Germany strengthens Russia’s insolence with new economic agreement
Whether being busy with internal power battle or having a purposeful long-term ease-on-Russia-strategy, Ukraine weakens its grip on…
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What are Ukraine’s chances of winning against Russia in the International Court of Justice?
What Ukraine demands Two groups of Ukrainian accusations and demands to Russia regarding terrorism in Donbas and discrimination…
No limits for Russia: how PACE agreed to lift sanctions on the aggressor
On Monday, 3 June, a regular meeting of the Rules Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council…
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…
Russian sharp power targeting the European elections in Central-Eastern Europe
International polling, such as Pew’s 2018 research, has been proving the failure of Russian “soft power” since Russia…
Zelenskyi may turn out to be a better Ukrainian president than many expect, Eidman says
Many fear that the inexperienced Volodymyr Zelenskyy may prove to be a disaster as president of Ukraine, making…
75 years after deportation, Moscow’s genocide of the Crimean Tatars continues
On May 18, Crimean Tatars and their supporters around the world marked the 75th anniversary of Stalin’s deportation…
Looks like 1938: how Berlin and Paris made a step towards lifting sanctions on Russia in PACE
This week marked the tenth anniversary of the Eastern Partnership in Brussels. The main news about this event, however,…
Kyiv working via courts to ‘return Russia to framework of international law’
The Ukrainian government has been working quietly but consistently through international courts to “return Russia to the framework…
Russian lawyer who conducted ‘secret Nuremberg’ against Stalinists brings archive to the West
A Russian lawyer who posed as a Stalinist and sought the rehabilitation of Stalin criminals, sometimes successfully and…
Latvian Saeima becomes first foreign parliament to recognize genocide of the Crimean Tatars
Two days ago, the Latvian Saeima became the first foreign parliament to adopt a resolution recognizing Soviet treatment…
Zelenskyi playing on Putin’s fears Ukraine could be an alternative Russia, Kirillova says
Even before his inauguration, incoming Ukrainian president has launched an information war against Moscow, calling on others in…
Were Babich and Belarusian siloviki preparing a coup? Lukashenka appears to think so
Sergey Dorenko, editor of This is Moscow Speaking, says that the Lukashenka regime is engaged in searches and…
When a foreign state buys off officials in another country, it’s more than just bribery
Andrey Dynko, a Belarusian commentator, has reminded the world of something many would like to ignore: when a…
Change of Russian ambassadors won’t slow Moscow’s effort to absorb Belarus, iSANS expert says
The replacement of the brash Mikhail Babich by the more diplomatic Dmitry Mezentsev will not bring any fundamental…
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…
Who is behind reports of a coup plot in Belarus?
Coups and even more reported coup plots are typically murky affairs with one group suggesting someone is planning…
Zelenskyi doomed to be Putin’s personal enemy, Portnikov says
Even though the Kremlin wanted Petro Poroshenko to suffer in the recent elections, it did not want an…
Russia has nothing to offer China except raw materials and empty words, Russian analyst says
Vladimir Putin’s flatfooted offer to China to combine Beijing’s plans for an east-west transit network with Russian hopes…
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…