Russia is deescalating nuclear blackmail, as it has not coerced Kyiv into negotiating – ISW
In its daily Russian Offensive review, the Institute for Study of War notes that Russian officials began de-escalating…
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West must avert long-term war in Ukraine – US Gen. Wesley Clark
During a special military panel of the Kyiv Security Forum, Wesley Clark, the retired US four-star general and…
Russian propaganda escalates, laying ground for nuclear strike
While continuing its armed assault on the battlefields of Donbas, the Kremlin is boosting its attacks against Ukraine…
Russians increasingly casual in talking about use of nuclear weapons
One of the most dangerous trends in Russia today is the increasingly casual approach many people there have…
Garry Kasparov: If Putin’s nuclear blackmail works against Ukraine, he will use it next in Poland or Estonia
Putin’s nuclear blackmail against Ukraine has been working so far I cannot say with certainty that Putin will…
Is Putin mentally ill? Would he press the nuclear button? Interview with top Ukrainian psychoanalyst
Interviewer: I remember various security conferences in Ukraine a few years ago. Each time, when one of the…
Putin’s nuclear arms blackmail caused a ‘mini-Chornobyl’
When the Chornobyl nuclear accident took place in 1986, the behavior of the Soviet powers that be was…
Kremlin’s ‘Mobilization Party’ believes limited nuclear strike would save its power at home and boost Russia’s abroad, Piontkovsky says
A newly coalescing “Mobilization Party” in the Kremlin is convinced that it can only save its own position…
Piontkovsky: To save his regime, Putin preparing to use nuclear weapons convinced West will blink first
“Even the toughest authoritarian regime cannot operate on force alone,” Andrey Piontkovsky says, noting that the collapse of…
Putin, his position shaky, may begin new aggression with nuclear blackmail, Piontkovsky says
Russia is not in a position to engage in an arms race with the United States, Andrey Piontkovsky…
Putin is preparing to fight and win a limited nuclear war against the West, Skobov says
Putin is preparing to fight and win a limited nuclear war, convinced that “the effete West will refuse…
Russian Orthodox Church: Performance of song about nuking US in St. Isaac’s Cathedral ‘in bad taste’
Few stories from Russia in recent times (other than anything connected with Vladimir Putin) have sparked a larger…
Putin has three goals in playing nuclear card against West now, Kirillova says
Vladimir Putin’s new round of sabre rattling against the United States is not simply an extension of what…
‘Undoubtedly Russia has put nuclear weapons in occupied Crimea,’ Felgenhauer says
Pavel Felgenhauer, an independent Russian military analyst, says that even though Moscow will not confirm or deny the…
Trump may negotiate with Putin for the same reasons he’s talking with Kim Jong-Un, Novoye Voennoye Obozreniye suggests
The editors of Novoye voyennoye obozreniye, the military affairs supplement to Nezavisimaya gazeta, suggest that the trajectory of…
Moscow’s development of poisons like one used against Skripal has long history and dark shadow
Felix Kubin, a Russian who defected to the US in 2013, says that he was approached before that…
Putin may not get a new Yalta but face a new Star Wars program, Pastukhov says
Vladimir Putin’s address yesterday was primarily directed at his domestic audience which wouldn’t have believed him if he…
Russian-American Dialogue: Cooperation or Blackmail?
The United States must improve relations with Russia, since without Russia’s participation, a host of international problems cannot…
Zapad-2017 – anything but a joint Russian-Belarusian exercise, Sivitsky says
Moscow has advertised Zapad-2017 as a joint Russian-Belarusian military exercise, but it is anything but as it includes…
Moscow plans to ‘export separatism’ to Baltic countries, Christensen says
Moscow analyst Yuri Christensen says that Moscow plans to “export separatism” across the entire former Soviet space, including Estonia,…
