Kremlin-run “DNR” opens fake diplomatic mission in France. Are Nordic countries next?
On 25 September Hubert Fayard, a small right-wing French political party known as the National Center of Independents…
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Russian aggression in Europe and in Ukraine in particular.
UN report condemns Russia over human rights abuses in occupied Crimea
“We have documented reliable allegations of serious human rights violations and abuses, committed by a paramilitary formation, the…
Ukrainian soldiers battle wildfires, along Russian-controlled troops, in war-torn Donbas
On 22 September about 15:00, a Ukrainian military unit near the village of Novoyanysol 30 km northwest of Mariupol caught fire,…
Russia’s TV news: threatening Ukraine with nukes, claiming USSR only real democracy, defensive Zapad 2017
“USSR was the only country of real democracy” TV host Vladimir Solovyov, 17.9.2017 Contents 1. Threatening Ukraine with…
How Estonian Public Broadcasting creates an alternative to Russian propaganda
The occupation of Crimea and the beginning of the war in Donbas made the Baltic countries reconsider their…
Wounded veterans train for Invictus Games, beginning September 23rd
The athletes competing in the Invictus Games are proving that they are stronger than their wounds. Their strength…
‘Russian Banking System on Brink of Collapse’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
FSB may be well pleased with Zapad-2017 outcome, Belarusian analysts say
The Zapad-2017 military exercise has ended “without the annexation of Belarus, a new round of aggression against Ukraine,…
A Soldier’s Lament: No one ever returns from the war… ever…
His heart and soul are still over there, far away, with the war… But, the body has returned…
World writers community urges Moscow to free Ukrainian and other prisoners of conscience #LetMyPeopleGo
The delegates of the 83th congress of PEN International convened in Lviv, West Ukraine, assure that they will…
Struggle for Belarus: Minsk is promoting Belarusianization; Moscow, re-Sovietization
Minsk is promoting the Belarusianization of Belarus while Moscow is pushing its re-Sovietization. But because both are being…
“It’s Russia which broke the law” – last word of Crimean journalist prosecuted for opposing illegal landgrab
Your Honor! Respected Court! All the participants in the trial are witnesses to the fact that I was…
Russia putting historic Crimean landmarks in danger
Ukraine’s Ministry of Temporary Occupied Territories has appealed to UNESCO for help in resolving the situation. The Swallow’s…
‘Putin’s aggression in Ukraine: 35,000 killed and wounded’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Repression of Muslims in Crimea – a reflection of Moscow’s fear of Islam as an anti-colonial force
Zair Smedlyayev, a Crimean Tatar activist, and Said Ismagilov, the mufti of the Umma Muslim Spiritual Directorate (MSD)…
Zapad-2017 – anything but a joint Russian-Belarusian exercise, Sivitsky says
Moscow has advertised Zapad-2017 as a joint Russian-Belarusian military exercise, but it is anything but as it includes…
Another “terrorist”? Russian FSB kidnaps, tortures Crimean Tatar to obtain false “confession”
Early morning September 13, unknown people in masks and FSB attire broke into the house where local merchant Renat…
World powers, human rights organizations indignant about Russia’s conviction of Crimean Tatar leader
In its response to the verdict, the US Department of State points to the legal nonsense that underlies…
Donbas residents increasingly want to return to being part of Ukraine, Bekeshkina says
Iryna Bekeshkina, director of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, says that those who initially supported the Russian…
Imam of Iranian Sunni Muslims condemns Russia’s persecution of Crimean Tatars
The problem of the Russian occupation of Crimea and oppression of its indigenous Crimean Tatar people has been…