Italy arrests Ukrainian theater director on demand of Russia in “fabricated” case
On 17 December 2021, Naples law enforcement officers arrested 39-year-old Yevhen Lavrenchuk, a Ukrainian theater director and ,…
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Russians now fear their own government more than they fear a world war, Schulmann says
The recent coverage of the system of torture and rape in Russian penal institutions has had two important…
Russia’s moves toward fascism come ‘not just from Putin,’ Russian human rights campaigner says
Many Russians blame their country’s moves toward fascism on Vladimir Putin alone, Lev Ponomaryov says. But it is…
The system of torture and rape in Russian prisons was imposed by Moscow, GULAGU.Net activist says
Vladimir Osechkin, head of the Gulagu.net project which has provided video tape confirmation of torture in Russian prisons,…
Three-fourths of Ukrainians oppose Minsk accords in current form, poll shows
The accords were supposed to stop the fighting in eastern Ukraine, but several paragraphs of the documents turned…
How Russia and China are resurrecting the Cold War with Covid disinformation
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a game-changer in the disinformation scene. While the threat existed for decades, it…
Realpolitik to deter Russia and other takeaways from our series on post-Soviet transformations
In this short summary of the main takeaways from our series of interviews with ten intellectuals from Belarus,…
Vitaly Portnikov: Putin is politically dead, but he’s dragging Ukraine & the world into the past
On December 7, 2021, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke with the Wall Street Journal about Ukraine,…
Timothy Snyder: Putin’s essay on Ukraine creates mythical history to cover foreign policy failures
Address by Timothy Snyder, Historian, Richard C. Levin Professor at Yale University, at the Kyiv Security Forum Good…
Leaders of NATO Quint call on Russia to resume negotiations in Normandy format
According to the statement published by the Élysée Palace, on 6 December French President Emmanuel Macron met with…
Putin’s offer to “stop NATO expansion”: the reason behind Russia’s month of aggression
Just as the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs is drawing to an end, the Russian Federation…
Daily review: Russia opens “cultural center” in seized Donetsk temple, US&UK warn Russia against invading Ukraine, Associated Trio visits Brussels
Past 24 hours in the war zone On 29 November, according to Ukraine’s Joint-Forces Operation Staff, Russian-hybrid forces…
Belarus announces joint military drills with Russia at Ukraine border, support for Russia in case “Ukraine unleashes conflict”
Speaking after a meeting of self-proclaimed Belarusian President Lukashenka with the Belarusian Ministry of Defense, Minister Viktor Khrenin…
Russia’s Hybrid War against Ukraine intensifies while military conflict remains low-intensity
In a hybrid war, the main battlespace is the cognitive spaces of populations and key decision- and policy…
Russian MFA publishes private correspondence with France and Germany saying Donbas talks will only happen if everyone agrees with Russia
On 17 November, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs openly published on its website a document (archived) containing…
Will Russia invade Ukraine? Here is what we know (and what we don’t)
Ukraine is in the middle of another war scare – the second one in just one year. Reports…
“An attempt to ban memory.” Why Russia wants to shut down its top human rights NGO Memorial
Russia has moved one step closer to shut down Memorial, Russia's most famous human rights organization, accusing it…
The end of the Soviet Man: How ex-USSR states forged their national identities | 30 Years of Freedom, p.3
In 1920, when hopes were high for the creation of an independent Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, and Baltic states,…
Putin doesn’t live in a parallel reality but revels in his ability to speak and act in this one with impunity, Portnikov says
Many who hear Vladimir Putin’s most outrageous statements or see his most aggressive actions are inclined to say…
Newly-elected Russian Duma likely to be the last one way or another, Yakovenko says
There are two reasons for thinking that the new State Duma (Russian parliament) will be the last, Igor…