Ukraine seeks to reclaim history by reframing Russia as “Moscovia”
On 22 October 1721, Moscow Tsar Peter I renamed the Moscow Tsardom into the Russian Empire. He chose…
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Kremlin refuses to see ‘Russians are tired of empire’ and so is on a suicidal path, Tsipko says
Vladimir Putin and his regime continue to try to blame Gorbachev or the West for the demise of…
Russian troop strength in North Caucasus same as at peak of Russo-Circassian War, Beshto says
Today, more than 150 years after the end of the Russo-Circassian War (1763-1864) ended, and despite all the…
Timothy Snyder: Putin’s essay on Ukraine creates mythical history to cover foreign policy failures
Address by Timothy Snyder, Historian, Richard C. Levin Professor at Yale University, at the Kyiv Security Forum Good…
Baturyn massacre which brought Russian Empire to rank of global powers and destroyed Ukrainian Cossack state recalled
The Baturyn massacre was never properly researched prior to Ukraine regaining independence in 1991. Since 1995, archaeologists have…
Putin’s tale about unity of Russians and Ukrainians prompts Kazan scholar to speak about real unity of Turkic peoples
“Historically,” Khakimov says, “the Turkic peoples formed on the territory of the Turkic khanate … extending from the…
The Arctic Ocean was once the Tatar Sea, Khakimov says
They have managed to convince many that the Volga is a Russian rather than a Tatar river and…
The wild decade: how the 1990s laid the foundations for Vladimir Putin’s Russia
Although the decade still divides public opinion, what’s not in doubt is that it was a dangerous and exciting period. The ambiguity of…
Russia still hiding Stalin’s genocidal crimes against Finns and Norwegians after 80 years
One of the most obscure aspects of Stalin’s rule was his deportation of Finns and Norwegians in 1940…
Russia’s occupation of Ukraine: a historical and centuries-old process
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict reaches back to the times when Ukraine emerged on the world map. In fact, it…
Supreme power of Putin’s FSB. Part 1: how the Soviet KGB became Russia’s FSB
"State security agencies have always been an instrument of the supreme power of the existing political regime… [In…
Constitutions didn’t save USSR and won’t by themselves save Russia, Vanin says
Facing a situation in which there is growing popular discontent and increasing dysfunction in institutions, Vladimir Putin has…
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…
As long as Russia remains an empire, Moscow will be repressive at home and aggressive abroad, Eidman says
As long as Russia remains an empire, Igor Eidman says, Moscow will be repressive at home and aggressive…
Historical falsification latest stage in Russia’s ethnocide of Circassians, Khakuasheva says
Moscow’s falsification of the history of the Circassians and its disavowal of the imperial nature of Russian policy…
Marking Day of the Circassian Flag online – a national action the pandemic couldn’t stop
For Circassians, who have been deprived of a common territory and even a common ethnic name by Russian…
Moscow’s efforts to Russianize non-Russians will lead to demise of Russian nation and Russian state, Gyylman says
Moscow believes that it will be able to “completely assimilate the nationalities of Russia” in this century by…
Portnikov: Crimea’s past and Kremlin’s falsifications
The parliaments of Central European and Baltic countries, one by one, have been passing resolutions condemning the Kremlin’s…
Russian secret police declassify century-old documents but then block access to them
In a move that perfectly embodies the “hybrid” way the Putin regime does things, the FSB has announced…
Russian war with Ukraine a clash of civilizations, Ikhlov says
Russian aggression in Ukraine which is seeking to rejoin Europe is a clash of civilizations that has its…