Moscow paper puts up and takes down article saying disintegration of Russia is ‘inevitable’
There are some things no one in Russia must say or even think. Perhaps the most important of…
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Russia hasn’t formed a modern civic nation but rather an imperial one, Portnikov says
There are three reasons why the Russian Federation is unlikely to fall apart in the near future, Ukrainian…
Five common notions about Russia’s disintegration all defective, Shtepa says
The five most common stereotypical notions about how the Russian Federation might fall apart do not reflect realities…
Free Idel-Ural Movement takes shape in Kyiv
This week, three activists from the Middle Volga announced the formation of the Free Idel-Ural Movement to achieve…
Russian fears about China’s aspirations east of the Urals on the rise
Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing and Siberia has generated widespread attention to what Moscow may do to try…
Seeking to avoid another 1991, Kremlin takes a step making that more likely, Galkina says
Arguing that “there is no truer path to the collapse of a system than the hyper-centralization of authority,”…
Putin era is coming to an end and both he and other Russians recognize that, Moscow sociologist says
On March 1, 1953, Radio Liberty began broadcasting to the Soviet Union in Russian. Its Russian employees wanted…
North Caucasus republics could flourish on their own, Israeli political analyst says
Even people who accept that the North Caucasus is a Russian colony often argue that the republics of…
Arms race, on top of sanctions, destroyed the USSR and will destroy Russia
Vladimir Putin’s plans to spend more money on rearmament is “a squandering of valuable natural and labor resources,…
Inozemtsev: Russian Empire’s special features haven’t disappeared in Russia today
Three specific and even unique characteristics of the Russian Empire in the past have not disappeared in the…
Gontmakher: ‘Putin’s system could fall apart in a single day,’ like the tsarist one a century ago
A century ago, Nicholas II looked all powerful and yet he was overthrown and his country disintegrated, Yevgeny…
Putin regime likely to end by only one of five scenarios, Eidman says
Many analysts in Russia and the West are now openly talking about how the regime of Vladimir Putin…
Putin’s Russian world increasingly informed by a Nazi aesthetic, Moscow specialist says
Many commentators have discussed whether Vladimir Putin is a fascist in any serious sense, but most have failed…
‘Fearing another 1991, Kremlin is making that outcome more likely,’ Shevtsova says
In yet another manifestation of what Guillermo O’Donnell described as “the powerlessness of the all-powerful,” Lilia Shevtsova argues,…
Left-wing radicals in Urals see Russia on verge of a revolution like 1991
Encouraged by the Russia-wide protests on March 26, several extra-systemic radical left-wing parties have become more active in…
Russia must decentralize or it will stagnate and then disappear, Pastukhov says
The new Russian revolution, Vladimir Pastukhov says, is today “only a question of time” but will provide “a…
Chechnya – a bigger threat to Russia now than it was in the 1990s, Moscow paper suggests
In the 1990s, Chechnya sought independence from Moscow, and Vladimir Putin has made the suppression of that regional…
‘Stop feeding Moscow!’ – slogan of next Russian revolution, St. Petersburg regionalist says
The second anniversary of Boris Nemtsov’s murder near the wall of the Kremlin has sparked many memories about…
Ever more Russian governors forming their own military units, not just Kadyrov
Ramzan Kadyrov has gained notoriety for his formation of military units that are more under his control than…
Seven things Russians need to understand about their country and themselves now
Many of the problems Russians now face are rooted in their firmly-held misconceptions about the nature of Russia…