Putin’s personality cult exceeds Stalin’s ‘by every measure’
Although few want to recognize that this is the case, the personality cult surrounding Vladimir Putin far exceeds…
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A vicious circle: The more aggressive Putin is, the more Russians love him
Russian polls, admittedly not the most reliable source, suggest that the more aggressive Vladimir Putin is, the more…
Former KGB colleague: Putin isn’t going to start a nuclear war but may destroy Russia
Despite threatening language, Vladimir Putin is not going to start a nuclear war, according to Yuri Shvets, who…
Kazakhstan: state-managed elections against the backdrop of the authorities’ crackdown on dissent
Early presidential elections resemble a staged play under the facade of democracy. Uncompetitive elections are a way for…
Another Caucasus war for Putin? Daghestan aligns with Chechnya against Russian law enforcement
Vladimir Putin’s “Kadyrov problem” just got a lot larger, so large in fact that it may ultimately cost…
Joe Biden: Ukraine is fighting for its future on the battlefields of the East and in the halls of power in Kyiv
The United States of America stays committed to supporting Ukraine, said the Vice President of the United States…
How Putin’s ‘Kadyrov problem’ impacts Russia and Ukraine
Vladimir Putin’s use of Ramzan Kadyrov brought a kind of stability in the North Caucasus – professions of…
Putin teaches geography: ‘All the former USSR is Russia’
The 150-minute film “The President” about Vladimir Putin is mostly boring and predictable in that it insists that…
Moscow sociologist: Putin’s power resembles a witch doctor’s
Totalitarianism can emerge in any society if conditions are created to promote the restoration of “social and cultural…
Russia’s CIS partners won’t celebrate Great Fatherland War Victory anymore
The Western media have kept close track of the growing list of world leaders who won’t be attending…
Kremlin’s ‘Top 5’ misrepresentations about Ukraine this week
As he does each Sunday, Dmitry Bukovsky of Kyiv’s “Delovaya stolitsa” chooses from among the flood of Russian…
Former head of Ukrainian Security Service: Putin can’t conquer Ukraine but he can start a WW3
In an address to the Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn yesterday, Igor Smeshko pointed to one of the…
20 questions for those who back Putin’s aggression in Ukraine
Viktor Kadochnikov, a Russian blogger, poses 20 questions that he suggests those who support Vladimir Putin’s aggression in…
Night Wolves. Russian killing machine factory
We finally debunk the myth about the peaceful character of the Night Wolves (Nochnye Volki) organisation. Analysing the…
Analyst: Putin knows massive attack on Ukraine would be catastrophic
Andrey Piontkovsky, who in the past has warned that Vladimir Putin will continue to escalate his acts of…
Nemtsov allies want to add Russia’s chief propagandists to Magnitsky List
The Russians came to Washington yesterday. Former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and advisor Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. met with…
Putin using Victory Day cult as Brezhnev did – to distract attention from failures and the future
Vladimir Putin is using Victory Day for the same reasons Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, who made it a…
The new political landscape of Ukraine
Geographical peculiarities of presidential and parliamentary elections of 2014 During the last year, two national elections were held…
Is Putin about to begin a third Chechen war to escape Ukrainian impasse?
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s statement that his forces should attack anyone, “Muscovite or Stavropol resident,” who might appear…
Another Pastor Niemöller moment passes in Moscow
Perhaps the most searing self-indictment of those who watch the onset of totalitarianism but do not protest because…