Moscow outraged by calls to remove statues of Russian colonizer in Alaska
The statue of Baranov remains in place, and no decision has yet been taken to do anything to…
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Russia pushes to complete Nord Stream 2 challenging US sanctions
While the United States struggles with the coronavirus pandemic, Russia has deployed two pipe-laying vessels to the Baltic…
Research reveals how Russia-linked social media accounts targeted 2020 US elections
The research comes from professor Young Mie Kim of the University of Wisconsin, who started analyzing posts on…
Trump’s Golan Heights decision unsettles post-Soviet space
US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a region Israeli forces seized…
Russian Orthodox Church: Performance of song about nuking US in St. Isaac’s Cathedral ‘in bad taste’
Few stories from Russia in recent times (other than anything connected with Vladimir Putin) have sparked a larger…
Putin has three goals in playing nuclear card against West now, Kirillova says
Vladimir Putin’s new round of sabre rattling against the United States is not simply an extension of what…
Moscow commentator: ‘Era of Russian-American nuclear parity rapidly coming to an end’ and not in Russia’s favor
Despite all of Vladimir Putin’s talk about super weapons that no opponent can stop, the aging of Soviet-era…
Putin has crossed a Rubicon – Will the West respond?
Vladimir Putin has now done openly what he has denied doing in the past and what most Western…
US denounced for suggesting Soviets committed genocide against their own people
Russian officials and pro-Kremlin commentators have reacted angrily to the decision of the US Senate to pass a…
Putin’s ‘long game’ consists of a multitude of special ops, Shtepa says
Vladimir Putin is almost universally described as a brilliant political tactician, but if the West is to counter…
Moscow celebrates another disgraceful American concession after Helsinki
Major acts of betrayal like selling out Ukraine or calling into question American responsibilities to its NATO allies…
Putin’s vision and goals make any serious agreement with him impossible, Pastukhov says
Vladimir Putin has convinced himself that a third world war is inevitable and that to improve Russia’s chances…
Putin and Trump aren’t conservatives: they’re reactionaries, Golts says
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have managed to convince many others and perhaps even themselves that they are…
Putin-Trump meeting won’t result in dramatic changes on Ukraine many fear and some hope, Shevtsova says
Vladimir Putin has achieved a major goal with plans for a summit between him and US President Donald…
‘As long as Trump’s in the White House, Putin will remain in the Kremlin,’ Nemets says
Many Western and some Russian commentators have seriously misread what the new American sanctions have done to the…
Bolton’s appointment ‘a positive signal for Ukraine,’ Portnikov says
US President Donald Trump’s selection of former US permanent representative to the United Nations John Bolton as his…
Shevtsova: Moscow far more worried about Trump than many in the West think
Many Russian and Western analysts dismissed “the Kremlin list” the Trump Administration released two weeks ago as a…
Trump ‘playing for Russian side’ now, Moscow commentator says
US President Donald Trump is doing everything he can to delay the implementation of Congressionally-mandated sanctions on Russia,…
Putin’s preparations for war reflect total bankruptcy of his system, Melnikov says
Recent days have featured a drumbeat of developments suggesting Russia is preparing for war: Moscow has boosted its…
Russian info war against US, far broader than last year’s elections, an act of terrorism, Latynina says
Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again acceptance of Vladimir Putin’s claim that Moscow didn’t interfere in the 2016 US presidential…