Russians dream of “Syrian scenario” for Ukraine — Russian analyst
Russian political analyst Andrei Piontkovsky, who has been forced to leave Russia, discussed possible scenarios for a "Syrian…
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Talk about ‘hybrid’ regime obscures Putin’s creation of a ‘neo-Stalinist state,’ Pavlova says
Talk the supposedly “hybrid” nature of the Russian state now with its insistence that everyone avoid comparing it…
Putin’s special operations achieve a second and larger victory when they are exposed
Many in the US and elsewhere are horrified by Vladimir Putin’s overt and covert efforts to affect the…
The Pinchuk “compromise” and plans to destroy Ukraine
All talk of compromise with Putin is part of a plan for the political destruction of Ukrainian statehood.…
Kyiv analyst dismisses former Ukrainian PM’s plans for pro-Russian ‘government in exile’
Ruslan Bortnik, the head of the Ukrainian Institute for Analysis and Management, says today that the idea now…
Russia now at real risk of being stripped of 2018 World Cup, Trump its “last hope”
With yet another sports competition just moved out of Russia (2017 Biathlon World Cup & World Championships) and…
Russian special services aren’t the all-powerful agencies many believe, Kirillova says
Many in Russia and the West have come to believe, under the influence of Putin and pro-Putin propaganda…
Western leaders again more afraid of Russian disintegration than of Russian threat, Kasparov says
Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov said many interesting things in the course of his responses to questions from…
Like Crimea, ‘Trump is Ours,’ Russian products proclaim and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Moscow is trying to destroy the Crimean civic nation, Shtepa says
Even as Moscow seeks to impose a civic national identity on the various nations of the Russian Federation,…
Russia fell apart when its leaders overrated its strength and that could happen again, Inozemtsev says
Twice in the last “long century,” Russia has fallen apart because its leaders overrated the strength of their…
Putin’s most likely next anschluss – a united Ossetia within the Russian Federation
A Georgian political analyst has warned that Vladimir Putin’s most likely Anschluss in the coming year would involve…
The illusory plans for US-Russian reconciliation
Putin is at war with the US, not with Ukraine. And his victory over the US will depend…
The Russian Federation’s disintegration won’t be like the USSR’s, Zhordan says
One of the most superficially compelling arguments of those who insist that the Russian Federation will never fall…
A Trump-Putin deal on Crimea could trigger a much bigger war, Israeli analyst says
Avraam Shmulyevich, a leading Israeli specialist on ethnic issues in the former Soviet space, says that Kyiv might…
With reforms impossible, some Russians predict revolution, Baklanov says
Given that Vladimir Putin has signaled that any serious reforms in the near term are unlikely or even…
Where Russia is already beginning to collapse – the Permafrost Zone in the Far North
The Siberian Times newspaper has called attention to a study showing that the melting of permafrost zone in…
Former Soviet republics must and will become Russia’s ‘protectorates,’ Moscow blogger says
Given loose talk among some in the West about recognizing a Russian sphere of influence over the former…
The Independent published untruthful news on Trump’s meeting with Kissinger
The British newspaper The Independent published an article on a meeting between the President-elect Donald Trump and the…
Putin’s Busy Week
Even as Russian propagandists say that the Kremlin leader was not involved in the Russian doping program, something…