Who’s most at risk of assassination by Putin’s siloviki? Kirillova provides a typology
One of the reasons Vladimir Putin and his regime are able to get away with so many of…
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Was the faked “murder” of Russian journalist Babchenko really necessary?
In the evening of 29 May, Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko was reportedly shot dead in his back on…
Exiled Putin critic, Russian journalist Babchenko assassinated in Kyiv [UPDATE: he is actually alive]
Arkady Babchenko, a Russian opposition journalist who fled to Ukraine has been shot in his home in the…
In Skripal case, Kremlin following procedures it used for earlier political murders, Pastukhov says
At first glance, Vladimir Pastukhov says, Moscow’s approach to the Skripal scandal appears “irrational and inadequate, in fact,…
Also in Russia a Russian hand is seen behind the nerve-gas attack in Salisbury
For the British government and any normally-thinking person, it is clear that in one way or the other…
The bold assassination attempt on ex-Russian spy Sergey Skripal in Salisbury, England
A few days ago, former Russian military intelligence (GRU) colonel Sergey Skripal was found unconscious with his daughter in the…
Moscow’s development of poisons like one used against Skripal has long history and dark shadow
Felix Kubin, a Russian who defected to the US in 2013, says that he was approached before that…
Volunteer Mariya Berlinska’s outraged cry: “And when they come for us…
… Everything’s very clear… we all know what really happened. (On June 1, 2017, Amina Okueva and her…
Ukrainian veteran, ethnic Chechen Amina Okuyeva assassinated near Kyiv
Her car was ambushed at a rail crossing near the settlement of Hlevakha in Kyiv Oblast, gunfire was…
Russia assassinated at least 13 Chechens abroad before victim returned fire in Kyiv
Read more: Man accused of Putin murder plot gunned down in Kyiv, attacker might be linked to Kadyrov…
Man accused of Putin murder plot gunned down in Kyiv, attacker might be linked to Kadyrov
Adam Osmayev and his wife Amina Okuyeva, Chechen volunteers who served in the Kyiv-2 police battalion fighting against…
Another warlord killed: Mystery grows as series of deaths in Russian-backed enclaves continues
On 8 February 2017, at 6:12 AM, Mykhailo Tolstykh, callsign “Givi,” was killed in his office in occupied…
Worldwide Rallies to Commemorate Anniversary of Boris Nemtsov Murder
For followers of events in and around Russia and Ukraine, February is a brutal month. You need true…
Putin’s Fixes and Fixations: Russia’s President Prefers Stalin to Lenin, Soviet History to Scandals
The Kremlin has been very busy lately, inside and outside of Russia. Every day it seems something remarkable…
Activists in Russia petition international community to investigate Boris Nemtsov assassination
Activists in Russia are circulating a petition on social media in support of an international investigation into the assassination of…