As Russian Far East protests enter fourth week, Khabarovsk residents now say ‘We are the power here!’
As the demonstrations in Khabarovsk which began as a protest against Moscow’s removal of the elected governor of…
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Pay a fine if you use Ukrainian passport — new rules for Crimeans with double citizenship
The “right to one-off departure” from Crimea On 27 March, the Russian Government authorized more restrictive rules for…
Why Ukraine should support Yuri Dmitriev, Russian historian unearthing Stalin’s repressions
On July 22, a court in Russia’s Karelia region sentenced 64-year-old historian Yuri Dmitriev. The man was found…
Russia on course to suffer 400,000 more deaths than births in 2020, new Rosstat figures show
The number of deaths rose to 783,800, 0.3% more than in the same period in 2019, while the…
Russian-occupied Crimea: Lessons of hypocrisy
As it was informed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Russia’s lower chamber of parliament, the State Duma, has…
“We’re against the Putin regime!” Fifth day of protests in Russia’s Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk
On the morning of July 9, 2020, the governor of Khabarovsk Krai, Sergei Furgal, was arrested by FSB…
Putin moving from ‘Great Victory’ to hostility to entire world – and young Russians are ready to follow him, Ilchenko says
Just as “Crimea is Ours” paled with time as a mobilizing tool, so too Vladimir Putin’s “Great Victory”…
With his changes to Russian Constitution, Putin has suffered a serious defeat, Gozman says
The great Russian novelist Victor Serge wrote a series of novels highlighting “the victory in defeat” and “the…
Putin restores the GULAG by legalizing slave labor of convicts
Given all the changes Vladimir Putin is making in these days in the Russian constitutional order, ones that…
Shevtsova: Kremlin’s ‘obsession’ with Ukraine crippling Russia
The Kremlin’s “obsession” with Ukraine, Lilia Shevtsova, once again this week very much on display in the wake…
President of Memorial: Russian rights activists who backed Russia’s return to PACE repeated error of liberals in 1993
The capitulation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to the Russian Federation has taken place…
Europe is for sale and Putin is buying
Two days ago, the Council of Europe voted to ignore its own warnings about Russian aggression and human…
Kremlin planning to avoid transition of power, not to arrange it, Shklyarov says
There are at least two reasons why the Kremlin is working to avoid any transition of power from…
Is handing out passports in the Donbas Putin’s solution to Russia’s demographic collapse?
Vladimir Putin’s decision to offer Russian citizenship to those living in Russian-occupied portions of Ukraine and possibly others…
‘Any effort to establish a dictatorship in Russia will end with a Stalinist one,’ Ikhlov says
The recent arrests of Russian government officials Abyzov and Ishayev like the earlier ones of Belykh, Ulyukayev and…
Kremlin readying a return to totalitarianism, Ponomaryov and Ikhlov say
All too often, Lev Ponomaryev and Yevgeny Ikhlov warn in a new commentary, observers focus on one or…
Conflict over Crimea between two peoples, not just two states, Portnikov says
When the history of the 21st century is written, Vitaly Portnikov says, Russia’s occupation of Crimea “beyond any…
Kirillova: Sochi Games scandal revealed what Putin was like even before Crimea
Five years ago this weekend, the Sochi Olympiad ended with many Russians convinced that it showed Russia had…
Ukraine has separated from Russia, but Russia hasn’t from Ukraine, Shelin says
“The victory of the Kyiv revolution in February 2014 marked the final divorce of Ukraine and Russia and…
Russian businessman: 10 rules for foreigners to keep their integrity and property while working in Russia
Following the arrest of Michael Calvey, the senior partner at Baring Vostok Capital, ever more people are asking…