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…
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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…
Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russia Today – leading outlets for anti-Semitic and anti-Israel propaganda, Israeli researchers say
In its annual survey of anti-Semitism in the world, the Kantor Center at Tel Aviv University says that…
“Putin backers to ‘bare their breasts’ for Kremlin leader” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
10% decline in number of births in Russia frightens economists
Just before the May holidays, Russia’s state statistical agency released figures on births, deaths and marriages that Moscow…
Striking Russian truckers, opposition parties to cooperate as some regional officials start talks
As the long-haul truckers’ strike in Russia enters its second month, some of the striking truckers have reached…
New high profile arrest is a test for Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies
The fight against corruption in Ukraine finally starts to reach the system's core. On April 20, Mykola Martynenko,…
Poll: How will Russia interfere with the final round of the French presidential elections?
On April 23, independent centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen won the first round of the French…
Demolition of khrushchoby now – a chilling echo of 1999 apartment bombings
Vladimir Putin ensured his rise to power by orchestrating the blowing up of apartment buildings in Moscow and…
Russia must decentralize or it will stagnate and then disappear, Pastukhov says
The new Russian revolution, Vladimir Pastukhov says, is today “only a question of time” but will provide “a…
Russian long-haul drivers’ strike still strong on Day 30
Government-controlled media in Moscow continue to ignore the long-haul drivers’ strike on its 30th day, and regional outlets…
A new “scissors crisis” in Russia: Oil prices up but GDP down
Over the past year, the editors of Nezavisimaya gazeta point out, the price of oil has risen by…
Daghestan’s long-haul truckers detail their grievances in appeal to Putin
While some drivers are going home briefly to plant their gardens and while officials are claiming that the…
Who is Zeytullaev, the Crimean Tatar Russia just sentenced to 12 years without a crime?
For three weeks prior to the second sentence, Ruslan was on hunger strike protesting against the state terror…
Hunger strike for all Crimean Tatar hostages of Russia | VIDEO
On 26 April 2017, Russian military court sentenced the Crimean Tatar activist Ruslan Zeytullaev to 12-year imprisonment. He…
Moscow Patriarchate taking control over property of its parishes in Ukraine to block them from leaving
Faced with a rising tide of parishes in Ukraine whose members have voted to transfer their allegiance to…
Russians list Putin’s greatest successes and greatest failures
A new Levada Center poll showing that more than half of Russians are tired of waiting for Vladimir…