The rapidly changing landscape in Europe
Thirty years ago the political landscape on the European continent seemed stable and fixated for decades to come.…
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USSR dead? Not in Russia-occupied Crimea!
Did you ever think of what basic reason drives some people in Russia-occupied Crimea to support Putin? No,…
Putin regime has long had an ideology – Great Power Imperialism — Pavlova says
Far too many people in Russia and the West are prepared to accept the notion that Moscow does…
Savchenko’s release signals Putin’s fall to Earth
The return of Nadiya Savchenko to Ukraine is an inflection point in the Russian-Ukrainian [political and military -…
Putin elite’s anti-Americanism older and more deeply held than that of other Russians (study)
Members of the Russian elite became anti-American sooner and are more committed to anti-Americanism now than is the…
Moscow’s Victory cult intended to keep non-Russians within an empire and former Soviet republics together, Ukrainian commentator says
Many Russian commentators have pointed out that the way in which Vladimir Putin is exploiting Victory Day is…
Why do many Westerners show sympathy to Russia and Communism – but not to their victims?
Those who study the post-Soviet world and especially its non-Russian parts are often struck by the fact that…
Kerch bridge emblematic of new Russian imperialism, Kazarin says
Even though Moscow is facing difficulties financial as well as technical building its bridge to occupied Crimea, there…
Moscow’s pursuit of imperial greatness may again end with disintegration of Russia, Rubtsov says
As the 100th anniversary of the 1917 revolution that led to a partial disintegration of the empire and…
Russian ‘Maxim’ identifies 16 varieties of Russian patriots
Even though the Russian Constitution prohibits a state ideology, Vladimir Putin has made the promotion of patriotism as…
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…
Russia’s actions in occupied Crimea show how Moscow plans to destroy non-Russian languages in Russia itself
Vladimir Putin has made much of the fact that Russia declared that there are to be three “state…
Leningrad governor attacks Finno-Ugric groups as threats to Russia’s territorial integrity
Leningrad Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko says the Izhors, a Finno-Ugric group numbering 26,000, and the supporters of a largely…
Moscow’s neo-imperialism seen sparking more Maidans in post-Soviet states
The anger Armenians are displaying at Moscow’s protection of a soldier who killed a family of Armenians and…
Crimea: the Russian chauvinists’ inferiority complex
Vladimir Putin has been mentioning Crimea frequently in the recent days. He either gives history lessons, saying some…
Terrorists in Luhansk ban study of Ukrainian history and language
Terrorists in Luhansk banned the study of Ukrainian history and language in schools. In local schools in Luhansk,…