“Putin backers to ‘bare their breasts’ for Kremlin leader” and other neglected Russian stories
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Striking Russian truckers, opposition parties to cooperate as some regional officials start talks
As the long-haul truckers’ strike in Russia enters its second month, some of the striking truckers have reached…
Demolition of khrushchoby now – a chilling echo of 1999 apartment bombings
Vladimir Putin ensured his rise to power by orchestrating the blowing up of apartment buildings in Moscow and…
Russia must decentralize or it will stagnate and then disappear, Pastukhov says
The new Russian revolution, Vladimir Pastukhov says, is today “only a question of time” but will provide “a…
Russian long-haul drivers’ strike still strong on Day 30
Government-controlled media in Moscow continue to ignore the long-haul drivers’ strike on its 30th day, and regional outlets…
Daghestan’s long-haul truckers detail their grievances in appeal to Putin
While some drivers are going home briefly to plant their gardens and while officials are claiming that the…
More Russian long-haul truckers join strike and send trucks to Moscow
In the last 24 hours, more than 60 long-haul truckers joined the strike encampment in Manas in Daghestan,…
Tearing down the khrushchoby: From renovation to deportation to revolution?
The Kremlin’s backing for Moscow city’s decision to tear down the infamous five-story “khrushchoby” apartment buildings and for…
‘With Crimea, we got Poklonskaya,’ some Russians say in disgust
Some Russians recognize that Putin’s Anschluss of Crimea was simply wrong, others are upset that absorbing the Ukrainian…
Striking truckers warn Moscow: ‘Shed our blood and there’ll be a revolution’
Even as Moscow continues to ignore or downplay the size of the long-haul truckers’ strike – with Dmitry…
After Tillerson visit, Putin orders sweeping arrests of opposition figures
Last night and this morning after the end of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s visit, Vladimir Putin…
Truckers now on strike in almost every federal subject of Russia
Andrey Bazhutkin, the leader of the united long-haul truckers organization, says that drivers are now on strike “in…
Russian truckers’ strike far larger than it appears, Novaya Gazeta says
The long-haul truckers’ strike is far larger and thus having a much bigger impact on the economy than…
Russia and Belarus protests – ‘part of general crisis in post-Soviet space,’ Portnikov says
The anti-corruption protests in Russia and the anti-vagrants tax ones in Belarus are “the direct result of the…
The many ways terror serves the regime in Putin’s Russia
Putin’s leadership exploits the fear of Russians caused by terror attacks to maintain their self-perception as a victimized…
New long-haul truckers’ strike may be most important action yet, Klyamkin says
The ongoing long-haul truck drivers’ strike is fundamentally different in its import from the March 26 demonstrations, Igor…
Moscow deploys Russian Guard and OMON against truckers in Daghestan
Daghestan is not only the most Islamic and even Islamist place in the Russian Federation. It is also…
Five reasons Putin has lost the younger generation forever
Kremlin propagandists suggest there were two basic reasons why so many young people took part in last Sunday’s…
Kremlin has lost control of the future, but also the past
Russia, it is sometime said, is a country with an unpredictable past; but Russian governments have worked hard…
All Russia is now one big hot spot, regional affairs expert says
Natalya Zubarevich, perhaps Russia’s most prominent specialist on developments in the regions beyond the Moscow Ring Road, says…