Russia’s ideology is ‘traditional great powerness cleansed of communism,’ Pavlova says
Both supporters and critics of the Putin regime often say his regime lacks an ideology – Aleksandr Podrabinek…
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Izborsky Club calls for new Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to re-divide Eastern Europe between Moscow and Berlin
The Izborsky Club, a group of Russian nationalist intellectuals that has often been extremely influential in the Kremlin…
How Kremlin propaganda made the EU an enemy in the eyes of Russia
The author, Kristina Potapova, explains that pro-Kremlin disinformation creates feelings of superiority among Russians, which in turn draws…
New Duma law would allow Russians to use any force to defend their lives and property
A group of Russian State Duma deputies, working together with experts from the Interior Ministry and the Russian Guard,…
Russia’s long-haul trucker strike begins to claim political victims
The long-haul truckers strike in Russia is beginning to have an impact on Russian politics. Those governors who…
Putin’s Victory Parade – a horrific Orwellian exercise, Khots says
“’The Victory Parade’ in Putin’s Russia is unique in its absurdity, one in which an imperial army presents…
Putin regime now entering its fifth and final phase, Yakovenko says
Vladimir Putin’s regime, which has always been authoritarian and kleptocratic, nonetheless has evolved over the course of the…
Is Moscow about to transform occupied Crimea into an Islamist enclave?
Even as the Russian occupation forces do everything they can to repress the Crimean Tatars, the most consistent…
The Soviet foundations of Russia’s Great Patriotic War myth
The myth of May 9 The largest myth of the Great Patriotic War is the concept that shifts its…
‘Putin’s GULAG more horrible than Stalin’s,’ researchers say
Many people of good will around the world have been horrified by the case of Rizvan Ibragimov who…
Since 1945, Moscow has been involved in a military action on average every 2 years
Among the many messages the Kremlin wants Russians to take away from its celebrations of Victory Day is…
Even oppressed non-Russians made important contributions to war effort in WW2
A casual consumer of Russian propaganda outlets in advance of Moscow’s commemoration of Victory Day this year could…
Russian opposition must make right of secession centerpiece of its program, Skobov says
Because imperialism has been and remains at the root of almost all of Russia’s problems, Aleksandr Skobov says,…
‘Fearing another 1991, Kremlin is making that outcome more likely,’ Shevtsova says
In yet another manifestation of what Guillermo O’Donnell described as “the powerlessness of the all-powerful,” Lilia Shevtsova argues,…
“Russian history competition turns schoolchildren into extremists,” Russian historians are told
Regional Ministries of Education and City Administrations across Russia have contacted school headmasters, to insist they ban students…
Banditry from Russia-occupied Donbas rapidly spreading back across Russia, Babchenko says
Russia is rapidly descending into “a swamp of illegality and unconstrained banditry” in large measure because those features…
Number of HIV infected in Russia tops 1.5 million, overwhelming health care system
For the past decade, the number of Russians infected with HIV has increased ten percent every year and…
By focusing on corruption alone, Russian opposition unwittingly helping Kremlin, Pavlova says
Alexei Navalny and the liberals who support him have focused almost exclusively on the issue of corruption, a…
KT – Kremlin Today
RT – also known as Russia Today – is an international TV channel and online outlet, which is…
Armenia is the Vichy France of today, Khzmalyan says
Armenia now is like Vichy France in the early 1940s, Tigran Khzmalyan says, “an occupied country” governed by…