Post-truth world is not something new but a return to the past, Portnikov says
Many people believe that the “post-truth” period the world is entering now is something new, but in fact,…
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For Belarus, Moscow reanimates themes used to justify aggression in Ukraine
Russian propaganda outlets are employing exactly the same thematics they did before Moscow intervened in Ukraine, insisting that…
Poll reveals one-third of our readers would sue Russia for Crimea annexation
The UN International Court of Justice in The Hague held hearings on Ukraine's case against Russia; a court…
Moscow archpriest calls for new death squads to destroy ‘traitor-emigres’
Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, former head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for relations between church and society, has called…
Peoples of Russia have nothing in common except loyalty to Putin, Kashin says
Historians have often observed that one of the fundamental weaknesses of tsarist Russia was that the country was…
Putin’s drive to build totalitarianism with political technology alone collapses, Eidman says
Vladimir Putin has tried to create something that the world has never seen and that quite possibly cannot…
Russian propaganda exploits German feeling guilt for attacking USSR – Yuriy Durkot
Since Ukraine gained its independence in 1991, Ukrainian journalist, publicist and translator Yuriy Durkot has been developing Ukrainian-German…
Ukraine vs. Russia in The Hague: key arguments
On 8 March, the Ukrainian representatives took the floor once again in the International Criminal Court in The…
Russia’s participation in PACE meeting protested in Madrid
On 9 March 2017, Ukrainians living in Spain protested against the Russian delegation participating in a Parliamentary Assembly…
Beijing ready to pump water out of Russia’s Lake Baikal for China’s domestic needs
The Chinese government says that it is prepared to build a 3,000-kilometer-long pipeline to carry water from Russia’s…
Is there a Khrushchevian ‘Crimea’ in Belarus?
Vladimir Putin based his invasion and annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea on the notion that Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev…
Russia in The Hague: the lies, the fakes, and the fairy tales
On 7 March 2017, representatives of Russia were given the floor to answer Ukraine's accusations of funding terrorism…
‘Islam is changing Russia rapidly and profoundly,’ Polish writer says
Last week, Muslim morals police began patrolling the streets of Moscow to warn the faithful against violating the…
Moscow hasn’t figured out how to cope with awakening of Russia beyond the ring road
Officials in the Russian capital remain so Moscow-centric that they have been unwilling to recognize the new reality…
‘The Samantha syndrome’ – a new name for an old threat Putin is exploiting
The Stockholm syndrome, the situation in which a captive begins to identify with his or her captors, is…
What are Ukraine’s odds in the UN Court lawsuit against Russia?
Over 6-9 March 2017, the International Court of Justice will hold hearings on a case where Ukraine accuses Russia…
Putin’s ‘real but Pyrrhic victory’: infecting the world with distrust and division
Vladimir Putin has achieved a real but Pyrrhic victory with his policy of hybridity: domestically - by transforming…
Ukraine accuses Russia of funding terrorism and racial discrimination in the Hague. Full introductory text
On 6 March 2017, the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the UN, started holding hearings…
Protests on the rise across Russia – even where there never were any before
Aleksandr Kynyev, an expert with Aleksey Kudrin’s Committee on Civic Initiatives (CCI), says “social protests are beginning to…
Russian language knowledge declining precipitously in the world and even in Russia, Matviyenko says
In 1900, one in every seven people on earth spoke Russian; now only one in 50 does, a…