Five years after Anschluss, US moves toward a formal non-recognition policy on Crimea
US leaders like their EU counterparts since Vladimir Putin invaded and then annexed Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014 have…
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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…
Churchill’s diagnosis of Stalin’s Russia remains true for Putin’s, Bezsmertnyi says
Seventy-three years ago, Winston Churchill gave a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, which is now remembered…
Will Putin face the tribunal for Russia’s “human shields” in Crimea?
The concept of “human shields” in international law International humanitarian law prohibits the use of civilians for military…
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…
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…
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…
‘Russia’s dependency on China growing with each passing day,’ Felgenhauer says
Three days ago, Pavel Felgenhauer published in Moscow's Novaya gazeta an article headlined “The Dependence of Russia on…
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…
Putin takes a page from North Korea’s playbook against Trump, Eidman says
Vladimir Putin’s sabre rattling in his presidential address was intended to tempt Donald Trump into acting he has…
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…
Russian war with Ukraine a clash of civilizations, Ikhlov says
Russian aggression in Ukraine which is seeking to rejoin Europe is a clash of civilizations that has its…
Despite official harassment, OCU’s only church in Russia holds on
Moves by the Russian occupation forces in Crimea to close down or transfer of all Ukrainian Orthodox Churches…
Putinism is a genuinely new threat and not simply a revival of earlier ones, Yakovenko says
Putinism represents a new threat to the world, one very different in fundamental ways from those of earlier…
In post-Soviet countries, ethnic Russians are assimilating to titular nationalities, Kozlov says
Something unprecedented is happening to ethnic Russians in many post-Soviet states, Vladimir Kozlov of Moscow's Higher School of…
The hard fate of foreign Russia-lovers: Ksenia Kirillova on the Paul Whelan case
For at least the past five years, Russia is steadfastly ratcheting up conflicts with Europe and the United…
Crimea’s Russians who backed Anschluss now turning against Moscow, Vasiliyev says
Many ethnic Russians who lived in Crimea before the Anschluss considered themselves more Russian than even those in…
New Siberian website provides data on Russification of non-Russians and repression of Russians
At a time when most Russian sites are devoted to promoting an entirely positive image of the Russian…
Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses continues in Russia despite Putin’s statements
When Vladimir Putin said at his press conference last month that he saw no justification for attacks on…