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Russian opposition murder
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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…
Evil empire revives in Putin’s regime and FSB methods of “fighting terrorism”
[editorial]After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia underwent capitalist reforms and abolished official ideology. Whether ordinary people…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…