Russia faces massive rise in unemployment despite hiring by state security structures
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“Kremlin views Trump as ‘stupid, un-strategic, and manipulable,'” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘Moscow names Kuril island to honor Hero of Ukraine Derevyanko’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Moscow’s manipulation of statistics seen getting even worse in run-up to Putin’s re-election
Russian officials have always manipulated and sometimes totally falsified statistical information about their country, but in the coming…
Putin wants a deal with Trump because his resources are running out, Borovoy says
Many in Russia and the West have managed to convince themselves that Vladimir Putin is in a position…
Trump’s assault on globalization will hurt Russia badly and soon, Russian analysts say
President Donald Trump’s assault on globalism, something the Kremlin welcomes as a means of increasing disorder abroad, is…
Russians calling Washington ‘Nashington’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Ten new and discouraging statistics perfectly capture Putin’s Russia
The last 24 hours have brought a flood of discouraging statistics that both individually and collectively more perfectly…
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…
Like Crimea, ‘Trump is Ours,’ Russian products proclaim and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Putin’s Busy Week
Even as Russian propagandists say that the Kremlin leader was not involved in the Russian doping program, something…
How bad are things in Russia? Children ask Grandfather Frost to send them to the dentist
There are many ways to measure how bad things are in any country but perhaps the best way…
Basis of Putin’s optimism: big US Firms were quite ready to overlook even Stalin’s crimes
A Russian blogger says that the basis of Vladimir Putin’s optimism about a new relationship between Moscow and…
“Moscow can’t find builder for new military base on Ukrainian border” and other neglected Russian stories
Putin’s Rating Falls as Russians Trust Their Own Eyes More and His TV Less. Polls show that Vladimir…
World oil prices, Russian production both predicted to fall over the next 25 years
Just how disastrous Vladimir Putin’s decision to rely on the export of oil rather than to modernize and…
Trump’s energy and trade policies may hurt Russia more than Western sanctions do, Moscow analysts say
Even though Vladimir Putin hopes that Donald Trump will end the sanctions regime against Russia, the president-elect’s proclaimed…
“Putin is a Russian Trump” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“Russian troops not terrorists killed Beslan hostages” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Neglected stories from Russian-occupied Crimea for this week
After Putin annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014, the human rights and economic situation in the occupied…
‘What do French prostitutes, Kremlin media and Duma deputies have in common?’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…