When corruption penetrates the very marrow of European institutions
Today, everything’s happening in broad daylight… but, it’s still a story of gross corruption. Indeed, a more dangerous…
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Sanctions matter even if they won’t change Putin’s policies because ending them would lead to disasters
Sanctions against Moscow for its violation of international law in Ukraine are important and worth maintaining as a…
Ukraine doesn’t have a War Party, only one of Resistance and another of Capitulation, Piontkovsky says
Despite Moscow’s insistence to the contrary and Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s suggestion during presidential campaign that there is a party…
Kremlin planning to avoid transition of power, not to arrange it, Shklyarov says
There are at least two reasons why the Kremlin is working to avoid any transition of power from…
‘We are not a bridge; we are the West,’ a Ukrainian president needs to follow Latvian one in declaring, Portnikov says
More than 20 years ago, then Secretary of State Madeleine Albright observed with some bitterness, “whenever I want…
Half of Ukrainians identify with Orthodox Church of Ukraine; only one in seven with Moscow’s exarchate
A new poll shows that 48.8 percent of Ukrainians identify with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine while only…
Vitaly Portnikov: Ukraine is slowly disappearing from the geopolitical chessboard
In the recent past, Ukraine has never had to express such a demand. Any telephone conversations between the…
Zelenskyi may turn out to be a better Ukrainian president than many expect, Eidman says
Many fear that the inexperienced Volodymyr Zelenskyy may prove to be a disaster as president of Ukraine, making…
75 years after deportation, Moscow’s genocide of the Crimean Tatars continues
On May 18, Crimean Tatars and their supporters around the world marked the 75th anniversary of Stalin’s deportation…
Vitaly Portnikov: The Game of Thrones is just beginning
Why? Because everyone would be discussing the final episode of the most popular TV series in the world,…
Muslims will trigger disintegration of new Russian empire, Ukrainian mufti says
Mufti Said Ismagilov, head of the Umma Muslim Spiritual Directorate of Ukraine, says that the looming disintegration of…
Kyiv calls for defense of minority nations in Russia against Moscow oppression
The supporters of incumbent Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko are calling on the Verkhovna Rada to adopt an appeal…
Kyiv working via courts to ‘return Russia to framework of international law’
The Ukrainian government has been working quietly but consistently through international courts to “return Russia to the framework…
Russian lawyer who conducted ‘secret Nuremberg’ against Stalinists brings archive to the West
A Russian lawyer who posed as a Stalinist and sought the rehabilitation of Stalin criminals, sometimes successfully and…
Latvian Saeima becomes first foreign parliament to recognize genocide of the Crimean Tatars
Two days ago, the Latvian Saeima became the first foreign parliament to adopt a resolution recognizing Soviet treatment…
Fallout from Putin’s privatization of Victory in annexed Crimea: Crimean Tatar monument desecrated
Whenever a leader sends signals that one group is preferred and all others are excluded, there is always…
Soviet soldiers who were shot by their own people recalled
Hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers did not take Berlin because they died in battle against the Germans,…
Surkov seen remaining in charge of Kremlin policy on Donbas, Abkhazia and South Ossetia
After a media boomlet suggesting Mikhail Babich, the recently recalled Russian ambassador to Minsk, would replace Vladislav Surkov…
Zelenskyi playing on Putin’s fears Ukraine could be an alternative Russia, Kirillova says
Even before his inauguration, incoming Ukrainian president has launched an information war against Moscow, calling on others in…
Were Babich and Belarusian siloviki preparing a coup? Lukashenka appears to think so
Sergey Dorenko, editor of This is Moscow Speaking, says that the Lukashenka regime is engaged in searches and…