Russia fell apart when its leaders overrated its strength and that could happen again, Inozemtsev says
Twice in the last “long century,” Russia has fallen apart because its leaders overrated the strength of their…
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Putin’s most likely next anschluss – a united Ossetia within the Russian Federation
A Georgian political analyst has warned that Vladimir Putin’s most likely Anschluss in the coming year would involve…
Russia learned in Aleppo what to do with Ukrainian cities, Moscow TV host says
Most people have been horrified by what Russian and Syrian forces did in Aleppo even if they accept…
Ten types of Russian weapons didn’t work well in Syria, the Russian defense minister says
Russian forces demonstrated their prowess in the destruction of the opponents of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad,…
A state of war exists between Russia and Ukraine, Portnikov says
It is a measure of the triumph of Kremlin propagandists, the fecklessness of Western leaders and the fears…
Putin’s wars come home to Russia — despite Moscow’s efforts to hide the bodies
Russian combat losses in Ukraine are sufficiently large that they have already had an impact on demographic statistics,…
Moscow analyst: Britain’s support for Poland, not Molotov-Ribbentrop, caused WW2, and its backing of Ukraine could trigger WW3
Moscow analyst Yury Mukhin offers an historical analogy which says far more than he intends. In a new…
Moscow wields Russian again as hybrid weapon against its neighbors
At the end of last week, Eleonora Mitrofanova, Moscow’s ambassador for special assignments, said that “the Russian language…
Even if Minsk is against, Putin may launch new invasion of Ukraine from Belarus, experts say
Even though Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s government would likely be opposed, Vladimir Putin has sufficient leverage over Belarus to use…
With Tsar Bell that never rang and Tsar Cannon that never fired, what might one expect of Moscow’s bomb shelters?
The Russian government has proudly announced that it has bomb shelters for all Muscovites in the event of…
Russia’s involvement in Donbas war open secret in Donetsk – France 24
The war in Donbas has been ongoing for 2,5 years. The economy of Donbas is devastated, and despite…
Putin’s ‘improvised war hysteria’ risks going ‘out of control,’ Shelin says
The militaristic hysteria the Kremlin has unleashed in order to frighten the West and win support at home…
Putin and Russia both far weaker than many think, three analysts say
Vladimir Putin and the country he heads are far weaker than Moscow propaganda suggests and, what is equally…
Putin likely to expand Russian invasion of Ukraine in January, Felgenhauer says
Rumors and fears about the possibility of a third world war between Russia and the West have become…
Russia preparing for war in the media but not in the budget, Moscow commentators say
The Moscow media are filled with stories suggesting that Russia is preparing for war, but a close examination…
World faces crisis like 1952/53 rather than 1914, 1939 or 1962, Piontkovsky says
Leaders, like all other people, typically go through a process whenever confronted with a radical change in the…
Putin’s plutonium threat ‘tactically clever but strategically disastrous,’ Solovey says
Vladimir Putin’s ultimatum to the West over the plutonium issue may be “tactically clever” on his part largely…
MH17 report may lead Moscow to use military force against Belarus, Minsk analyst says
The reactions to the international report that Russia was behind the shooting down of the Malaysian jetliner have…
Eastern Europe arming itself because ‘no one wants to be the next Ukraine’
In what many are calling “the Putin effect,” countries across Eastern Europe, including even Belarus, nominally Russia’s closest…
NATO won’t do more than express concern, if Putin attacks another former Soviet republic, Illarionov says
If Vladimir Putin sends his forces to seize into any of the former Soviet republics -- including the…