More than 20 Russian regions now at third world levels economically
According to official statistics, approximately every fourth subject of the Russian Federation has a GDP per capita that…
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“Putin’s three greatest ‘achievements’ – unifying Ukraine, the US and the West” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘Lavrov confirms Russian forces intervened in Ukraine’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Russia has as many as 5 million homeless, not the 64,000 Rosstat reports
Sergey Mironov, head of the Just Russia Party, says there may be as many as five million homeless…
’14 million Russians don’t have enough money even for food’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Kremlin telling Russians to face falling living standards for years to come, Shelin says
“For the first time in the 21st century, the [Russian] regime is seeking to accustom its citizens to…
10-dollar Putin icons and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
A new “scissors crisis” in Russia: Oil prices up but GDP down
Over the past year, the editors of Nezavisimaya gazeta point out, the price of oil has risen by…
“Syrian strikes transform Trump from ‘ours’ to ‘another Hillary’”and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Putin is ‘a criminal but not Stalin’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘Putin is the Bin Laden of today’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“Even large Russian cities are beginning to die” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Putin to the Russian Far East: ‘Why do you need cars? You don’t have roads.’
Many Russians believe that Dmitry Medvedev long ago retired the Marie Antoinette prize for the most insensitive statement…
Seven things Russians need to understand about their country and themselves now
Many of the problems Russians now face are rooted in their firmly-held misconceptions about the nature of Russia…
Russians consume 700 calories a day fewer now than at the end of Soviet times
Comparing social well-being across time or among nations is a notoriously difficult challenge, but the most universally accepted…
‘Russian spies interfered with Nobel Committee to prevent Poroshenko Peace Prize’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Putin wants a deal with Trump because his resources are running out, Borovoy says
Many in Russia and the West have managed to convince themselves that Vladimir Putin is in a position…
Trump’s assault on globalization will hurt Russia badly and soon, Russian analysts say
President Donald Trump’s assault on globalism, something the Kremlin welcomes as a means of increasing disorder abroad, is…
Russians calling Washington ‘Nashington’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Ten new and discouraging statistics perfectly capture Putin’s Russia
The last 24 hours have brought a flood of discouraging statistics that both individually and collectively more perfectly…