Fourth week of protests in Russia’s Far East: everything you need to know
Massive rallies began in Russia’s far eastern city of Khabarovsk on July 11, and have been ongoing ever…
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As Russian Far East protests enter fourth week, Khabarovsk residents now say ‘We are the power here!’
As the demonstrations in Khabarovsk which began as a protest against Moscow’s removal of the elected governor of…
One century ago, rebellious Khabarovsk dreamt of becoming a Ukrainian colony
“Ukrainian activists started the protests in Khabarovsk, calling for the disintegration of the federal land,” said Russian propagandist…
Russia intentionally ignores the fact that Ukrainians, Belarusians, Balts populated the Russian Far East, not Russians
But from that time forward, Soviet and then Russian institutions have sought to Russify these groups and their…
“We’re against the Putin regime!” Fifth day of protests in Russia’s Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk
On the morning of July 9, 2020, the governor of Khabarovsk Krai, Sergei Furgal, was arrested by FSB…
Russia has nothing to offer China except raw materials and empty words, Russian analyst says
Vladimir Putin’s flatfooted offer to China to combine Beijing’s plans for an east-west transit network with Russian hopes…
China reopens Siberian river diversion debate that divided Soviet society before 1991
Beijing’s proposal for the diversion of part of the flow of rivers from the Altai inside the borders…
Ukrainian nation disappearing in Russia, Kyiv ethnographer says
The once large Ukrainian nation within the borders of what is now the Russian Federation is rapidly disappearing,…
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…
“Putin is War; Putin is Death” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Deteriorating situation in Russian Far East becoming a disaster for Moscow
Five news stories over the past few days suggest that Moscow faces a set of disasters in the…
Russian nationalists oppose Moscow’s plan to resettle Ukrainian refugees in Far East
Duma deputies are proposing and the Russian Ministry for Far Eastern Development has come out in support of…