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…
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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…
Moscow outlined ‘information spetsnaz’ techniques over a decade ago, Shtepa says
In the wake of the Helsinki summit, Moscow’s state information service Russia Today baldly declared that “Russia has…
Putin’s ‘long game’ consists of a multitude of special ops, Shtepa says
Vladimir Putin is almost universally described as a brilliant political tactician, but if the West is to counter…
Ukraine’s main anti-corruption prosecutor keeps office despite gross violations of professional ethics
In 2015, as part of a strategy to tackle corruption and modernize Ukraine after the Euromaidan Revolution, two…
Who’s most at risk of assassination by Putin’s siloviki? Kirillova provides a typology
One of the reasons Vladimir Putin and his regime are able to get away with so many of…
Russian occupiers in Crimea increasingly targeting women and children
The Russian occupiers in Crimea are increasingly targeting the wives and children of Crimean Tatar activists in an…
Putin’s vision and goals make any serious agreement with him impossible, Pastukhov says
Vladimir Putin has convinced himself that a third world war is inevitable and that to improve Russia’s chances…
Kyiv must denounce 2004 Azov Sea accord with Russia now, Ohryzko says
Despite loose talk about convoys and military action, former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko says, Kyiv up to…
Stalin frequently modified Russia’s borders, adding and subtracting territory, Butakov says
One of the most widely held misconceptions about the USSR was that borders among the various republics were…
Moscow’s integration of Donbas from below–via Russian regions–accelerates
Earlier this month, the governor of Orel Oblast, a Russian region adjoining Ukraine, called for a commission to…
The families of the MH17 attack remember
One of those was Bryce Fredriksz. On the morning of July 17, 2014, the 23-year-old left his house on…
The greatest danger in Helsinki: new ‘secret protocols’ or simply ‘understandings’
If the last century of diplomacy teaches nothing else, it is that secret protocols and understandings are a…
‘Russia has begun the integration of the Donbas’ – at the regional level
In the best Putinite tradition, Russia has begun to take steps to integrate and absorb the Donbas into…
US non-recognition policy and Crimea – Russian misrepresentations and Baltic truths
Three US senators, Marco Rubio, Bob Menendez and Rob Portman, have called for Washington to promulgate a policy…
Implicitly conceding Ukrainian autocephaly, Moscow makes plans to split Orthodoxy and dominate one part of it, analysts say
Now that it has become clear that autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is only a question of…