Western sanctions regime must be fundamentally revised because Russia is a mafia state, Gessen says
The Russian-American commentator argues that the West’s sanctions regime is based on the false assumption that Moscow will…
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Putin created unit that blew up apartment blocks in 1999 a year ahead of time, Kruglov says
Drawing on his contacts that he had developed with the criminal world during his first years in the…
Russian businessman: 10 rules for foreigners to keep their integrity and property while working in Russia
Following the arrest of Michael Calvey, the senior partner at Baring Vostok Capital, ever more people are asking…
Putin regime – West’s ‘existential’ enemy and West must stop his aggression in Ukraine by force, Skobov says
The regime Vladimir Putin has created in Russia is an “existential” enemy of the West and an international…
Moscow attacked Skripal for betraying Russian oligarchs, highlighting mafia nature of Putin regime, Portnikov says
Sergey Skripal’s cooperation with the Spanish authorities in exposing the criminality of the Russian oligarchs rather than the…
Why the arrest of Firtash may mean the death of the Russian mafia
The arrest of Dmytro Firtash may be the beginning of the end of the dangerous international mafia whose…
Russia’s 2008 “spying scandal” guise for FSB-oligarch takeover of TNK-BP
The famous case of the Zaslavskiy brothers is now eight years old. In 2008-2009, Russia accused Ilya Zaslavskiy, an…
Putin regime was a criminal one long before Crimea the doping scandal shows
One of the most important consequences of the current doping scandal, Kseniya Kirillova says, is that it undercuts…
Moscow spy services said deploying Russian criminal world against Ukraine
Many are now being distracted by the Kremlin’s charm offensive, but Moscow continues its hybrid war against Ukraine;…