‘As long as Trump’s in the White House, Putin will remain in the Kremlin,’ Nemets says
Many Western and some Russian commentators have seriously misread what the new American sanctions have done to the…
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Moscow inserts political operatives into African countries where elections are scheduled
Even as the United States and other Western countries wrestle with the question of how involved Russian operatives…
Broad coalition of non-Russians launch Internet petition drive against Putin’s language policies
Representatives of a significant cross-section of non-Russian nations now within the borders of the Russian Federation have launched…
60 MEPs call on the EU to boycott FIFA-2018 over Russian wars, Ukrainian political prisoners
60 Members of the European Parliament from 16 EU countries and 5 different political groups have signed an…
Kyiv must create an International Day in Memory of Victims of Russian Aggression, Ukrainian commentator says
The current conflict between Russia and the West provide an opportunity to create an International Day of Memory…
In Skripal case, Kremlin following procedures it used for earlier political murders, Pastukhov says
At first glance, Vladimir Pastukhov says, Moscow’s approach to the Skripal scandal appears “irrational and inadequate, in fact,…
Poroshenko calls for Ukraine to formally leave the CIS
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that Kyiv is preparing the documents necessary to formally leave the Russian-dominated Commonwealth…
Lithuanian Prime Minister: don’t separate the Kremlin and the Russians; this is a mistake
Saulius Skvernelis, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania, believes that the West's approach to discriminate between…
Ukraine to adopt new sanctions package against Russia – Poroshenko
Soon, Ukraine will adopt a new package of sanctions against the Russian Federation, taking into account the USA…
Many Russians will welcome harsh Western actions against oligarchs, Skobov says
One of the “most popular” arguments Putin supporters in the West use against the imposition of sanctions against…
Putin planning to interfere in Belarusian elections to replace Lukashenka, Sivitsky says
Russians already now are “considering scenarios of a so-called ‘transit of power’ in Belarus” in the parliamentary and…
More than half of all non-Kazakhs in Kazakhstan now speak Kazakh, Astana says
Artystanbek Mukhamediuly, Kazakhtan’s culture and sports minister, says that 83.1 percent of the population of his country now…
Putin thinks he’s winning and is expanding his Stalinist attack on West, Pavlova says
Many in the West following the decision of more than 20 countries to expel Russian diplomats to show…
The “golden hands” saving lives on the front lines
Vladyslav Horbovets (vascular surgeon): Military medicine has always been at a high level in Ukraine. In the USSR,…
Illegally imprisoned Ukrainian journalist sends sketches to family
Ukrinform correspondent in France, Roman Sushchenko, was detained in violation of international legislation on September 30, 2016 in…
The Kremlin’s top 5 lies about Ukraine
Lie No.1: Ukraine is a “failed state” Russia has been trying to convince the world that Ukraine is…
There is no place in Putin’s world for the non-aligned, Portnikov says
During the first cold war, Moscow and Washington tried to recruit as many countries to their respective sides…
Putin listening to both “party of war” and “party of peace” within his regime, Felgenhauer says
Vladimir Putin is listening both to “a peace party” within his administration and “a war party,” responding positively…
The forgotten tragedy of Koryukivka: How the Nazis exterminated a town of 7,000 souls
In the French village of Oradour (June 1944), Nazis murdered 642 inhabitants; in the Czech village of Lidice…
Russian media have published 20 different narratives on Skripal poisoning
As British investigators probe the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, international consensus continues to…