Putin’s failure to attract CIS leaders to Victory parade marks shift from post-Soviet era to Russian world, Dubnov says
Only one leader of another former Soviet republic, Moldova’s Igor Dodon, joined Vladimir Putin for Moscow’s Victory Day…
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Izborsky Club calls for new Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to re-divide Eastern Europe between Moscow and Berlin
The Izborsky Club, a group of Russian nationalist intellectuals that has often been extremely influential in the Kremlin…
Since 1945, Moscow has been involved in a military action on average every 2 years
Among the many messages the Kremlin wants Russians to take away from its celebrations of Victory Day is…
Russia can no longer afford a blue water navy, defense minister suggests
Sergey Shoygu, Russia’s defense minister, says that Moscow will still build submarines – a giant one was launched…
A Russian propaganda site incites breaking up Baltic countries
Arguing that the Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are more russophobic than any other nation in the world, the…
After two fails, Putin starts ‘third stage’ of war against Ukraine, Piontkovsky says
Vladimir Putin’s effort to create "Novorossiya" and his subsequent one to force Ukraine to accept Moscow-controlled bandit territories…
Proposed citizenship law – the way for Russia to annex other countries
Given their obsession with imperial projects, Aleksandr Golts says, anything Konstantin Zatulin or Natalya Poklonskaya proposes invites to…
Moscow’s objective – gain land corridor to Crimea by seizing Mariupol, Ukrainian analyst says
Although most observers recognize that Moscow is treating the Minsk Accords as a dead letter, few of them…
Is there a Khrushchevian ‘Crimea’ in Belarus?
Vladimir Putin based his invasion and annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea on the notion that Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev…
Latvians ready to defend their country in the underground if necessary
Fifty-five percent of Latvians say they are ready to take up arms to defend their country in the…
Anti-Luskashenka protests spread across Belarus, as Moscow mulls response
One of the most curious characteristics of revolutions is that they often begin when something happens that ordinarily…
Belarus now prime candidate for Russian invasion, and anti-Lukashenka protests may hasten it
In the course of an interview with Kyiv’s Apostrophe portal, Russian commentator Andrey Illarionov says that “Belarus is…
Putin, like Trump, being pressed to take harder line abroad to shore up his own position, Piontkovsky says
Donald Trump, as the scandal about the multiple and continuing contacts between his team and Moscow grows, has…
The nuclear fallout of Trump’s possible détente with Putin
“We can talk about the economy, we can talk about social security—the biggest problem this world has is…
End of Kremlin’s dream of ‘Big Deal’ with Trump makes Putin more dangerous not less
Andrey Piontkovsky is undoubtedly correct that “’a big deal’” between Moscow and Washington has become “impossible” given…
Three Internet appeals from Eurasia with potential real world consequences
The Internet can mobilize people around issues and this mobilization often takes the form of presenting declarations to…
Putin may exploit disarray in Washington to launch attack on Belarus, Minsk experts say
Two experts at the Minsk Center for Strategic and International Research say that Vladimir Putin may use the…
Russia’s war in Ukraine must not be ‘forgotten’
Yesterday, the BBC described the fighting in and around the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka as “the front line…
How Trump can avoid WWIII
When the US does not want to draw closer to the world, the world draws closer to the…
Three signs Russian military and its political bosses are in trouble
The Kremlin-controlled media and often--echoing it--Western outlets paint a picture of Russia as a burgeoning military power, with…