Russia “using Serbia to destroy Europe,” Ukraine’s Ambassador says
“Serbia is not doing enough to solve this issue,” Ukraine’s ambassador to Serbia, Oleksandr Aleksandrovych, says, of the…
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“LNR” admits to threat of rebellion due to high unemployment in occupied Luhansk
Occupied Alchevsk used to be the industrial centre of Luhansk Oblast, but is now almost totally abandoned by…
Russian “siloviki” oversee power vertical of occupied Donbas
Russia controls the situation in its proxy state in eastern Ukraine, the "Donetsk People's Republic" ("DNR") via Russian-established law enforcement…
“Russia Now Leading Source of ISIS Fighters” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Does Sobchak have a winning message for Russia beyond Moscow’s Ring Road?
Kseniya Sobchak has made her first foray outside of Moscow, a step that appears almost obligatory these days,…
Russian liberals attack current regime but defend foundation of regime as such, Birna says
One of the fundamental weaknesses of liberal Russian thought and behavior, Irina Birna says, is Russian liberals are…
Russian military having serious problems retaining contract soldiers, new data show
Vladimir Putin said this week that he remains committed to moving to an all-volunteer military, even though budgetary…
Putin’s approach to Crimean Tatar leaders like Brezhnev’s toward Soviet refuseniks, Portnikov says
Vladimir Putin’s freeing and then expulsion abroad of Ilmi Umerov and Akhtem Chiygoz, two leaders of the Crimean…
Sobchak’s statement on Crimea has profound consequences for the future, Portnikov says
Kseniya Sobchak’s statement that Crimea is Ukrainian under international law may not matter too much in the short…
Sobchak says ‘Crimea is Ukraine. Period’
Kseniya Sobchak, the Kremlin-promoted “sparring partner” for Vladimir Putin in the upcoming presidential elections, says that “Crimea is…
Former UPA liason officer receives copy of her criminal case as recorded by Soviet NKVD
97-year-old Olha Ilkiv, accompanied by her son Volodymyr, arrived at the SBU headquarters in Lviv to…
Human trafficking scheme forced hundreds of Ukrainians into drug trade in Russia
All “couriers” are tracked via mobile phones that recruiters give them free of charge while they are still…
‘Desperate Pensioner Asks Putin to Send Him a Coffin’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Explaining why those monuments are lying
Across the former Soviet empire, non-Russians have been taking down the Soviet-era statues that Moscow had imposed on…
Russian-American relations will fundamentally change on February 2, Piontkovsky says
The August 2, 2017 law to counter Russian aggression requires that the Trump Administration identify in a report…
Ukrainian teen abducted by Russian FSB charged with school bomb plot, denied medical treatment
While Pavlo now faces 5 to 10-year imprisonment, his life remains at risk as he has a disability…
Putin blames West for all of Russia’s problems but refuses to criticize Trump
Speaking to this year’s Valdai Conference, Vladimir Putin delivered a speech blaming the West for all of Russia’s…
Russia recruited over 5,000 mercenaries to fight in its wars abroad, SBU says
PMC “Wagner” has been in existence for several years. Hundreds of their mercenaries have fought in Ukraine. The…
First recruits from Crimea and North Caucasus republics deployed in 2017 Russian draft
The recruits will travel to their stations by road, rail and air. Military and civil aircraft will…
Wagner mercenaries: what we know about Putin’s private army in Donbas
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) recently unveiled a sensational report – the operation in Crimea, the shooting…