15 years on, suspicions about Putin’s involvement in apartment bombings linger in Russia
This month marks the 15th anniversary of the 1999 apartment bombings in Russia that sparked the rise of…
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Shift of power in the Kremlin: Security Service takes control
Various officials tell Russian magazine The New Times of a troubling change in the decision-making process In early August…
Why does Russia need an Estonian hostage?
by Vitaliy Portnikov "Over all, it's hard to believe something like this is possible. This case breaks all…
Statement by Semen Semenchenko regarding the ceasefire announced on September 5, 2014
Following the ceasefire agreement reached between Ukrainian President Poroshenko and the leaders of the self-proclaimed "republics" in Donbas after…
Putin ruins his own country. Will Russia survive until 2017?
Petro Kraliuk Historical events have the ability to repeat themselves. This possibly happens because the rulers on whom…
Russian passports handed out in occupied cities in Eastern Ukraine: first steps in annexation of Donbas
At a press conference in New York on Thursday, Yuriy Sergeyev, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Nations, said…
Pskov councilman tells about Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine: “They weren’t just deceived – they were humiliated”
Lev Schlossberg. Photo: Pskovskaya Guberniya You are a very noteworthy and public person. A councilman and journalist. On…
Russia ready to open second front near Odesa
Photo: army parade in Trans-Dniester Republic (Reuters) Russia plans to open a second front against Ukraine near Odesa.…
Russia’s recruiting for fighting in Ukraine as told by volunteer – “It’s a total mess”.
Elena Kostyuchenko, "Novaya Gazeta". 03.09.2014 Recruiting. Training. Money. Equipment. Losses. One of the volunteers told this to Novaya…
The End of Invisibility: Taking Back Ukraine
By Anna Palagina "World history has never been just to certain individuals or certain nations. Small nations and…
Hitler for schoolchildren: outrage over Russian school diaries portraying leader of Third Reich
Photo: portrait of Hitler placed just above the columns for Grade and Teacher’s Signature Parents judge brief biography…
Appeal to the world psychiatric community on behalf of Nadiya Savchenko
The history with the Ukrainian air force officer Nadiya Savchenko has acquired a psychiatric aspect. Detained by Russian secret…
Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine describe scale of Russian losses – “They’ve downed the whole company”
[As these talks of the Russian paratroopers were published yesterday, the website of the Pskov newspaper publishing it…
Yatsenyuk: Nobody takes Putin’s Fraud Plans at Face Value
The Russian President's "seven points" to resolve the crisis in Ukraine are wonderfully reminiscent of a rescue plan…
Putin lists seven points of his Ukrainian crisis regulation plan
During his flight to Mongolia, the President “put together” a plan which presumes a ceasefire, an exchange of…
Over 2000 bodies of Russian soldiers killed in Donbas arrive to Russia
Yelena Vasilyeva, a Russian civil activist who create the Facebook group “Cargo 200 from Ukraine to Russia” reported…
Written testimony to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, September 3rd, 2014
By Edward Lucas A recording of the testimony given by Mr.Lucas at the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee:…
Kremlin preparing to combat demos as signs of Crimea-fatigue appear
Russians are less enthralled about the annexation of Crimea than they were a few months ago, according to…
Akunin leaves Putin’s Russia: a sober man feels uncomfortable among drunks
Famous Russian writer Grigori Chkhartishvili, better known under his pseudonym Boris Akunin, stated that everything in Russia now…
Poroshenko scares Europe with the point of no return
Denys Zakiyanov EU leaders ordered new sanctions to be prepared against Moscow Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was the…