Explaining why those monuments are lying
Across the former Soviet empire, non-Russians have been taking down the Soviet-era statues that Moscow had imposed on…
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Russian-American relations will fundamentally change on February 2, Piontkovsky says
The August 2, 2017 law to counter Russian aggression requires that the Trump Administration identify in a report…
Ukrainian teen abducted by Russian FSB charged with school bomb plot, denied medical treatment
While Pavlo now faces 5 to 10-year imprisonment, his life remains at risk as he has a disability…
Putin blames West for all of Russia’s problems but refuses to criticize Trump
Speaking to this year’s Valdai Conference, Vladimir Putin delivered a speech blaming the West for all of Russia’s…
First recruits from Crimea and North Caucasus republics deployed in 2017 Russian draft
The recruits will travel to their stations by road, rail and air. Military and civil aircraft will…
Kremlin political prisoner allowed visit from mother
One of the Kremlin’s political prisoners, the Ukrainian Stanislav Klykh was allowed a visit by his mother. This…
Global warming threatens Moscow’s Arctic development plans and the lives of people there
Some Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin, apparently believe that global warming will work to Russia’s ultimate benefit by…
Top Russian state TV propagandists pick up this year’s Russian “Emmy Awards”
The Russian independent outlet The Insider was the first to present highlights from the TEFI winners’ back catalog of fake news stories.…
Is Trump’s delay in imposing new sanctions playing into a larger Moscow game to lift them?
Many Russian commentators are suggesting that Donald Trump’s refusal to impose Congress-mandated sanctions on Russian leaders is an…
Separatism Transcarpathian style: is Hungary aiming to grab a part of Ukraine?
Some Hungarian politicians dream of reconstructing the country’s pre-WWII borders. This means incorporating the borderline areas of Austria,…
‘Russian Security Agencies Said Increasing Recruitment of Ukrainians’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
The Black Hundreds of 1917 have returned to Russia
In a classical example of Russian suggestions that “everything new is the well-forgotten old,” Nakanune commentator Elena Kiryakova…
Putin’s system is irreversibly collapsing, says Piontkovsky
The future of Vladimir Putin and system of power he created will be determined in the next few…
Putin will restore Iron Curtain after elections, Agora’s Chikov says
Pavel Chikov, head of the Kazan-based Agora Human Rights Organization, says that after Vladimir Putin is re-elected, the…
Russian Finance Minister: Higher military spending, lower oil prices led to collapse of USSR and can do the same to Russia
Yesterday, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov became the most senior Moscow official to say what many independent analysts…
Putin comes up with another way to hide Russian combat losses
Vladimir Putin’s decision to allow foreigners to serve in the Russian military not only reflects Russia’s demographic problems…
Putin’s power isn’t legal but has been legitimized by violence and lies, Yakovenko says
Vladimir Putin’s power is “not legal because he was not once chosen in correspondence with the law,” but…
‘Russia Disappearing from Radar Screen of Young Ukrainians’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Four Crimean Tatars detained in new wave of religious persecution
Victims of the Russian “police of thought” On 2 October, masked Russian security officers raided the house of…
Kremlin ‘road-tested’ repressive measures on LGBTs before applying them more broadly, Khots says
Like many dictators before him and just as Pastor Niemoeller warned, Vladimir Putin tested various repressive measures on…