Putin provoking rather than preventing Islamist terrorism in Russia, Portnikov says
The 1999 apartment bombings led to actions by Vladimir Putin that contributed to the stabilization of Russia, but…
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The many ways terror serves the regime in Putin’s Russia
Putin’s leadership exploits the fear of Russians caused by terror attacks to maintain their self-perception as a victimized…
Putin’s exploitation of terrorist acts – his rule’s one constant – must be fought, commentators say
The one constant of Vladimir Putin’s time in office, the exploitation of terrorist incidents to impose tighter control…
Kadyrov opens first concentration camp for gays since Hitler’s times
Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov has not only sponsored direct attacks on members of the LGBT community in his…
Only Ukraine’s success can influence positive development of Russia – Lithuania’s ex-Prime Minister
Putin is very much afraid of Ukraine becoming a successful country, so he keeps Ukraine busy with the low-level…
Spoiling Ukrainian-Polish relations: next phase in Kremlin’s hybrid war
It's 6 April 2017 in Ukraine, and the Polish consulates were reopened following a weekly pause after the…
Why Russia does not want peace in the Donbas
No sooner had the members of the contact group in Minsk agreed on the "Easter" truce in the…
‘Crimea effect’ weaker but still significant for the Kremlin, experts say
With the passing of time, the euphoria with which Russians greeted the Crimean Anschluss has weakened, a process…
Will Petersburg terrorist act stabilize or destabilize Russia?
Just as he has in the past, Vladimir Putin is counting on being able to exploit the latest…
Russia’s Crimean Tatar captive goes on hunger strike demanding justice
Ruslan is now undergoing a farcical trial in Russia for the second time. As he explains, the hunger…
New long-haul truckers’ strike may be most important action yet, Klyamkin says
The ongoing long-haul truck drivers’ strike is fundamentally different in its import from the March 26 demonstrations, Igor…
Chechnya – a bigger threat to Russia now than it was in the 1990s, Moscow paper suggests
In the 1990s, Chechnya sought independence from Moscow, and Vladimir Putin has made the suppression of that regional…
“Successor” – a new novel on Russian espionage in USA focuses on Russo-Ukrainian war
American writer, former senior CIA operative with almost thirty years of experience Michael R. Davidson and journalist, analyst,…
Moscow deploys Russian Guard and OMON against truckers in Daghestan
Daghestan is not only the most Islamic and even Islamist place in the Russian Federation. It is also…
Five reasons Putin has lost the younger generation forever
Kremlin propagandists suggest there were two basic reasons why so many young people took part in last Sunday’s…
Russian military’s spring draft shaped by demography and economics
The declining size of the prime draft age cohort in Russia everywhere except in Muslim areas and the…
How Eurovision became the Kremlin’s mousetrap
On 22 March 2017, Ukraine’s authorities barred Russia’s entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest from entering Ukraine. The…
Wife visits Kremlin-jailed Ukrainian journalist in Moscow
Ukrainian journalist and Ukrinform’s correspondent Roman Sushchenko is in Russian jail for 6 months already. The FSB is…
Moscow’s false story about Alaska infuriates residents of Russian North
A story Moscow media outlets put out yesterday claimed that an advisor to the governor of the US…
Kremlin has lost control of the future, but also the past
Russia, it is sometime said, is a country with an unpredictable past; but Russian governments have worked hard…