Anti-Americanism now Russia’s official ideology, ‘Nezavisimaya Gazeta’ says
Anti-Americanism has become part of the discourse of ordinary Russians over the last year, but senior government officials…
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74 years after Hitler’s invasion, Russia — not Ukraine — moving toward fascism, Inozemtsev says
Seventy-four years ago today, Hitler turned on his ally Stalin and invaded the Soviet Union, an action that…
Kremlin’s Top Five ‘Propaganda Myths, Fakes and Stupidities’ for the past week
As he does each week, Dmitry Bukovsky of Kyiv’s “Delovaya stolitsa” compiles a list of “the top five…
Russia’s new strategy in Ukraine: no ceasefire before allowed to dictate constitution
Russia’s president Putin and foreign minister Lavrov have outlined Russia’s new aims in Ukraine in two clearly worded…
Putin rebuilding the Iron Curtain in his typical ‘hybrid’ fashion
Many people continue to carry with them an image of the Iron Curtain as consisting of barbed wire,…
Russian historian: 2014 Ukrainian Maidan affecting Russia much as 1863 Polish revolt did
Drawing on Richard Pipes’ argument that the 1863 Polish revolt was viewed by many Russians as an illegitimate…
Genetic testing proves Putin is wrong about Crimea and Crimean Tatars
Historians, including Russian ones, have pointed out that Vladimir Putin’s claims that Crimea has been Russian from time…
Ten myths about decommunization in Ukraine
On April 9, 2015, four laws of the so-called “decommunization package” were passed by the Ukrainian Parliament. These laws…
Putin’s sabre rattling threatens Russia’s neighbors, the world, and Russia itself
Vladimir Putin’s increasingly belligerent stance and his announcement yesterday that Moscow will put in place 40 additional nuclear…
Human rights activist: ‘Absurd’ application of extremism laws in Russia today threatens everyone
Aleksandr Verkhovsky of the SOVA human rights monitoring organization says that the Ukrainian crisis and competition among Russian…
Why Russians are dying says a lot about Russia and its regime
Even before the increase in mortality rates among Russians in the first quarter of this year, Russians were…
Seven goals of Russian domestic propaganda have laid a trap for the Kremlin, Kirillova says
As a result of its propaganda effort at home, one that has seven main goals, Kseniya Kirillova says,…
Why is Belarus conducting military exercises on the Ukrainian border?
Two days ago, the Belarusian armed forces began a command staff exercise in Gomel oblast with the territorial…
Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine dividing Ukrainian and Russian baptists
Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and intervention in Ukraine’s Donbas has left many Ukrainian Baptist communities in a difficult…
Russia becoming a ‘cultural desert’ thus putting its survival in doubt, Pain says
“There is nothing predetermined in the history of the development of humanity,” Emil Pain says, and consequently, “the…
Ukraine gets hold of Russian plan for large-scale invasion
Specialists from the group “Mirotvorets” acquired documents from the Russian General Staff that confirm Russia’s intentions to invade…
Nuclear disarmament reversal — direct result of Putin’s invasion in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is changing the nuclear balance in the world in three ways: it is leading…
In addition to massive Siberian land lease, Beijing wants Moscow to agree to massive Chinese settlement
Transbaikal officials are working on a deal with China that would allow Chinese firms to lease more than…
Canadian volunteers fed up with Ukrainian government’s inaction, issue ultimatum
In an open letter addressed to the Ukrainian government, Canadian volunteers demand that the Ukrainian government equipes the…
By supporting Chechen across Russia, Grozny challenges Moscow’s language policy — and with Moscow’s money
Chechnya under Ramzan Kadyrov has challenged Moscow in many ways, but now it has taken on a new…