Poroshenko’s confectionery factory in Russia to be closed
The corporation Roshen belonging to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is closing its confectionery fabric in Lipetsk, Russia. News…
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Is Neutrality a Solution for Ukraine? | Infographic
In December 2016 on the anniversary of Budapest Memorandum signature, the Institute of World Policy presented its study…
Nuclear grand bargain unlikely but talk of it may serve Moscow’s interests
Donald Trump’s unexpected suggestion that he might lift sanctions against Russia imposed for Moscow’s invasion and occupation of…
Putin’s remarks about Russian prostitutes say more about him than about Trump, Orlova says
Many in the US have seen Vladimir Putin’s talk about media reports concerning Donald Trump and Russian prostitutes…
Three signs Russian military and its political bosses are in trouble
The Kremlin-controlled media and often--echoing it--Western outlets paint a picture of Russia as a burgeoning military power, with…
Three Russian answers to the question ‘Is a Putin-Trump strategic alliance possible?’
Russian analysts are currently split into three distinct groups on the question of whether “a strategic alliance” will…
Full text of Ukraine’s case against Russia in UN court
Ukraine institutes proceedings against the Russian Federation and requests the Court to indicate provisional measures In the late…
Like his ‘hybrid wars,’ Putin’s ‘hybrid repressions’ are all too real, Tuomi says
Some in Russia and in the West appear to think that if one inserts the world “hybrid” in…
Putin can’t ‘catch up and surpass West’ — he can only exploit divisions and spread chaos, Yakovenko says
For more than 200 years, Russian leaders were inspired by the idea that their country could “catch up…
Russian involvement in Ukraine’s Donbas “republics”: 10 things you should know
Despite Russian denials of their direct involvement into the secessionist "Donetsk People's Republic" ("DNR") and "Luhansk People's Republic"…
What Putin is doing is “hooliganism” at the state level, not struggle for spheres of influence, Portnikov says
Even if Donald Trump or other Western leaders were to recognize a region as lying within Russia’s sphere…
Khrushchev gave us ‘sputnik,’ Gorbachev ‘perestroika,’ and Putin … ‘kompromat’
The changing nature of the country centered on Moscow is well reflected in the words its leaders have…
Ukrainian journalist ponders over historical similarities to “DNR/LNR” and eventual solutions
When France left Algeria in 1962 and Tunisia and Morocco in 1952, it was forced to take in…
Russians calling Washington ‘Nashington’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Putin conducts his foreign policy like a special op, Melnikov says
Vladimir Putin is conducting his foreign policy like the special op of an intelligence service, reflecting both his…
Ten new and discouraging statistics perfectly capture Putin’s Russia
The last 24 hours have brought a flood of discouraging statistics that both individually and collectively more perfectly…
Outline of possible ‘Big Deal’ between Putin and Trump on Ukraine emerging, Oleshchuk says
Ukrainians and their friends and supporters have been so worried that any grand bargain between Vladimir Putin and…
Russia’s creeping annexation of Georgian territory
If the Kremlin decides to recognize the "people's republics" in the Donbas, the next step will be the…
Ten pieces of bad economic news from Russia in last 24 hours alone
While the attention of Russians and others around the world have been diverted – and one should ask…
Moscow plans to ‘export separatism’ to Baltic countries, Christensen says
Moscow analyst Yuri Christensen says that Moscow plans to “export separatism” across the entire former Soviet space, including Estonia,…