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Putin’s ‘appropriation’ of medieval Ukrainian princess reflects more than historical arrogance
In Paris, Vladimir Putin said that “the enlightened French public knows about the Russian Anna, queen of France,…
Moscow heavily involved with ISIS and other terrorist groups, Ukraine tells NATO
In the not so distant past, the United States government would have taken the lead in exposing Russian…
Moscow’s campaign against Jehovah’s Witnesses a threat to all believers in Russia
The Putin regime has had undeserved success in presenting itself as a defender of Christianity, but its campaign…
Difficult choice for Ukraine as identities of KGB agents finally come to light
Ukraine’s resolve to open the archives of the communist special services makes publicly available not only the files…
‘Russian Trumpism’ includes two different, even contradictory, strains, Smagin says
There are two very different strains in “Russian Trumpism” today which sometimes coincide and appear to be formally…
When Russian liberalism doesn’t stop at border with Ukraine or at ring road around Moscow
It is often said and with some justification that “Russian liberalism ends at the borders with Ukraine” –…
Spying is far from the only ‘action incompatible with diplomatic status’
Tallinn has not yet provided an official explanation for its decision to expel two Russian officials from Moscow’s…
‘Molotov is alive and looking for a new Ribbentrop,’ Lithuanian foreign minister says
Speaking in Bratislava yesterday, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said that “Molotov is alive and looking for a…
“Putin said to orchestrate Trump’s impeachment” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Russian police arrest striking long-haul truckers and then plant ‘incriminating’ evidence
In a move that suggests the Russian authorities have decided to crack down hard on the striking long-haul…
Putin’s Russian world increasingly informed by a Nazi aesthetic, Moscow specialist says
Many commentators have discussed whether Vladimir Putin is a fascist in any serious sense, but most have failed…
Russia’s penal reforms point to return of ‘renewed’ GULAG, Novaya Gazeta says
Moscow has taken great pride in the fact that the number of Russians incarcerated in its penal system…
Facebook to counter Kremlin-style info interventions in election campaigns
The document acknowledges that governments or organized non-state actors take to Facebook to “distort domestic or foreign political…
Long-haul drivers converged on Moscow from five regions last weekend
Long-haul truck drivers from Daghestan, Ryazan, Saratov, Orenburg and St. Petersburg converged on Moscow over the weekend only…
Russia supplying North Korea with ever more coal and oil, Moscow business paper says
In the face of Western efforts to isolate North Korea, Russia has almost doubled its sales of coal…
Moscow Patriarchate still has more parishes in Ukraine than its Kyiv counterpart but fewer followers
The Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church routinely says that it has more parishes in Ukraine than…
Latgals want their place in the sun but in Latvia, not in Russia
Many in the West have speculated that Vladimir Putin might exploit the social, linguistic and ethnic problems in…
Russia’s act of genocide against Circassians lasted more than 150 years, Chukhua says
Today, Circassians and their supporters mark the 153rd anniversary of the day Russian forces expelled Circassian nation from…
Putin’s anti-Ukrainian propaganda playing role state anti-Semitism did in Soviet times, Ikhlov says
Vladimir Putin’s “rabid” anti-Ukrainian propaganda resembles and is intended to have a similar outcome to Soviet state anti-Semitism,…