If Russia isn’t forced to return Crimea to Ukraine, major war becomes inevitable, Skobov says
If Moscow isn’t compelled to return Crimea to Ukraine, a major pillar of the international system that has…
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Russian aggression in Europe and in Ukraine in particular.
Moscow has closed the Kerch Straits to Ukrainian shipping, Kyiv expert says
Andriy Klymenko, the editor of BlackSeaNews and a member of the Maidan of Foreign Affairs, says that Russia…
When facts become interpretations: Russian propaganda ten years since war with Georgia
While ten years have passed since the Russo-Georgian War, not the sound of bullets but of rumours, biased…
The story of Roman, ex-soldier who teaches children courage / #Being20
Denys Kotenko is a former Donbas war fighter from Dnipro. He left home when he was 18 and…
West’s paramount task is to prevent Belarus from being swallowed up by Russia, Melianas says
Imantas Melianas, a senior Lithuanian specialist on ethnic minorities and national security, says that the most important task…
‘Clarity on Caspian has given Russia the opportunity to control Sea of Azov,’ Moscow commentator says
Analysts have offered a variety of reasons for the breakthrough on the Caspian – increased Russian concerns about…
Moscow pursuing ‘forced integration’ of Belarus into Russia now, Sivitsky says
Russian actions toward Belarus since 2015 show that Moscow is no longer pursuing the “union deal” it had…
Moscow’s ‘little green men’ stage provocation in Moldova, republic’s Defense Minister says
Moldovan Defense Minister Eugen Sturza says that Russian forces, without identifying markers, have carried out massive maneuvers involving…
Russian propaganda in Montenegro, Sweden, and Finland – and how they’re fighting back
Sweden Unlike other parts of the world, the Russian state-run channel Sputnik didn’t survive long in the Nordic…
On hunger strike since May, Oleg Sentsov is ready to die in protest against Putin’s imperialism
Everyone has heard of Jan Palach, the young Czech student who set himself on fire on January 19,…
‘Vladimir Putin is killing Oleh Sentsov,’ Milshteyn says
One of Vladimir Putin’s greatest advantages has been the willingness of others to accept his definition of what…
OSCE drone films Russian trucks entering Donbas at night
The OSCE SMM which observes the implementation of the Minsk agreements in Ukraine’s Donbas region has spotted a…
Russian occupiers continue to destroy history and culture of Crimean Tatars
The sacking of Bilyal Bilyalov as head of the Crimean Tatar Academic Musical-Dramatic Theater this week on trumped…
Russia’s private military companies a more toxic form of Latin American death squads, Pastukhov says
Many countries have private military companies, Vladimir Pastukhov says; and there is no reason that Russia should not…
Russia sends photos of imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker on 88th day of his hunger strike
Ukraine’s Ombudswoman Liudmyla Denisova had just shared the photos of Oleg Sentsov, who is today on the 88th…
Ukrainian filmmaker on 87th day of hunger strike in Russian prison writes that “end is near”
Oleg Sentsov, the Ukrainian filmmaker Russia sentenced to 20 years for unproven “terrorism” on hunger strike since 14…
Putin disliked Ukrainians long before he seized Crimea, KGB veterans reportedly say
When Vladimir Putin was serving as a KGB officer in East Germany, he had the reputation among his…
The Russian war against Georgia is far from over
Despite suggestions by analysts like Sergey Markedonov that the 2008 Russian-Georgia war is over, Moscow’s aggression against Georgia…
Authoritarian modernization ever less possible for Russia and others, Klyamkin says
In the course of his current debate with economist Andrey Illarionov, social commentator Igor Klyamkin makes an important…
Ukrainian political prisoner of the Kremlin Kostenko released after sentence expires; some 70 remain
Below is Kostenko right after stepping out of his prison in Kirovo-Chepetsk. He is expected to arrive to…