a week of protests against the rigged parliamentary elections.…
Western sanctions hurt Russia’s defense industry and put it at odds with other sectors, analyst says
In a commentary for the Riddle portal, he says that sanctions on Russian defense producers have been used…
Is Belarus less European than France?
History repeats itself; after Ukraine comes Belarus! A popular movement for freedom, democracy and the end of the…
Another ancient Orthodox church recognizes Ukrainian autocephaly despite Moscow’s efforts to block it
Chrysostomos II, the primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, has recognized the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox…
Kremlin lashes out at Ukraine’s construction with Western help of new bases on Black Sea
Vladimir Putin‘s press secretary Dmitry Peskov says that Kyiv’s construction of new bases on the Black Sea, bases…
Circassians and their fate: introduction into history of nation expelled by Russian Empire from Caucasus
[boxright] Russia’s act of genocide against Circassians lasted more than 150 years, Chukhua says [/boxright] The Circassians are…
All that is wrong with defending Russia
Trenin writes, “Berlin is ending the era launched by Gorbachev of a trusting and friendly relationship with Moscow.”…
Moscow Patriarchate nativizing its church branch in Belarus to prevent moves toward autocephaly
Specifically, Kirill said, “We came to the conclusion about the necessity of having at the head of the…
Vitaly Portnikov: The issue of occupied Crimea should not polarize, but unite Belarusians
At first glance, it is not difficult to understand Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s logic. Belarusians with different ideals oppose the…
Vitaly Portnikov: Putin cannot be an ally or even an intermediary for the Belarusian people
She believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin could lean on Alyaksndr Lukashenka and make him enter into a…
Collective ‘network’ action is why protests in Khabarovsk and Belarus are lasting so long, sociologist suggests
“This underrating of the strength of the resource of horizontal action,” she says, “characterizes now no the experts…
Portnikov: Belarus should be seen through prism of Ukraine’s 2004 Orange Revolution, but not 2014 Euromaidan
Sixteen years ago, presidential elections – very similar to the Belarusian 2020 vote – were held in Ukraine.…
Vitaly Portnikov: Belarusians must now make the ultimate choice
It is clear that the Belarusians did not come out because they support Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who was actually…
What you need to know about the unprecedented Belarus presidential election, in a nutshell
Today is the day of the presidential election in my native Belarus. It is the sixth election in…
Constitutions didn’t save USSR and won’t by themselves save Russia, Vanin says
Facing a situation in which there is growing popular discontent and increasing dysfunction in institutions, Vladimir Putin has…
As Russian Far East protests enter fourth week, Khabarovsk residents now say ‘We are the power here!’
As the demonstrations in Khabarovsk which began as a protest against Moscow’s removal of the elected governor of…
Ukraine’s open colonial wounds
Of the interesting debate organized by LibMod – Zentrum Liberale Moderne’s project “Ukraine Verstehen” (eng. Understanding Ukraine) around…
Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine create Lublin Triangle to counter Russian aggression and expand Europe
The foreign ministers of Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine have created a new regional security cooperation grouping, the Lublin…
Crimean 2014 anschluss exacerbates Kremlin’s fears about Khabarovsk protests now, Russian analyst says
Many both in Russia and the West believe that the West’s non-recognition policy with regard to the Baltic…