Russia preparing for war in the media but not in the budget, Moscow commentators say
The Moscow media are filled with stories suggesting that Russia is preparing for war, but a close examination…
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‘Russia is trying to be an empire but it ever more resembles a colony,’ Glukhovsky says
The fundamental contradiction in Russia today is that “externally Russia is trying to be an empire but internally…
MH17 report may lead Moscow to use military force against Belarus, Minsk analyst says
The reactions to the international report that Russia was behind the shooting down of the Malaysian jetliner have…
Putin’s personnel changes make a long-term dictatorship more likely, Pastukhov says
The removal of Sergey Ivanov as head of the Presidential Administration, whatever the proximate causes, “symbolizes a change in…
Kremlin likely to resume its attack on Ukraine under guise of ‘peacekeeping,’ Felgenhauer says
Recent reports about the influx of materiel into the Russian occupied Donbas and increasingly militant rhetoric by DNR…
Russia was and remains a ‘prison of nations,’ Moscow writer says
Many writers seek to place all the blame for Russia’s current state on the Soviet system and the…
Something much worse than Yarovaya Laws is happening in Russia, Shipilov warns
Whenever the Putin regime does something terrible that attracts a great deal of criticism, it is always worthwhile…
Putin’s policies put Russia at risk of becoming a Donbas writ large, Snegovaya says
The Donbas is no longer at the center of Moscow’s foreign policy, but it remains very much a…
Putin’s Reign of Terror on Russia’s New Dissidents: “Cossacks” Attack Navalny Family as Police Watch
On May 17, 2016, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his family and colleagues from the Anti-Corruption Fund…
Why do many Westerners show sympathy to Russia and Communism – but not to their victims?
Those who study the post-Soviet world and especially its non-Russian parts are often struck by the fact that…
By taking over state archives, Putin makes a serious error
Vladimir Putin has committed many crimes, but his political tactics at least from his own point of view…
Kadyrov, Putin and the desensitization of Russia
Each day seems to bring a fresh outrage from Ramzan Kadyrov, Vladimir Putin and their ilk, an outrage…
Stalin and the Russian Orthodox Church
Moscow Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church demonstrated a new level of flexibility -- personally and, it is…
Putin’s Russia well on its way to ‘criminal neo-totalitarianism’ with a ‘neo-terror’ and a ‘neo-GULAG,’ Pastukhov says
Vladimir Pastukhov says that Putin’s Russia is well on its way to “criminal neo-totalitarianism” with all the attributes…
Truth and insanity in Moscow
The world is dealing with dangerous criminals in Moscow who maintain that truth is insanity. Vladimir Markin, a…
What the real Putin Constitution looks like
A constitution is not just words on paper but a living and breathing document that is given meaning…
Russian historian: Ukrainian war helped make Russia a neo-totalitarian regime that will fall to the Black Hundreds
The most terrible thing for Russia about its war in Ukraine is the extent to which that conflict…
The only ‘color revolution’ likely in Russia now would be ‘brown’
“The only ‘color revolution,’ which is likely in Russia at the present moment,” Vladimir Pastukhov says, would be…
From a Munich in Moscow to a Munich in Minsk: How Europe has come to Putin’s aid
In the 1930s, Hitler pursued a simple policy: he simply said one thing and did another. Putin has…
Moscow analyst: the search for Putin’s successor is on
Even though many of those around Vladimir Putin fear that his ouster would lead to a new Time…