Is Russia planning “a new Donbas” in the Balkans?
A few weeks ago the Associated Press published a widely syndicated article about a Russian ‘spy base’ located…
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Russia’s involvement in Donbas war open secret in Donetsk – France 24
The war in Donbas has been ongoing for 2,5 years. The economy of Donbas is devastated, and despite…
Putin’s ‘improvised war hysteria’ risks going ‘out of control,’ Shelin says
The militaristic hysteria the Kremlin has unleashed in order to frighten the West and win support at home…
Putin and Russia both far weaker than many think, three analysts say
Vladimir Putin and the country he heads are far weaker than Moscow propaganda suggests and, what is equally…
Putin likely to expand Russian invasion of Ukraine in January, Felgenhauer says
Rumors and fears about the possibility of a third world war between Russia and the West have become…
Russia preparing for war in the media but not in the budget, Moscow commentators say
The Moscow media are filled with stories suggesting that Russia is preparing for war, but a close examination…
MH17 report may lead Moscow to use military force against Belarus, Minsk analyst says
The reactions to the international report that Russia was behind the shooting down of the Malaysian jetliner have…
Eastern Europe arming itself because ‘no one wants to be the next Ukraine’
In what many are calling “the Putin effect,” countries across Eastern Europe, including even Belarus, nominally Russia’s closest…
Putin returning Russia ‘not to Soviet but to Stalinist’ state security system, Felgenhauer says
Reports that Vladimir Putin wants to create a single security agency in place of the plethora of such…
Russia determined to expand influence over former Soviet colonies
The overall picture for Russia in autumn 2016 in regard to some of its former European colonies that…
Umerov case highlights why Crimean Anschluss a threat to Russians, Portnikov says
All people of good will can only welcome the release of Ilmi Umerov from a psychiatric hospital, after…
Russia hit problems recruiting for war in Donbas, Tymchuk says
Russia’s military commanders over the “LNR” and “DNR” regimes are increasingly concerned about the inability of the two to recruit…
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…
Putin’s hybrid war objective is to capture effective control, Sazonov says
Many in the West have failed to see that “the main goal” of hybrid war is to change…
No one in the Donbas believes the ceasefire will last
No one in the Donbas believes the ceasefire declared there a week ago will last, and many say…
Putin’s war games on Ukrainian border aimed at Western leaders above all, analysts say
In January 1991, after Soviet soldiers killed 14 Lithuanians in Vilnius, a remarkable political cartoon appeared: It showed…
Three more danger signs regarding Putin’s intentions in Ukraine
Whether Vladimir Putin will launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the near future or simply continue to…
Two years after the Ilovaisk tragedy, guilty not found
August 29 is a day of commemoration of the victims of the Ilovaisk tragedy in Ukraine. Two years…
Ukrainian civil society responded more readily to Putin’s invasion than the government
Interview with Ihor Koziy, military expert at the Institute of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation and Valentyn Badrak, Director of the…
NATO losing war of narratives while Russia emerges as leader of nationalist bloc
NATO’s most functional dimension has been its “soft-power,” which may seem bizarre as ostensibly it is a military…