Putin’s man in Minsk unlikely to achieve Putin’s purposes, Yegorov says
Many are worried that Vladimir Putin’s new man in Minsk, Mikhail Babich, the new Russian ambassador and special…
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Moscow has complex system to run agents of influence abroad, Khmelnytskyi says
As Moscow’s geopolitical isolation has increased, Dmytro Khmelnytskyi says, the role of its agents of influence abroad and…
Moscow seeking to provoke revolts in Ukraine’s Azov Sea ports, Ukrainian admiral says
Admiral Serhiy Hayduk, commander of the Ukrainian Navy, says that Russia is seeking to provoke revolts in Mariupol…
Russian jailers aren’t letting Protestants visit their imprisoned co-religionists
One of the fundamental requirements of the Christian faith is that believers should visit people in jail. Russian…
West’s paramount task is to prevent Belarus from being swallowed up by Russia, Melianas says
Imantas Melianas, a senior Lithuanian specialist on ethnic minorities and national security, says that the most important task…
‘Clarity on Caspian has given Russia the opportunity to control Sea of Azov,’ Moscow commentator says
Analysts have offered a variety of reasons for the breakthrough on the Caspian – increased Russian concerns about…
Russia betting on internal conflict in Ukraine
The Ukrainian state has taken two independent actions which have obliged Russia to accelerate its preparations for intervening…
Moscow pursuing ‘forced integration’ of Belarus into Russia now, Sivitsky says
Russian actions toward Belarus since 2015 show that Moscow is no longer pursuing the “union deal” it had…
Moscow’s ‘little green men’ stage provocation in Moldova, republic’s Defense Minister says
Moldovan Defense Minister Eugen Sturza says that Russian forces, without identifying markers, have carried out massive maneuvers involving…
A new GULAG is emerging just as Stalin’s did slowly and insidiously, Gudkov warns
A “new GULAG” is emerging in Russia “right before our eyes,” opposition politician Gennady Gudkov says. For the…
Ten years after: why Georgia failed to reintegrate its occupied territories
Read also: Georgia’s lessons of peacebuilding now instructive for Ukrainians Never-ending Geneva These days ten years ago, the Russo-Georgian…
On hunger strike since May, Oleg Sentsov is ready to die in protest against Putin’s imperialism
Everyone has heard of Jan Palach, the young Czech student who set himself on fire on January 19,…
Could Putin’s pseudo-Cossacks on Belarusian border become ‘the little green men’ in Belarus?
As relations between Moscow and Minsk deteriorate, the Russian government has moved units of Vladimir Putin’s pseudo-Cossacks into…
‘Vladimir Putin is killing Oleh Sentsov,’ Milshteyn says
One of Vladimir Putin’s greatest advantages has been the willingness of others to accept his definition of what…
Russia’s private military companies a more toxic form of Latin American death squads, Pastukhov says
Many countries have private military companies, Vladimir Pastukhov says; and there is no reason that Russia should not…
Putin’s Russia has a social pyramid like the oriental despotism it is, Eidman says
Russia under Vladimir Putin resembles an oriental despotism in that all property belongs to the ruler and all…
Putin disliked Ukrainians long before he seized Crimea, KGB veterans reportedly say
When Vladimir Putin was serving as a KGB officer in East Germany, he had the reputation among his…
The Russian war against Georgia is far from over
Despite suggestions by analysts like Sergey Markedonov that the 2008 Russian-Georgia war is over, Moscow’s aggression against Georgia…
‘This isn’t corruption, Sir; this is kleptocracy’ – why Moscow is so angry at Yerevan
In 1789, the Duke of Liancourt told Louis XVI that what the French king faced was “not a…
Authoritarian modernization ever less possible for Russia and others, Klyamkin says
In the course of his current debate with economist Andrey Illarionov, social commentator Igor Klyamkin makes an important…