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Putin’s reaction to Sobchak’s question: why did you let her speak?
During the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s summary press conference, TV host and TVRain journalist Kseniya Sobchak asked him…
Medvedev wears platform boots to a meeting with the President of Kazakhstan
The Russian Prime Minister awed the Kazakh press. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who may be fired from…
Analysis of Ukraine Freedom Support Act after amendments
I have written this report to set the record straight about the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014.…
Russia: the ruble crashes
The Russian Central Bank increased the key rate from 10,5 to 17 percent per annum on December 16.…
Putin’s strongman in Chechya to fight Ukrainians in Donbas
The head of Putin’s administration in Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, intends to ask the president of Russia to let…
Putin making Belarus into base for attacking Kyiv, Minsk analyst says
Even as Moscow appears to be reducing its military actions in southeastern Ukraine, a “reduction” that is at…
Was Russia’s economic miracle real?
The multi-year increase in the price of oil has created the illusion of an economic miracle in Russia.…
How cronyism exploits Ukrainian neo-Nazis
Ukraine’s early presidential and parliamentary elections earlier this year proved to be disastrous for the Ukrainian party-political far…
Open Dialog foundation told about the prospects of Ukraine’s Lustration law
On December 11, Agnieszka Piasecka, the Project Coordinator to support lustration and justice reform in Ukraine from Poland’s…
Here resides Putin’s puppet: “Kaputin” targets pro-Russian Czech president
On 7 December 2014, a banner with the words “Here resides Putin’s puppet” crowned the highest point of…
Russia and the West: who is more moral?
“Russia… is a country which strives to build a fair society based foremost on moral values,” said Vladimir…
The awkward role of the OSCE in Ukraine
There was a lot of clapping last week as Switzerland ended its OSCE-chairmanship and praised its role in…
Activists waited for victims of Putin’s regime at arrival of Russian flight in Prague
Activists in Prague’s airport held 10 signs with the names of people that died or seriously suffered from…
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…
Dalia Grybauskaite: no need for Western leaders to deal with Putin directly
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite says that she doesn’t want to have anything to do with Vladimir Putin until…
Gazprom head: Zero gas through Ukraine
Miller described Russia’s new strategy for gas market. The head of the Russian company Gazprom in an interview…
Ukraine and Putin: the aggressor’s bad luck
Vladimir Putin managed to accomplish everything before December 1, 2014. Since the moment of Crimea’s annexation in March,…
Opinion: Only Ukrainians, not foreigners, are capable of reforming Ukraine
As a former member of the government in Ukraine who lived in Europe for four years and knows…
Russia’s parliament: recognize EU countries and the US as “aggressors,” blacklist foreigners, raid their consulting businesses
The Russian State Duma wants to recognize EU countries and the US as “aggressors.” The corresponding bill was…