ISW: Putin uses nationalism and tradition to militarize Russian society
Award events and public rhetoric support an emerging informal ideology meant to unify Russia against the West.
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In 1991 Russia, ‘no one was ready for democracy or really wanted it’ and not much has changed, Lev Gudkov says
In an interview with Vienna’s Die Presse, the Russian sociologist and pollster says that initially it appeared young…
Five disturbing Russian developments in danger of being overshadowed by 1917 anniversary
All governments schedule their announcements to achieve maximum benefit for themselves, trumpeting things they are proud of at…
Peoples of Russia have nothing in common except loyalty to Putin, Kashin says
Historians have often observed that one of the fundamental weaknesses of tsarist Russia was that the country was…
Russia’s constitution must declare ethnic Russians country’s only ‘state-forming people,’ Korovin says
Valery Korovin, a member of the Izborsky Club, has asked Russia's Civic Chamber of which he is also…
Sakha Constitutional Court in Russia rules ‘all the territory of Yakutia is the historical motherland of the Yakut people’
On October 21, 2016, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) handed down a decision that…
Pro-Russian activism of Mateusz Piskorski, detained in Poland
On May 18-19, 2016, the media reported that Poland's Internal Security Agency searched the homes of the leaders of…
Ethnic Russian Muslims – an increasing problem for Moscow, experts say
In one of the longest, most closely researched and heavily footnoted studied published to date, Rais Suleymanov says…
Kremlin’s crackdown on Russian nationalists caused by returning Donbas mercenaries, SOVA suggests
The SOVA rights monitoring organization says that the crackdown on the leaders of Russian nationalist extremists appears to…
Strelkov co-founds “Committee of January 25th” to work against Ukraine, Belarus, and Russian liberals
Several well-known Russian nationalists and Stalinists have formed the "Committee of January 25th" a new "movement" to "prevent…
After Putin, Russia to become even greater threat to Ukraine, Kyiv analyst says
Many Ukrainians and others believe that after Vladimir Putin leaves the scene, Moscow will return Crimea and the…
Kremlin reining in radical Russian nationalists lest Donbas veterans join them
Fearful that returning veterans of Russia's aggression in the Donbas may join forces with radical Russian nationalists, the…
Putin benefits from myth that he doesn’t control radical nationalists, Kirillova says
Many people in Russia and the West are inclined to support Vladimir Putin and his policies however much…
Human rights activist: ‘Absurd’ application of extremism laws in Russia today threatens everyone
Aleksandr Verkhovsky of the SOVA human rights monitoring organization says that the Ukrainian crisis and competition among Russian…
‘When they came for the Jews’… in a Russian city… this week
Ever more frequently those writing about the Russia of Vladimir Putin have recalled the chilling words of German…
Geopolitical conquests will not save Russia’s national pride, Moscow scholars say
Staunton, May 15 – The pride that people feel in their country consists of two elements: a cognitively…
Russia hosts Fascist Forum in St. Petersburg
Today Russian conservatives welcomed members of Europe's far-right ultranationalist parties to participate in a forum entitled "International Russian…
War of “evil” against Russia and “spiritual” mission of Russia in the world
There are too many delusions that brainwashed Russians and people of Donetsk and Luhansk regions now have thanks…
NHL stars support the war against Ukraine
A number of Russian NHL stars have quickly taken to backing their homeland in the war against Ukraine,…
Russian neo-Nazi “Kornilovtsy” battalion operating in Ukraine
The following pictures are of the "Kornilovtsy" Russian Attack Battalion operating in eastern Ukraine, along with insurgents bearing…