With his changes to Russian Constitution, Putin has suffered a serious defeat, Gozman says
The great Russian novelist Victor Serge wrote a series of novels highlighting “the victory in defeat” and “the…
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Russia may get a new aircraft carrier but only one of Soviet design and only in 10 years
Now that Vladimir Putin has signaled that he wants Russia to have a new aircraft carrier, officials are…
Putin restores the GULAG by legalizing slave labor of convicts
Given all the changes Vladimir Putin is making in these days in the Russian constitutional order, ones that…
Putin’s proposed amendments to Russian Constitution reject primacy of international law
The most important change in the Russian Constitution that Vladimir Putin has called for has almost been lost…
What’s Putin up to and who’s the next PM of Russia? Experts comment on resignation of Russian government
Contents What happened:Who is Mishustin?Experts comment on the resignation of the Russian government and Vladimir Putin’s proposed changes:Russian…
Portnikov: Crimea’s past and Kremlin’s falsifications
The parliaments of Central European and Baltic countries, one by one, have been passing resolutions condemning the Kremlin’s…
Portnikov: Putin declared war on Ukraine
In today’s message to the Federal Assembly of Russia, President Vladimir Putin proposed a large-scale constitutional reform, which…
Vitaly Portnikov: A crisis situation requires competency
The first crisis situation was linked to the United States, when a telephone conversation between Donald Trump and…
Portnikov: The break in Putin’s pipe
According to the organizers of the commissioning ceremony of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, the participation of Vladimir…
Stalin’s anti-Ukrainian policies in RSFSR prove Holodomor was a genocide
Apologists for Stalin and the Soviet system to this day insist that the Holodomor cannot be called a…
Zelenskyy’s election has not stopped the rise of the autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Exactly a year ago, the Ecumenical Patriarch in Constantinople extended autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU),…
Moscow’s hybrid war against Belarus recalls its actions in Ukraine in 2013, Vlantsevich says
Moscow can’t afford the consequences of a direct military invasion of Belarus and doesn’t have sufficient resources to…
Portnikov: Zelenskyy is on the line
The year 2019 ended with the exchanging of New Year’s greetings between the heads of the Ukrainian and…
In combatting Russian disinformation, BBC news standards don’t work, Tsybulenko says
“In the struggle with Russian disinformation, the so-called ‘BBC standards’ of journalism not only do not work but…
Portnikov: Who in Ukraine is being bribed by Putin and Gazprom?
Even if literally the next day after the press release about reaching an agreement between Russia and Ukraine…
Germany and Russia: The end of the honeymoon period?
The term “schröderization“ is well-known in German business and political circles, as it accurately describes how many influential…
Serhiy Zhadan: No one can protect his country by accepting conditions dictated by the invader
After the election euphoria, the country has sobered up quickly. At first, many Ukrainians thought that it would…
TV personality Antin Mukharsky: Open Letter to Showman Zelenskyy
Background Note Antin Mukharsky is a well-known Ukrainian writer, musician, stage actor and television personality. His famous alter…
Vitaly Portnikov: Putin is preparing a new trap for Zelenskyy
In an interview with Channel One-Russia, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that it was possible to change…
Open letter from members of Ukraine’s veteran organizations demanding removal of MP Korolevska from VR commission
Nataliya Korolevska is known to have supported the Russian occupation of Ukraine, from the end of 2013 and…