More Russian long-haul truckers join strike and send trucks to Moscow
In the last 24 hours, more than 60 long-haul truckers joined the strike encampment in Manas in Daghestan,…
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Moscow TV propagandist says terrorist attacks in France could still turn the tide for Le Pen
Vladimir Solovyev, a host and commentator on Russia's second largest and state-owned television channel Rossiya-1, said today that “terrorist…
Tearing down the khrushchoby: From renovation to deportation to revolution?
The Kremlin’s backing for Moscow city’s decision to tear down the infamous five-story “khrushchoby” apartment buildings and for…
Russia can no longer afford a blue water navy, defense minister suggests
Sergey Shoygu, Russia’s defense minister, says that Moscow will still build submarines – a giant one was launched…
‘Kremlin’s greatest worry: will the siloviki shoot at the people?’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Putin follows Hitler and Stalin in seeking to repress Jehovah’s Witnesses
In declaring the Jehovah’s Witnesses an extremist organization, Vladimir Putin’s regime is following in the steps of Hitler…
Putin reaffirms Stalinist version of origins of World War II, Pavlova says
No issue is as sensitive in Russian society as World War II, a conflict Russians call “The Great…
‘With Crimea, we got Poklonskaya,’ some Russians say in disgust
Some Russians recognize that Putin’s Anschluss of Crimea was simply wrong, others are upset that absorbing the Ukrainian…
Number of Russian citizens fighting for ISIS in Syria up dramatically in last year
The Kavkaz-Uzel portal has just published a detailed, 20,000-word study about people from Russia’s North Caucasus who are…
Striking truckers warn Moscow: ‘Shed our blood and there’ll be a revolution’
Even as Moscow continues to ignore or downplay the size of the long-haul truckers’ strike – with Dmitry…
Results of French presidential elections will shape Ukraine’s future in Europe
So the first question is let's have a quick recap of all the big candidates positioned towards Europe.…
Liudmyla Hlondar: My brother, hostage in “DNR” for 2 years, says only hope is prayer
What was said at the meetings? Were any concrete decisions made? We’ve been fighting long and hard…
‘Spetsnaz of the USSR’ – the new Russian irregulars in Syria now fighting for Assad
The Syrian military does not have enough personnel to simultaneously launch major attacks, suppress militants, and garrison cities…
‘Why should Russian taxpayers be interested in Ukraine?’
Eight days ago, US Secretary of State posed a rhetorical question to his G-7 counterparts, “Why should US…
For all its problems, Ukraine now easternmost of Western countries rather westernmost of Eastern ones
Rudyard Kipling famously observed that “the Russian is a delightful person till he tucks his shirt in. As…
Life after war: US and Ukraine veterans talk strategy on rehabilitation
Pizza Veterano is a special Kyiv pizzeria. It was created by Ukrainian soldiers who came back from the war…
‘Young Russians love Putin, state ownership and socialism,’ poll finds
The massive participation of young Russians in the March 26 anti-corruption demonstrations led many Russian and Western analysts…
Putin regime now seizing and destroying archives to whitewash the Soviet past
The Putin regime has moved beyond banning and confiscating books, an increasingly ineffective measure given that most publications…
West fails to recognize nature and scope of Putin’s hybrid war against it, Eidman says
Many in the West have “the wrong idea about how the Russian manipulation machine works,” Igor Eidman says,…
American CITIZENS should care about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Many commentators have now answered US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s question, “Why should US taxpayers be interested…