Kremlin-linked Russian commentators step up calls for ‘destruction’ of Ukraine
While most coverage of Russia has been focusing on the FIFA World Cup and Russians' obsession about a…
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It’s not my story…
It's all about Oleg Sentsov... “What’s the situation in Ukraine?” - I hear this question quite regularly. A…
To rule Russia, Putin doesn’t need mass murders: he has TV, Khersonsky says
There are as yet no mass repressions in Russia, but there is “simply no need for them,” Ukrainian…
Russia lacks a state in the normal sense, Polikovsky and Oreshkin say
Russia has never had a state in the normal sense of the term and does not have one…
The old/new “Red Director”: the who, when & how of Yuriy Boiko’s eventual “comeback”
A month later, the EU and the USA imposed sanctions on Yanukovych and his clan. The list was…
Moscow dispatches even more ‘private military companies’ to Syria and Africa
Moscow has now dispatched another of what it calls “a private military company” to fight in Syria, a…
Putin and Trump aren’t conservatives: they’re reactionaries, Golts says
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have managed to convince many others and perhaps even themselves that they are…
Sorry, world, for being ourselves…
Forgive us, Ukrainians, for sending our sons and brothers to be wounded and killed in the war every…
Three pieces of very bad economic news for Putin
Vladimir Putin may not have been able to use the 2018 FIFA World Cup to distract Russians sufficiently…
Russia’s transformation of ethnic mix in occupied Crimea an act of genocide
Most definitions of genocide focus on the mass murder of one ethnic group by representatives of another, but…
Trump’s summit with Putin constitutes an ‘unprecedented act of betrayal,’ Eidman says
Even before it takes place and US President Donald Trump makes concessions to Vladimir Putin in exchange for…
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…
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…