Donbas NGOs present strategy to solve crisis in eastern Ukraine
“The main problem of the conflict in Donbas is not a military defeat or humanitarian crisis, but rather the…
Browsing Tag
International
2560 posts
‘Beat the Jews, Save Russia’ – an ugly old slogan returns in Putin’s Russia
The climate of fear and hatred that Vladimir Putin has created in Russia which first was directed against…
Riga journalist: Moscow has already begun hybrid war against Latvia
In words that some will dismiss as being like those of the little boy who cried wolf and…
Nemtsov feared revolutions but what he sought is revolutionary
Boris Nemtsov “was afraid of becoming a victim of a revolution” whose results he feared could lead to…
Russian oppositioner: ‘Zombification of society keeps Putin in power but will destroy Russia’
The ongoing “zombification” of Russian society and especially of young people and intellectuals is “a guarantee of the…
Putin’s Russia between the Reichstag fire and the Kirov murder
No one can disagree with Yuliya Latynina that with the murder of Boris Nemtsov, Russia has entered a…
First Putin marginalizes his critics, then he kills them, and then he shifts the blame
The horror and revulsion all people of good will feel about the murder of Boris Nemtsov in the…
Why Nadiya Savchenko must be freed: Russia has committed a war crime against her and Ukraine
Michael A. Newton, a lawyer in international law, has written an affidavit showing how Nadiya Savchenko’s defence can be…
Boris Nemtsov’s last facebook post: Crimea annexed unlawfully
On the evening of 27 February 2015, the oppositionary Russian politician Boris Nemtsov was killed near the Kremlin.…
‘Instead of a Maidan, the Donbas has come to Moscow’
The murder of Boris Nemtsov within sight of the Kremlin means that “instead of a Maidan,” against which…
Nemtsov feared Putin would kill him and now the Kremlin leader has
Almost three weeks ago, Boris Nemtsov said that he feared that Vladimir Putin would kill him for his…
Kyiv analyst: Putin will likely attack a NATO country next
Because Vladimir Putin seeks both recognition as the leader of a superpower and a new Yalta at which…
Georgian diplomat: What stopped Putin in Georgia in 2008 won’t stop him in Ukraine
“Ukraine is where Georgia was six years ago, but Russia has been transformed into a second North Korea,”…
Putin is not a superman and the Russian military is not all-powerful
Despite Vladimir Putin’s bombast and his apparent success in convincing many Russians and some Western leaders otherwise, the…
Moscow preparing revolts in major Ukrainian cities, Poroshenko ally says
Having been slowed by Ukrainian resistance and hope to use the Minsk Accords to avoid new sanctions, Moscow…
The 8 ways Putin failed Russia in Ukraine
At a time when criticizing Ukraine for mistakes it has made in pursuing its goals is a cottage…
Character assassination – Russian style
Today I discovered that pro-Russia activists, pro-Russia trolls and reporters of Russia Today spread a screencap of a…
Five notable developments in a country disappearing from Russian news broadcasts
Valery Panyushkin today points to a development that, like the dog in the Sherlock Holmes story which didn’t…
Both Putin’s supporters and his opponents overestimate him
Those who support Vladimir Putin and those who oppose him overestimate the Kremlin leader, Vitaly Portnikov says, with…
Kharkiv terrorist act opens new and horrific stage in war in Ukraine
A “new stage” has begun in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, one that involves terrorist actions like…