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Russian meddling
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Moscow pursuing ‘forced integration’ of Belarus into Russia now, Sivitsky says
Russian actions toward Belarus since 2015 show that Moscow is no longer pursuing the “union deal” it had…
Could Putin’s pseudo-Cossacks on Belarusian border become ‘the little green men’ in Belarus?
As relations between Moscow and Minsk deteriorate, the Russian government has moved units of Vladimir Putin’s pseudo-Cossacks into…
Are Russian oligarchs serving as Putin’s ‘little green men’ in Belarus?
In the wake of the political changes in Yerevan, Belarusian analysts are saying that Moscow would not react…
Fearful of Moscow and his own people, Lukashenka fails to crush pro-Russian march in Minsk on Victory Day
Despite his heavy-handed approach to any and all demonstrations that he and his regime have not approved in…
Moscow inserts political operatives into African countries where elections are scheduled
Even as the United States and other Western countries wrestle with the question of how involved Russian operatives…
Putin planning to interfere in Belarusian elections to replace Lukashenka, Sivitsky says
Russians already now are “considering scenarios of a so-called ‘transit of power’ in Belarus” in the parliamentary and…
Putin’s meddling in US elections backfiring on his own allies at home and on Americans who helped them, Shevtsova says
The Kremlin’s effort to affect the outcome of the 2016 US presidential elections has provoked one consequence Moscow…
To Russia with love: pivotal signals to Putin from Trump Jr meeting
This month’s explosive revelations documented in an email chain that Donald Trump Jr. took a meeting explicitly pitched…
Containment of Putin’s Russia in today’s globalized world won’t be easy or even enough
Ever more people are calling for the containment of Putin’s Russia and some are even celebrating that the…
‘Trump is again OURS,’ Moscow commentators say
There has been yet another mood swing in Moscow about Donald Trump. After his election, Russian officials and…
Conflict with North Korea may be Trump’s red herring, the author of “Blowing Up Russia” says
Yuri, you said on many occasions that Trump is Putin’s agent. What do you think about the US…
Conservatism takes a hit under Trump
In the first weeks of the Donald Trump’s presidency, what was clear long before the elections became even…
The real danger of Artemenko’s “peace plan” for Ukraine
The so-called “Artemenko peace plan” is a much larger plot than appears at first glance. Behind the little-known…
Flynngate reflects Putin’s penchant for high-risk counterproductive actions, Khzmalyan says
The growing scandal in Washington around Moscow’s efforts to penetrate and influence the Trump Administration recalls the FSB’s…
Flynn’s resignation – de-Kremlinization of the White House?
The formal reason behind the resignation of Donald Trump’s national security advisor Michael Flynn was a media scandal…
In the age of Trump: perils and promises
The new American president has just taken office, but the world is already fearful as never before. In…
Khrushchev gave us ‘sputnik,’ Gorbachev ‘perestroika,’ and Putin … ‘kompromat’
The changing nature of the country centered on Moscow is well reflected in the words its leaders have…
Trump’s pick of Tillerson for Secretary of State while dismissing CIA intelligence on Russia causes consternation
US President-elect Donald Trump hasn’t assumed office and his Electoral College vote has yet to be officially confirmed by the Congress,…
Trump Revolution: From Russia With Revenge
Last week the Washington Post Deputy Editorial Director Jackson Diehl published an article titled “Putin’s hope to ignite Eurasia-style protests in the…
Trump’s Orwellian “rigged” campaign is straight out of Putin’s propaganda playbook
The US 2016 presidential campaign is nothing short of Orwellian. A billionaire real estate mogul who’s lived the…