Chief of Russia’s FSB: Stalin-era repressions were largely justified
Aleksandr Bortnikov, the director of the FSB secret police [a successor to the KGB], says that the political…
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Kyiv’s hold on Polish politics: why anti-Ukrainian rhetoric in Poland will grow stronger
The first of November in Poland is a state holiday and vacation day, All Saints’ Day, when one…
Sunday Saakashvili rally attempted to seize palace in Kyiv, 32 law enforcers hospitalized
Speaking to his yet another "Impeachment March" on 17 December on Khreschatyk, the central street of the Ukrainian…
Breaking the rules: Crimea, disinformation, doping
On December 2, the news broke that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to sanction Russia’s participation in the 2018…
International Criminal Court points to direct military confrontation between Russia and Ukraine
In its Report on Preliminary Examination Activities 2016, the Office reported that by April 30, 2014 the…
Russian-American Dialogue: Cooperation or Blackmail?
The United States must improve relations with Russia, since without Russia’s participation, a host of international problems cannot…
Northern Kazakhstan likely to be Putin’s next target for aggression
Given that Vladimir Putin very much hopes to get a new political boost like the one he received…
Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine: unknown if Ukraine will get membership roadmap in future
Prior to the event, Ukrainian media reported that the country could lose EUR 600 mn of macro-financial aid…
“Occupiers’ Methadone Ban Fueling HIV Explosion in Crimea” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Peter Wagner: The billions of funds for Ukraine not implemented for bureaucratic reasons
What should be done to fight corruption in Ukraine? During the bilateral EU-Ukraine Summit in June-July the EU…
‘Russians Stripped of More Medals as Doping Scandal Spreads’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Terrorist threat to Crimea: Russian ties to the Islamic State
Rabbi Abraham Shmulevich, president of the Institute of Eastern Partnership (Israel) evaluates the accuracy of this report and…
Putin’s meddling in US elections backfiring on his own allies at home and on Americans who helped them, Shevtsova says
The Kremlin’s effort to affect the outcome of the 2016 US presidential elections has provoked one consequence Moscow…
Moscow can’t close Ukrainian language schools in Russia because there aren’t any
A major reason that Moscow has to struggle to find symmetrical responses to anything other countries do is…
Russia stands behind “DNR” leader’s order to confiscate food crops, echoing Stalin’s Holodomor
Oleksandr Zakharchenko, the self-proclaimed leader of the Russian client statelet, the Donetsk Peoples Republic, has called for the…
“DNR leader” Zakharchenko orders confiscation of local crops
The text of this “Order” dated Novemeber 3, 2017 has been published on the “DNR” website. “Cereals and…
Russian info war against US, far broader than last year’s elections, an act of terrorism, Latynina says
Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again acceptance of Vladimir Putin’s claim that Moscow didn’t interfere in the 2016 US presidential…
Failure of Kremlin’s ‘Trump is Ours’ plan leading it to rethink Ukraine policy, Piontkovsky says
The failure of Vladimir Putin to get a sit down with Donald Trump represents “the agony of [the…
US, China have more in common than either has with Russia, regardless of leader’s feelings, Shelin says
However much Moscow suggests otherwise and however much inertia still leads others to share its conclusions, the United…
US, EU actions on Russia a remake of what brought the much stronger USSR to its end, Yakovenko says
The almost certain approval of a US defense budget that will provide assistance to Ukraine, including lethal arms,…