Russia set to cut funding of proxy “republics” in Donbas in favor of Crimea – media
The Russian government intends to stop the "humanitarian assistance to certain territories" in favor of financing projects in…
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“March for Peace” against Russia’s war with Ukraine held in St. Petersburg
On 24 September 2017, from 200 to 400 people in Russia's St.Petersburg held a March for Peace protesting, first of…
FSB may be well pleased with Zapad-2017 outcome, Belarusian analysts say
The Zapad-2017 military exercise has ended “without the annexation of Belarus, a new round of aggression against Ukraine,…
Struggle for Belarus: Minsk is promoting Belarusianization; Moscow, re-Sovietization
Minsk is promoting the Belarusianization of Belarus while Moscow is pushing its re-Sovietization. But because both are being…
Who is Putin’s candidate of choice in the Bundestag?
The elections for the Bundestag, the German parliament, are approaching and Moscow's attempts to influence the outcome of the…
Ukrainian President repeats call for peacekeepers to Donbas at UN Security Council
Poroshenko stressed that there is undeniable proof of Russian involvement in the conflict as he showed the military…
“Russia tries to exchange peace in Ukraine for Ukraine’s freedom” – President Poroshenko at UN
A UN reform is needed A comprehensive reform of the Security Council is long overdue. When the UN was…
Lithuania’s President: UN must rise up against Russia’s abuse or face irrelevance
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, The topic of this year's debate invites to focus on people and our…
Can Forrest Gump defeat Russian propaganda in Belarus?
Sometimes the simultaneous appearance of two stories apparently unrelated sheds light on issues more clearly than either of…
Russia putting historic Crimean landmarks in danger
Ukraine’s Ministry of Temporary Occupied Territories has appealed to UNESCO for help in resolving the situation. The Swallow’s…
‘Putin’s aggression in Ukraine: 35,000 killed and wounded’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Repression of Muslims in Crimea – a reflection of Moscow’s fear of Islam as an anti-colonial force
Zair Smedlyayev, a Crimean Tatar activist, and Said Ismagilov, the mufti of the Umma Muslim Spiritual Directorate (MSD)…
Zapad-2017 – anything but a joint Russian-Belarusian exercise, Sivitsky says
Moscow has advertised Zapad-2017 as a joint Russian-Belarusian military exercise, but it is anything but as it includes…
Gandalf’s case: Russia prosecutes man literally digging up its darkest Gulag secrets
In Petrozavodsk on June 1 began the trial of one of the most amazing people I have ever…
‘Situation in Russia is rapidly getting out of control,’ five leading Moscow experts say
The Kremlin’s backing of radical forms of patriotism and fanatic religious belief has led the situation which is…
Serfdom lives on in Russian thinking and official practice, Kirillova says
Although serfdom was officially abolished in 1861, its underlying principles live on in Russian thinking and official practice,…
Siemens stops shipments to Ukraine’s Naftogaz, fearing lost contracts in Russia
The German company Siemens has stopped supplying equipment for the modernization of the gas transportation system of Ukraine,…
“Zapad-2017”: Russian sabre rattling towards eastern Europe
Major border incidents unlikely but the upcoming Russia-Belarus military exercises demonstrate the extent of Russia’s potential reach. A…
Russian campaign against US consulate in Yekaterinburg has long history, Kirillova says
In response to the closing of the Russian consulate in San Francisco and of two trade representations in…
Former Auschwitz prisoner teaches separatist a good lesson
Former prisoner of Auschwitz concentration camp, 92-year-old professor at the Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy Ihor Malitsky recently…