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…
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FSB, SVR divide control of Moscow Patriarchate church at home and abroad, Ukrainian intelligence official says
The Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (ROC MP) at the present time is “99 percent controlled”…
China reopens Siberian river diversion debate that divided Soviet society before 1991
Beijing’s proposal for the diversion of part of the flow of rivers from the Altai inside the borders…
The West’s failure in 1991 must not be repeated now
Twenty-eight years ago today, Moscow sent troops to Lithuania and killed 13 people in the vain hope of…
Russian analyst: Two simple reflexes explain Putin’s decisions
As the gap between what Vladimir Putin says and does and what Russians see around them widens, ever…
Belarus already under Russian troll attack designed to give Moscow a base for further aggression
Belarus meets all three requirements as a target for a hybrid war and then use it as a…
Moscow commentator: ‘Era of Russian-American nuclear parity rapidly coming to an end’ and not in Russia’s favor
Despite all of Vladimir Putin’s talk about super weapons that no opponent can stop, the aging of Soviet-era…
Moscow commentator: ‘Trump’s policy completely corresponds to Russia’s national interests’
Russian commentators are celebrating Donald Trump’s decision to pull American forces from Syria, with some calling it the…
This week’s highlights: Ukraine’s new church, Russian threat remains, Germany wants Nord Stream 2
Church independence became closer Last week's Ukrainian pinnacle event occurred on the weekend. On 15 December the Unification…
When Moscow talks of ‘deep integration’ of Belarus, it means annexation, Lukashenka says
Speaking in Minsk today, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka says that “under the pretext of ‘deep integration,’” Moscow wants…
Foreign naval vessels can use Northern Sea Route only with Russia’s advance approval, Moscow says
As of next year, foreign military vessels will be allowed to traverse the Northern Sea Route only after…
24 years ago, Moscow attacked Chechnya, triggering a war that changed everything
Most people today are focusing on bidding farewell to Lyudmila Alekseyeva, the great human rights activist that Vladimir…
How Russian propaganda denigrates Ukraine with disinformation
Belittling Ukraine’s navy Last Sunday two of Russia’s most viewed TV channels told their audiences that the three…
Putinism – a greater threat to humanity than anything the West has faced before, Yakovenko says
Speaking to the Forum of Free Russia in Vilnius, Igor Yakovenko says that “over its many thousand years…
Putin’s invasion force is only 18 km from Ukrainian border and West is ignoring it, Eidman says
Vladimir Putin has assembled “hundreds of Russian T-64 and T-62M tanks and thousands of military vehicles” only 18…
The Russian Federation will disintegrate but not ‘just like the Soviet Union did’
Twenty-seven years ago on December 8, 1991, the presidents of the RSFSR, the Belarusian SSR and the Ukrainian…
Ukraine finally scraps friendship treaty with Russia. But it won’t change much
Friendship treaty On 31 May 1997, then President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma and his Russian counterpart Boris Yeltsin signed in…
Moscow’s next provocation against Ukraine likely to involve use of air power, Starykov says
Pointing to a buildup in Russian forces near the border, the Ukrainian military says that the Russian threat…
Putin’s approach to Ukraine threatens entire international order and must be reversed, Skobov says
As hard as it is to imagine in the 21st century, Vladimir Putin is perfectly prepared to go…
Putin has crossed a Rubicon – Will the West respond?
Vladimir Putin has now done openly what he has denied doing in the past and what most Western…