Putin regime has set up not one but five ‘fifth columns’ in Germany, Eidman says
In the third article of his series on Moscow’s influence operations in the West, Igor Eidman says that…
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Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses continues in Russia despite Putin’s statements
When Vladimir Putin said at his press conference last month that he saw no justification for attacks on…
Stalin’s NKVD and Hitler’s Gestapo cooperated closely even before Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Perhaps the only thing that outrages Russian defenders of Stalin more than the obvious parallels between his regime…
Putin has crossed a Rubicon – Will the West respond?
Vladimir Putin has now done openly what he has denied doing in the past and what most Western…
Putin actively using Cold War Stasi agent network in Germany, Reitschuster says
Boris Reitschuster, author of Putin’s Secret War, says that the Kremlin is “actively using the old agent network”…
Five lessons for today from the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Some anniversaries are marked because they are so important historically that one cannot understand the present without returning…
Stalin frequently modified Russia’s borders, adding and subtracting territory, Butakov says
One of the most widely held misconceptions about the USSR was that borders among the various republics were…
Crimean factory gets generators from German company in breach of EU sanctions – media
After the Finnish company Wärtsilä refused to sell generators to the “Zaliv” ship-building factory in Kerch, occupied Crimea, they…
German company fined for violating sanctions regime with Russia
A company from the German city of Ulm has been fined EUR 190,000 for illegally exporting dual-use equipment to Russia,…
Germany bears main brunt of EU sanctions against Russia
According to the study, the German economy suffers by far the largest export losses among the Western Nations…
Siemens CEO’s cheap excuses for Crimea sanctions breach VS the facts
On 23 September 2017, Siemens‘ CEO Joe Kaeser gave an interview with the German outlet Spiegel in which he said…
Who is Putin’s candidate of choice in the Bundestag?
The elections for the Bundestag, the German parliament, are approaching and Moscow’s attempts to influence the outcome of the…
Siemens stops shipments to Ukraine’s Naftogaz, fearing lost contracts in Russia
The German company Siemens has stopped supplying equipment for the modernization of the gas transportation system of Ukraine,…
Siemens case: if you shake hands, count your fingers afterwards – Ukraine’s Foreign Minister
The recent case where the German industrial giant Siemens was been found to have provided Gas Turbines to…
When a Western leader spoke the truth to Putin — and Putin couldn’t take it
Even Western leaders who are distinguished by the boldness of their statements on other issues appear reluctant to…
Nazi dreams of an enslaved Ukraine: the blind spot of Germany’s historical memory – Timothy Snyder
When we ask why historical responsibility, why German historical responsibility, I want to begin from the universal point…
Why we need a discussion about Germany’s historical responsibility toward Ukraine
On June 20, an expert conference concerning Germany’s historical responsibility before Ukraine will be held inside the German…
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…
Ukrainian story of Wassily Kandinsky and newly found watercolors featured in new book
The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky is renown throughout the world for his abstract paintings. Yet not many know…
Germany’s historical responsibility towards Ukraine discussed in Bundestag
On 19 May 2017, Germany’s Green party initiated debates on the topic of Germany’s historical responsibility towards Ukraine. The…
