Extending Moscow-Kazan power-sharing treaty will destroy Russia, Gorevoy says
If Moscow extends the Russian-Tatarstan power-sharing treaty beyond its expiration date this summer, Ruslan Gorevoy says, not only…
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Putin’s policies make clash of Orthodox and Islamic civilizations in Russia more likely
Vladimir Putin’s campaign against liberalism and secularism is opening the way for a violent clash of civilizations –…
Putin leading Russia ever more rapidly to fascism and the world to war, Israeli analyst says
Vladimir Putin is leading Russia toward fascism at an ever accelerating rate, the result, Israeli analyst Avraam Shmulyevich…
Ten pieces of bad economic news from Russia in last 24 hours alone
While the attention of Russians and others around the world have been diverted – and one should ask…
Western leaders again more afraid of Russian disintegration than of Russian threat, Kasparov says
Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov said many interesting things in the course of his responses to questions from…
Russia fell apart when its leaders overrated its strength and that could happen again, Inozemtsev says
Twice in the last “long century,” Russia has fallen apart because its leaders overrated the strength of their…
The Russian Federation’s disintegration won’t be like the USSR’s, Zhordan says
One of the most superficially compelling arguments of those who insist that the Russian Federation will never fall…
With reforms impossible, some Russians predict revolution, Baklanov says
Given that Vladimir Putin has signaled that any serious reforms in the near term are unlikely or even…
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;…
The longer Russia occupies Crimea, the more likely Russia will disintegrate
Yesterday, Heorhiy Tuka, Ukraine’s deputy minister for the affairs of the occupied territories, said on 112 Ukraina TV…
Russian crisis will give Chechnya another chance at independence, Bukovsky says
Twenty-five years ago today, Chechnya declared independence from the USSR. Since then, the Chechens defeated the Russian army…
Post-Soviet Russian empire entering ‘second phase’ of disintegration, Lukyanenko says
By attacking Ukraine, Moscow has set in train the second phase of the disintegration of the post-Soviet Russian…
Ukrainian independence exposed bankruptcy of all three Russian imperial projects, Ikhlov says
There “cannot be a more bitter date for contemporary Russia than August 24, 1991,” Yevgeny Ikhlov says, when…
Kremlin’s losing battle: Next stage of disintegration of Soviet space
Violence in Kazakhstan and Armenia are the clearest sign yet that the post-Soviet space is entering into its…
Separatism Putin is promoting elsewhere will come back to destroy Russia, Zapolsky says
Vladimir Putin is celebrating Brexit and the wave of separatist challenges to European countries that it has unleashed,…
Moscow’s Victory cult intended to keep non-Russians within an empire and former Soviet republics together, Ukrainian commentator says
Many Russian commentators have pointed out that the way in which Vladimir Putin is exploiting Victory Day is…
Moscow’s pursuit of imperial greatness may again end with disintegration of Russia, Rubtsov says
As the 100th anniversary of the 1917 revolution that led to a partial disintegration of the empire and…
Belavezha Accords are not just about the past
Twenty-four years ago today at the Belarusian resort of Belovezhskaya Pushcha, the presidents of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine…
Kasparov on the breakup of Russia, invasion of Baltics and end of Putin’s regime
Only if he is facing the complete collapse of his regime, Garry Kasparov says, will Putin consider invading…
Russian aggression in Ukraine reflects major demographic considerations
The continuing de-Russification of Russia, caused by the influx of migrants from Central Asia and the Caucasus and…