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‘This isn’t corruption, Sir; this is kleptocracy’ – why Moscow is so angry at Yerevan
In 1789, the Duke of Liancourt told Louis XVI that what the French king faced was “not a…
Armenia’s “Velvet Revolution,” told by Armenians
In late April 2018, protests engulfed Armenia. People took to the streets, protesting against the existing regime and…
Armenians rejoice as Prime Minister steps down following 11 days of protests
The Prime Minister of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan stepped down after nearly 11 days of all-Armenian protests. His resignation…
‘State Reserve Fund Running Out, Ruble Collapse Predicted’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“Russia Now Leading Source of ISIS Fighters” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘UN: Human Rights in Crimea Have Deteriorated Since Occupation’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘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…
Armenia on its way to becoming ‘a second Ukraine,’ some commentators say
A few days ago, Karine Gevorkyan, a leading Yerevan orientalist, said that Armenia, as a result of the…
‘Is Putin a CIA agent or only the richest man on Earth?’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Russian outpourings into the Caucasus
It is restless again on the Russian Federation’s (RF) southern border. This unrest should not be a surprise…
‘Syrian war has cost Russia $2.2 billion already’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Russia and its authoritarian friends lag increasingly behind its free enemies, Illarionov says
Not only are the countries Russians identify as friendly more likely to be authoritarian and poor than those…
‘3 million people fled from Russia-occupied Donbas’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Armenia is the Vichy France of today, Khzmalyan says
Armenia now is like Vichy France in the early 1940s, Tigran Khzmalyan says, “an occupied country” governed by…
“Putin backers to ‘bare their breasts’ for Kremlin leader” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘Kremlin’s greatest worry: will the siloviki shoot at the people?’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Why did Putin say Russia’s prostitutes were ‘best in the world’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Like Crimea, ‘Trump is Ours,’ Russian products proclaim and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Former Soviet republics must and will become Russia’s ‘protectorates,’ Moscow blogger says
Given loose talk among some in the West about recognizing a Russian sphere of influence over the former…
UN committee adopts resolution recognizing Russia as occupying power in Crimea
73 states voted in support of the document entitled “Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of…