Terrorist youth camp set up at a Russian Orthodox Monastery near Moscow
A Russian Orthodox monastery outside of Moscow is openly cooperating in a youth indoctrination camp run by one…
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Moscow continues to prepare mercenaries for Ukraine
Although the ceasefire in the Donbas appears to be holding for now and although the world’s attention has…
Moscow preparing to destabilize Belarus if Lukashenka refuses to allow a Russian base, Mensk experts say
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has so far refused Moscow’s demand for the establishment of a Russian military base in Belarus,…
Putin using far right to destabilize Ukraine, Poroshenko says
In the best tradition of the Soviet intelligence services from which he comes, Vladimir Putin is “attempting to…
FSB helps Russian Islamists go fight in Syria, prosecutes ones who come back, ‘Novaya Gazeta’ says
“The Russian special services have controlled” the flow of Islamist radicals from Russia to Syria “from the very…
Even the Kremlin doesn’t believe its own poll numbers, ‘Nezavisimaya gazeta’ says
The Kremlin it appears “does not believe the ratings” it routinely distributes about the support the Russian people…
Why are Poroshenko’s Roshen stores under attack?
The most recent attack on a Roshen store in Kyiv, which occurred on Friday night, May 29, is…
‘Putin – just a link of a single KGB chain’ ruling Russia
Vladimir Putin should be arrested for war crimes and tried by an international tribunal in the Hague, Sergey…
FSB’s continuing conflict with Kadyrov highlights Putin’s weakened position
The conflict between the Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and Ramzan Kadyrov over who is to be held…
Rabid Russian imperialism and anti-Americanism feed worldview of key Kremlin strategist
Some "pearls of wisdom" from Leonid Reshetnikov, a retired SVR general, director of the Russian Institute for Strategic…
Russia in far worse shape than USSR was at end of first Cold War
Russia today is in far worse shape than was the USSR at the end of the first Cold…
Belarusian spy agencies’ cooperation with Russian ones in Lithuania highlights larger problem
The security services of Belarus are closely cooperating with their Russian counterparts against Lithuania as far as their…
Are regional FSB offices being told to find specific numbers of ‘enemies of the people’?
One of the most horrific features of Stalin’s Great Terror at the end of the 1930s was the…
Putin waiting out conflict between FSB and Kadyrov forces, Belkovsky says
In his latest statement posted on Open Russia, Belkovsky argues that Putin is facing a conflict between different…
Putin has lost monopoly on use of force and balance among force structures
The Putin regime has lost two things on which any state depends: a monopoly on the legitimate use…
Ten disturbing developments in and around Russia
Disturbing events are happening with such dizzying speed that it is impossible to keep up with all of…
FSB sets the stage for new crackdown in Crimea and across Russia
The head of the FSB in annexed Crimea says that “anti-Russian risings do not yet threaten” the peninsula…
FSB threatens pro-Ukrainian Russians with unemployment
In what is likely part of a broader pattern, FSB officers in several cities in the Urals have…
How Russia invaded Ukraine as told by FSB colonel Girkin
The interview with the terrorist Igor Girkin aka "Strelkov" is actually quite shocking. Having the potential to bring…
SBU arrests Russian who organized “protests” and illegal transfer of bodies
A Russian citizen claiming to be a general in the FSB (Russia's security agency) was arrested on October…