“Kremlin views Trump as ‘stupid, un-strategic, and manipulable,'” and other neglected Russian stories
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‘There are no liberals in Putin’s Kremlin,’ Barbashin and Inozemtsev say
One of the most beloved and effective arguments of those who favor a softer approach to Moscow regardless…
Putin has as much to fear in Belarusian protests as Lukashenka does, Portnikov says
Because the money is running out and because Russia can no longer make up the difference, Alyaksandr Lukashenka…
By 2050, eight Russian regions will be submerged under water, Urals researchers say
Part or all of eight Russian regions will be under water by mid-century as a result of global…
‘Moscow names Kuril island to honor Hero of Ukraine Derevyanko’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Seven things Russians need to understand about their country and themselves now
Many of the problems Russians now face are rooted in their firmly-held misconceptions about the nature of Russia…
Anti-Semitism on the rise in Russia and Moscow sends the wrong message about this trend
Given the rise in xenophobia in Russian society following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and his increasingly repressive…
Extending Moscow-Kazan power-sharing treaty will destroy Russia, Gorevoy says
If Moscow extends the Russian-Tatarstan power-sharing treaty beyond its expiration date this summer, Ruslan Gorevoy says, not only…
Putin’s policies make clash of Orthodox and Islamic civilizations in Russia more likely
Vladimir Putin’s campaign against liberalism and secularism is opening the way for a violent clash of civilizations –…
Like Hitler, Putin told the West in advance what he’d do – and the West ignored him
Ten years ago this week, Vladimir Putin told the Munich Security Conference exactly what he intended to do…
Putin said plotting a new refugee crisis to influence EU elections
George Vella, the foreign minister of Malta, says that Vladimir Putin is now seeking to exacerbate the civil…
Five more disturbing revenants from Soviet past in Putin’s Russia
Even as Vladimir Putin claims that Russia is fated to have a great future, the Kremlin leader is…
Moscow has put the Russian Internet ‘under martial law,’ Agora says
Moscow’s crackdown on the Russian section of the Internet over the last year has been so seeping and…
Moscow’s manipulation of statistics seen getting even worse in run-up to Putin’s re-election
Russian officials have always manipulated and sometimes totally falsified statistical information about their country, but in the coming…
Nicholas II wanted ‘good little war’ with Japan; Putin needs one in Ukraine, Kalashnikov says
Nicholas II famously wanted “a good little war” that would bring him victory and shore up popular support…
Putin may exploit disarray in Washington to launch attack on Belarus, Minsk experts say
Two experts at the Minsk Center for Strategic and International Research say that Vladimir Putin may use the…
Russian forces using Hamas-style terrorist tactics in Ukraine, Portnikov says
Russian forces in Ukraine are now using one of the most beloved tactics of terrorist groups like the…
Russians consume 700 calories a day fewer now than at the end of Soviet times
Comparing social well-being across time or among nations is a notoriously difficult challenge, but the most universally accepted…
Putin’s actions in Avdiivka show he killed his beloved idea of ‘a triune people’ of Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians, Ikhlov says
Like many Russian nationalists, Vladimir Putin has long insisted that Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians are not separate nations…
‘Russian spies interfered with Nobel Committee to prevent Poroshenko Peace Prize’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…