To annex Donbas, Moscow would have to destabilize Ukraine by attacking elsewhere, experts say
Just as Moscow opened the way to its annexation of Crimea by undermining Ukrainian positions in the Donbas,…
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Kseniya Kirillova
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Moscow deploys the most dangerous kind of disinformation against Ukraine
Lies are one thing; disinformation quite another, as the late Nathalie Grant warned decades ago. The first can…
Nemtsov and Moscow’s Bloody List
February 27 will mark exactly six months since the death of my close friend and colleague, Russian and…
List of Kremlin-linked deaths since Nemtsov’s murder continues to lengthen
Today, many people around the world will be commemorating the second anniversary of the murder of opposition Russian…
Plans for a “Great Serbia” and the Kremlin’s hybrid war in the Balkans
Another quite serious escalation may happen in the Balkans. This is an opinion shared by several European and…
‘Some damn thing in the Balkans’ again – Putin seeks to exacerbate conflicts there
At the end of the 19th century, Otto von Bismarck prophesied that “some damn thing in the Balkans”…
Ukraine Can Defeat a Russian Invasion, says American Colonel
Should Moscow invade Ukraine, Kyiv stands a good chance of inflicting a strategic defeat on the Russian armed…
Russia’s 2008 “spying scandal” guise for FSB-oligarch takeover of TNK-BP
The famous case of the Zaslavskiy brothers is now eight years old. In 2008-2009, Russia accused Ilya Zaslavskiy, an…
Another death of a Russian opposition journalist: Alexander Shchetinin remembered by Kirillova
Ukrainian authorities have launched a murder investigation into the death of a prominent Russian journalist found shot to death at…
Wondering how Trump could happen? Look to Russia
As the presidential election in the United States approaches, the anxiety of political commentators and ordinary Americans grows.…
Servility and Guilt: Putinists among Russia’s diaspora
Two analysts recently addressed support for Putin among Russia's diaspora communities against the backdrop of a longstanding tendency…