Russian FSB abducts Ukrainian teen who went to meet a girl in Belarus
On Ukraine’s Independence Day, 24 August, Pavlo traveled from Chernihiv in northern Ukraine to the neighboring Belarusian city…
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Moscow diplomats said behind formation of militarized Russian and Cossack groups in US
Ruslan Gurzhiy, a journalist for a Russian émigré publication in Sacramento, California, says that Russian diplomats and oligarchs…
FSB demands detailed personal information on Russians using social networks
In its effort to gain control over social networks, an effort that is likely to fall short given…
Russian soldiers captured in Ukraine: an exchange pool for Ukrainian hostages | #LetMyPeopleGo
On 30 June 2017, a powerboat bearing Russian identification marks was intercepted by Ukrainian military when approaching the…
FSB seeking to block or control all links between Russians and emigration, Melikhov says
Like the KGB in Soviet times, the Russian FSB is seeking to block or take control of any…
Moscow heavily involved with ISIS and other terrorist groups, Ukraine tells NATO
In the not so distant past, the United States government would have taken the lead in exposing Russian…
Difficult choice for Ukraine as identities of KGB agents finally come to light
Ukraine’s resolve to open the archives of the communist special services makes publicly available not only the files…
FSB arrest grad student for hanging Ukrainian flag from Moscow University building
The student waved the flag out the window in the direction of a March 18 rally commemorating the…
Imaginary “terrorists” with no terror acts: Russia’s collective punishment of Crimean Muslims
Difference between Russia and Ukraine 21 March is the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.…
Putin moves to give his “personal guard” KGB-like functions
The Rosbalt news agency is reporting that the Kremlin plans to give the National Guard of Russia additional functions…
Why is the Kremlin taking Ukrainian political hostages? | VIDEO
The Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has been sentenced to 20 years in Russian jail for resisting the occupation…
Mother of Kremlin’s hostage visits occupied Crimea to hug tortured son
The Ukrainian political prisoner Yevhen Panov has seen his mom Vira for the first time since Russian security…
1.7 million people blacklisted from entering Russia and Belarus
On 28 February, the Belarusian Minister of Interior Igor Shunevych revealed that 1.7 million people are on the…
History repeats in Russia as FSB raids human rights activist from KGB-repressed family
After the arrest of the Crimean Tatar lawyer Emil Kurbedinov and growing pressure on his Russian colleague Nikolai…
Putin now fears a threat he helped create – 4,000 Russian citizens fighting for ISIS
Vladimir Putin told Russian military leaders yesterday that Moscow now estimates that there are some 4,000 Russian citizens…
Flynngate reflects Putin’s penchant for high-risk counterproductive actions, Khzmalyan says
The growing scandal in Washington around Moscow’s efforts to penetrate and influence the Trump Administration recalls the FSB’s…
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…
‘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 regime raised political police above all other force structures, ‘Novaya Gazeta’ says
The Kremlin has “often put the E Center” – the informal name of the MVD’s Anti-Extremism Center –…
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…