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…
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‘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…
Kremlin political prisoner allowed visit from mother
One of the Kremlin’s political prisoners, the Ukrainian Stanislav Klykh was allowed a visit by his mother. This…
Global warming threatens Moscow’s Arctic development plans and the lives of people there
Some Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin, apparently believe that global warming will work to Russia’s ultimate benefit by…
Top Russian state TV propagandists pick up this year’s Russian “Emmy Awards”
The Russian independent outlet The Insider was the first to present highlights from the TEFI winners’ back catalog of fake news stories.…
Is Trump’s delay in imposing new sanctions playing into a larger Moscow game to lift them?
Many Russian commentators are suggesting that Donald Trump’s refusal to impose Congress-mandated sanctions on Russian leaders is an…
‘Russian Security Agencies Said Increasing Recruitment of Ukrainians’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
The Black Hundreds of 1917 have returned to Russia
In a classical example of Russian suggestions that “everything new is the well-forgotten old,” Nakanune commentator Elena Kiryakova…
Czech president’s position on Crimea reflects a dangerous trend
The proposal that Czech President Milos Zeman made to Russia about the need to "pay" Ukraine for the…
Russia brags about “Russian” Crimea in DPRK atlas where South Korea “annexed” by North
The Russian Embassy in the North Korea in their 12 October post on Facebook proudly reports that Crimea,…
The treason of Europe: PACE adopts resolution allowing to lift political sanctions against Russia
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted by a large majority a decision aimed at lifting…
Putin will restore Iron Curtain after elections, Agora’s Chikov says
Pavel Chikov, head of the Kazan-based Agora Human Rights Organization, says that after Vladimir Putin is re-elected, the…
Russian Finance Minister: Higher military spending, lower oil prices led to collapse of USSR and can do the same to Russia
Yesterday, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov became the most senior Moscow official to say what many independent analysts…