Russia and West defeated communism in 1991 but not Russian imperialism, Shenderovich says
In 1991, Russian liberals successfully defeated communism, but they failed to understand that they needed to defeat a…
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The Kremlin and the GULAG: Deliberate amnesia
Read also: Moscow secretly destroyed GULAG victims records in 2014 The classified order on “The effectuation of the order…
Russian cemeteries now feature real headstones for regular troops KIA in Ukraine
Even though the Russian media are providing ever less coverage of Ukraine and Russia’s involvement there than only…
Trump’s statement on Crimea can lead to serious consequences, says American analyst
However, many American political scientists draw attention to the fact that if such a statement was really expressed,…
Ukrainian suggestion that Russia should be called Muscovy infuriates Russians
Even though Russian officials and commentators have felt free to call Ukraine and Ukrainians other names, the suggestion…
Moscow still refuses to recognize Soviet genocide of Ingermanlanders
Most of the peoples whom Stalin deported have been allowed to return to their home areas and have…
Putin-Trump meeting won’t result in dramatic changes on Ukraine many fear and some hope, Shevtsova says
Vladimir Putin has achieved a major goal with plans for a summit between him and US President Donald…
Putin’s rise had 13 ‘fathers’ and 12 serious opponents, Illarionov says
Vladimir Putin and the Russian political system known as Putinism did not emerge out of nowhere, Andrey Illarionov…
Three largest Russian militant training facilities identified
After the Wagner disaster in Syria, Russian and Western journalists reported about its training facility near Molkino where…
Two dangerous proposals on Crimea with even more dangerous consequences
Any time a dispute lasts beyond a few weeks, it is almost inevitable that some of those involved…
EU’s unity on Ukraine under threat by slow pace of reforms in Kyiv
Council conclusions on Ukraine are being blocked, the biggest group in the European Parliament has openly threatened to…
Japanese expert: Ethnic Ukrainians form 60% of Northern Territories’ (Kuriles’) population
Yoshihiko Okabe, an expert on Russia at the University of Kobe in Japan, says that “about 60 percent…
What do you call a successful terrorist? Your excellency!
It has long been a witticism among specialists on international relations that terrorists who succeed are no longer…
Moscow secretly destroyed GULAG victims records in 2014
Roman Romanov, the director of the GULAG History Museum in Moscow, says that one of his researchers, Sergey…
Putin seized Crimea with regular army but outsourced action in Donbas
There are many differences between the Russian seizure of Crimea and Russian actions in the Donbas, but perhaps…
Ukrainian Parliament votes to create an Anti-Corruption Court
Before the final voting, Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, Chief Executive of Transparency International Ukraine said that the bill which was…
World Cup Awareness: Five Things Worth Knowing About Propaganda in Russia
But along with the fans and the football players come the camera crews and the journalists, many of…
Ukrainian autocephaly just as inevitable as restoration of USSR is impossible
Some were disappointed that the Constantinople Patriarchate did not make the Ukrainian church autocephalous at its meeting on…
Putin repeating Stalin’s genocide with ‘new hybrid deportation of Crimean Tatars’
Seventy years after Stalin expelled 200,000 Crimean Tatars from their homeland, Vladimir Putin is doing it again, albeit…
Study: A third of Moscow TV news is about Ukraine, and 90% of it is negative
A new study by the Ukraine Crisis Media Center says that between July1, 2014, and December 31, 1917,…
