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Moscow’s attacks on Cossacks show limits of Putin’s ‘reconciliation’ program
“Reconciliation is a good thing, and hostility is bad,” Igor Klyamkin says. “But there are reconciliations and reconciliations,”…
Russian sociologist: ‘Almost no one in Russia wanted real democracy with separation of powers’
Vladimir Putin and his regime are a logical reflection of the fact that “almost no one [in Russia]…
On 75th Anniversary of Soviet occupation, Balts must remain vigilant, Grybauskaite says
Seventy-five years ago today, the Soviet Union began to occupy Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, act the West never…
Changing even administrative borders no easy thing in post-Soviet states
Many commentators write as if changing borders was a simple process that only requires a decision from above…
Russian writer: The Day of Russia – ‘holiday of another country’
Twenty-five years ago, the RSFSR adopted a declaration of state sovereignty, an event Moscow has marked in various…
Putin’s misreading of situation behind hardening of West’s position on Ukraine, Portnikov says
The toughening of the West’s position on Ukraine, very much in evidence at the G7 meeting, reflects the…
The Azov regiment is “outraged” by statements in the USA House of Representatives
The House of Representatives of the US Congress is considering an amendment refusing to train the Azov regiment…
As Ukraine de-Sovietizes, Russia’s 2nd city will prohibit dropping Soviet place names
Not satisfied with the three-year moratorium imposed by St. Petersburg governor Georgy Poltavchenko on changing street and other…
State of EU-Russia relations: A brief analysis of the EP vote
On 10 June 2015, the European Parliament adopted a resolution “on the state of EU-Russia relations“. It is…
Moscow returning to tsarist Russification policies, Chuvash activist says
The reduction in the role of non-Russian languages in Russia and their being driven out of many public…
About 60% of enemy fighters in Donbas are former or current servicemen of the Russian Federation
The total number of enemy forces on the territory of Ukraine is about 42 thousand. About 60% of…
Ex-terrorist leader: only an idiot will deny that “republics” in Donbas are a Kremlin creation
Igor Girkin, ex-minister of defense of the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” has once again publicly contradicted Russia’s official denials of…
Russians equated Ukraine with the US
Together with the United States, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, Ukraine was considered a country “most unfriendly to Russia”…
Saakashvili’s presence makes Odesa likely target of Russian provocations, Kirillova says
Many have suggested that Moscow will move against Odesa or Kharkiv lest any effort to create a Russian…
Russian newspaper: Regarding Ukraine, Putin’s actions undercut Putin’s arguments
Russian actions in Crimea and the Donbas “have weakened Russian arguments about the change of power in Kyiv”…
Russia’s geopolitical ‘successes’ rely on ethnic cleansing, Kyiv commentator says
Russia has succeeded in holding its conquests only by conducting significant ethnic cleansing, according to Ukrainian commentator Petro…
12,000 pages of laws should be passed to align Ukraine with EU legislation
Is Ukraine on track for the EU? Of course, there are multiple indicators that measure EU’s Eastern Partners’…
Russia has betrayed not just Ukraine but the entire civilized world, Portnikov says
This week’s meeting of the G7 has been forced to focus not on the challenges posed by the…
Tatar historian: ‘Russians are no more European than are the Tatars’
European scholars now recognize that no one can understand the present without a thorough understanding of the Middle…