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Even as Russian propagandists say that the Kremlin leader was not involved in the Russian doping program, something…
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No matter how much Trump may want to, he can’t ‘give’ Ukraine to Putin, Piontkovsky says
“However much he may desire it, no [US president including Donald] Trump can give Ukraine [to Russia]” because…
Russia learned in Aleppo what to do with Ukrainian cities, Moscow TV host says
Most people have been horrified by what Russian and Syrian forces did in Aleppo even if they accept…
The Kissinger effect
New information about the possible involvement of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the development of…
The ugly things Moscow might do if Ukraine is consigned to a Russian sphere of influence
All too many people in the West are casually talking about recognizing Ukraine as lying within a Russian…
The West didn’t ‘betray’ Russia: Russia betrayed its best self
For the past several weeks, many in Russia and the West have been having fun with a Facebook…
In Russia, 7-year old SMS gets you 7 years of prison
In early December, Oksana Sevastidi's undeservingly forgotten story came to the Russian media's attention. In March 2016, the simple…
25 years on, evil empire is less big but no less evil, Yakovenko says
Twenty-five years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev bowed to the inevitable and handed over the nuclear codes to Russian President…
Moscow media have launched an anti-Belarus campaign, Warsaw’s EAST Center says
Beginning in November, the Eurasian States in Transition (EAST) Center in Warsaw says, Moscow media sharply increased the…
Ten types of Russian weapons didn’t work well in Syria, the Russian defense minister says
Russian forces demonstrated their prowess in the destruction of the opponents of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad,…
How bad are things in Russia? Children ask Grandfather Frost to send them to the dentist
There are many ways to measure how bad things are in any country but perhaps the best way…
Putin’s ‘achievement’ in Syria: now Russians the target for Muslim anger, Portnikov says
The murder of the Russian ambassador to Türkiye is the first victim of the hatred of Russia and…
Putin needs a new cold war to stave off the end of the empire, just like Soviet leaders, Karelian says
The Soviet leaders in the 1940s initiated the first cold war to delay the disintegration of their empire;…
A state of war exists between Russia and Ukraine, Portnikov says
It is a measure of the triumph of Kremlin propagandists, the fecklessness of Western leaders and the fears…
“Convicted” Crimean prisoners will be sent to correctional labour centres in Russia
Statement published on the website of the Sevastopol City Court, Crimea: “According to amendments to the Criminal Code…
Russian police arrest Yuri Dmitriev, Karelian human rights leader
According to Sergei Krivenko, board member of the International Memorial Society, Russian law enforcement agencies believe that the…
Western defeatism vis-à-vis Russia just as unjustified now as it was in 1979
In 1979, many in the West felt that Moscow was winning and Western countries were divided and in…
Russian pundit calls for Syria-style airstrikes against Ukraine
The Kremlin should use the moment of the ceasefire collapse in Donbas to use its aviation, cruise missiles,…
Putin’s Syrian campaign a truly ‘Orwellian one,’ Kalashnikov says
Vladimir Putin’s military campaign in Syria, Moscow commentator Maxim Kalashnikov says, is “Orwellian in the purest way, completely…
Assasin guns down Russian ambassador in Ankara, Turkey
The Russian ambassador to Türkiye, and at least three others, were shot by a lone gunman in a…