Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russia Putin has two reasons to kill his opponents and the West has to counter both, Shulipa says Yury Shulipa, author of How Putin Kills Abroad, says that Putin has two reasons for doing away with… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 12 minute read History of Ukraine Hybrid War More Evil empire revives in Putin’s regime and FSB methods of “fighting terrorism” In August 1991, just after the failure of the August Coup that had unsuccessfully tried to save the… byBohdan Ben
Read More 2 minute read International Opinion Browder, Navalny and Pugachev likely top Putin’s hit list, Eidman says Political murders in Russia are always ordered by the top man rather than being the decision of some… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russia Who’s most at risk of assassination by Putin’s siloviki? Kirillova provides a typology One of the reasons Vladimir Putin and his regime are able to get away with so many of… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 5 minute read More Opinion A Killing Epidemic: The Culling of Russia’s Opposition Journalists When I was working on the story of the attempted poisoning of former Colonel GRU Sergey Skripal in the English… byKseniya Kirillova
Read More 4 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression In Skripal case, Kremlin following procedures it used for earlier political murders, Pastukhov says At first glance, Vladimir Pastukhov says, Moscow’s approach to the Skripal scandal appears “irrational and inadequate, in fact,… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Russia Eidman: If Kadyrov didn’t exist, Putin would have to create him Vladimir Putin needs Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov so that “compared to him,” the Kremlin leader will appear “in… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Russia Political murders will continue in Russia because they are useful to Putin, Feygin says New political murders in Russia are likely because Vladimir Putin needs them as part of his effort to… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 7 minute read International More Putin is behind the assassination of Boris Nemtsov, his colleague says The trial in the murder of Boris Nemtsov, one of Russia’s leading opposition figures, is coming to a… byKseniya Kirillova
Read More 3 minute read International More Litvinenko murder was ‘act of nuclear terrorism,’ his widow reminds the world As the defenders of Vladimir Putin do everything they can to muddy the waters about his role in… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read International More All ‘Chechen versions’ in Nemtsov murder case show Putin to blame The Kremlin and its supporters in Russia and abroad along with those frightened by the implications of holding… byPaul A. Goble