Ukraine cuts more of last remaining links with post-Soviet Commonwealth of Independent States
In his critical commentary, Russian observer Fyodor Koloskov says that most people think Ukraine began to leave the…
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Russia intentionally ignores the fact that Ukrainians, Belarusians, Balts populated the Russian Far East, not Russians
But from that time forward, Soviet and then Russian institutions have sought to Russify these groups and their…
As long as Russia remains an empire, Moscow will be repressive at home and aggressive abroad, Eidman says
As long as Russia remains an empire, Igor Eidman says, Moscow will be repressive at home and aggressive…
Vitaly Portnikov: Russia has no intention of adhering to the upcoming ceasefire agreement
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy really believes that a genuine ceasefire will be established and observed in the Donbas…
Russia on course to suffer 400,000 more deaths than births in 2020, new Rosstat figures show
The number of deaths rose to 783,800, 0.3% more than in the same period in 2019, while the…
Russian-occupied Crimea: Lessons of hypocrisy
As it was informed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Russia’s lower chamber of parliament, the State Duma, has…
Russian authorities stage largest ever one-day raid against Jehovah’s witnesses
Not only does this bring to more than 1100 the number of searches and seizures the Russian authorities…
Putin’s talk about Russian lands in neighboring countries didn’t come out of nowhere
Most commentaries reacted to Putin’s words either with enthusiasm (some Russian imperialists), horror (almost everyone else in Russia…
Russian liberals opened the way for return of Stalinism, Inozsemtsev says
That is because the ways they chose to attack Stalin had the effect of separating the dictator from…
Current crisis pushing Russia toward Mussolini-style fascism, Pereslegin says
The Russian futurologist says that what happened across Europe in the 1930s is likely to be repeated given…
Will a new ‘revolution of anecdotes’ undermine Putin? A baker’s dozen of jokes about the Russian president
Igor Chubais correctly observes that “a Revolution of Anecdotes” in Brezhnev’s time was a major factor in the…
1990s last time when Soviet faith in sudden transformation was widespread in Russia, Kuznetsov says
“For many people of the older generation,” he writes, “any promise of a bright future or talks that…
The toxic myth of “understanding and engaging” Russia
Contents Recent western attempts to help “solve” the conflict in DonbasThe toxic myth of “understanding and engaging” Russia1.…
Moscow outraged by calls to remove statues of Russian colonizer in Alaska
The statue of Baranov remains in place, and no decision has yet been taken to do anything to…
Putin restoring Brezhnev constitution that led to perestroika, Shtepa says
But in restoring what is very much a Leonid Brezhnev-style constitution, the Russian regionalist says, the Kremlin leader…
Ukraine declassifies 190 more KGB documents on Chornobyl disaster
In a new book, The Chernobyl Dossier of the KGB: From Construction to the Accident (in Ukrainian), Kyiv’s…
Being Ukrainian – a conscious choice
Many people are openly skeptical about this important topic; they say that it’s not a burning issue, that…
Belarusian transition more likely to follow Armenian rather than Ukrainian scenario, Lukyanov says
According to Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor of Russia in Global Affairs and one of the most prominent foreign…
95 percent of Russians now say victory in 1945 was main event for Russia in the 20th century
Such views were more widely held among older Russians and less widely among younger ones, but, according to…
During bleak times Ukrainian football may shine a light. Part 1: the history
As many domestic football leagues collapse, sports pundits are still in shock at what Ukraine has been able…