The necessity to bring up the “Putin’s Jugend” is enshrined in the Russian Federation’s latest military doctrine dated December 2014. In particular, it defines one of the major threats to the “Russian...
Vladimir Putin’s linking up with right-wing leaders in Western Europe like Marine Le Pen in France has attracted enormous attention around the world, but his use of a similar tactic in the Baltic countries has not, even though it...
The group E.N.O.T. Corps is a group of irregular fighters who fought in Ukraine alongside the “Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics” (“DNR” and “LNR”) and Russian troops. From 21-22 November...
Moscow may or may not get the airbase it wants in Belarus, but the Russian Orthodox Church is training young people in that country in special “military-patriotic” clubs for young people to be fighters for Russia and the...
A Russian Orthodox monastery outside of Moscow is openly cooperating in a youth indoctrination camp run by one of the irregular units that recently fought in eastern Ukraine. When Hamas or ISIS does these kind of things, people often get...
Although the ceasefire in the Donbas appears to be holding for now and although the world’s attention has shifted from Ukraine to Syria and the EU refugee crisis, Moscow continues to openly prepare mercenaries for the so-called...
European security has greatly deteriorated in the last months. Europe is experiencing a Russian-induced energy and migration crisis. Belarus is in the process of being integrated into the Russian Federation, potentially losing its...
