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Great power imperialism
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Putin better reflects underlying Russian values than does the opposition and his system will thus outlast both, Pastukhov says
That makes him successful at retaining power, the London-based Russian analyst says, especially since the opposition refuses to…
Advisor to Russian Defense Minister warns of ‘mental war’: who is waging it and against whom?
A particularly telling point made by the Russian military advisor was that, “If in classical wars the goal…
Russia’s occupation of Ukraine: a historical and centuries-old process
[editorial]This year’s Lviv Security Forum brought together security experts from different countries in order to model the resolution…
Constitutions didn’t save USSR and won’t by themselves save Russia, Vanin says
Facing a situation in which there is growing popular discontent and increasing dysfunction in institutions, Vladimir Putin has…
As long as Russia remains an empire, Moscow will be repressive at home and aggressive abroad, Eidman says
As long as Russia remains an empire, Igor Eidman says, Moscow will be repressive at home and aggressive…
Putin and Milosevic: Blood brothers
Slobodan Milosevic and Vladimir Putin are cut from the same cloth. Just as the West’s experience with Milosevic…
More Crimea-like annexations are possible, Moscow scholar says
Since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, one of the most important questions has been whether or not Moscow…
‘The West won’t allow the Russian Federation to disintegrate,’ Kashapov says
Rafis Kashapov, the deputy prime minister of the Tatarstan government in exile, a member of the presidium of…
Portnikov: A cup that cracked
The Church of Greece became the first after the Patriarchate of Constantinople to recognize the Ukrainian autocephaly. At…
Shevtsova: Kremlin’s ‘obsession’ with Ukraine crippling Russia
The Kremlin’s “obsession” with Ukraine, Lilia Shevtsova, once again this week very much on display in the wake…
Kyiv calls for defense of minority nations in Russia against Moscow oppression
The supporters of incumbent Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko are calling on the Verkhovna Rada to adopt an appeal…
Non-Russians inside Russia more important allies of West than is the opposition there, Verkhovna Rada leader says
In words that echo Eugene Lyons’ 1953 classic, Our Secret Allies: The Peoples of Russia, Hanna Hopko, chair…
West and Ukraine must learn lessons of Bush’s ‘Chicken Kiev’ speech, Podobed says
The West and Ukraine continue to support the Russian opposition rather than the national movements inside the current…
Churchill’s diagnosis of Stalin’s Russia remains true for Putin’s, Bezsmertnyi says
Seventy-three years ago, Winston Churchill gave a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, which is now remembered…
Ukraine has separated from Russia, but Russia hasn’t from Ukraine, Shelin says
“The victory of the Kyiv revolution in February 2014 marked the final divorce of Ukraine and Russia and…
Putinism is a genuinely new threat and not simply a revival of earlier ones, Yakovenko says
Putinism represents a new threat to the world, one very different in fundamental ways from those of earlier…
Moscow hides its effort to weaken larger non-Russian nations by playing up its support for smaller ones
Everyone who lived through the end of the Gorbachev era will remember that the Soviet president sought to…
Ukrainian autocephaly a defeat for Putin but a victory for a future Free Russia, Illarionov says
Many commentators have suggested that the grant of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is a great…
‘Putin’s Ribbentrop’ emphasizes Moscow still wants all of Ukraine, Portnikov says
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow will not recognize the Donbas “republics” because to do so would…
Putinism – a greater threat to humanity than anything the West has faced before, Yakovenko says
Speaking to the Forum of Free Russia in Vilnius, Igor Yakovenko says that “over its many thousand years…