New round of “Game of Thrones” in the Russian Special Services
Quite a bit has been written about the opposition to Putin's recently created National Guard under the leadership…
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Putin accelerating his plan for long-term confrontation with the West, Illarionov says
For the last decade, Vladimir Putin has pursued a plan to isolate his country from the outside world…
Russian poet Sergey Gandlevskiy: We’re plunging straight into hell!
Russian poet Sergey Gandlevskiy was recently arrested in the Moscow metro for tearing down a portrait of Soviet…
Putin’s Russia well on its way to ‘criminal neo-totalitarianism’ with a ‘neo-terror’ and a ‘neo-GULAG,’ Pastukhov says
Vladimir Pastukhov says that Putin’s Russia is well on its way to “criminal neo-totalitarianism” with all the attributes…
Russia becoming a ‘cultural desert’ thus putting its survival in doubt, Pain says
“There is nothing predetermined in the history of the development of humanity,” Emil Pain says, and consequently, “the…
Russian sociologist: ‘Almost no one in Russia wanted real democracy with separation of powers’
Vladimir Putin and his regime are a logical reflection of the fact that “almost no one [in Russia]…
Russian writer: The Day of Russia – ‘holiday of another country’
Twenty-five years ago, the RSFSR adopted a declaration of state sovereignty, an event Moscow has marked in various…
A warning to Putin: Authoritarian regimes last only if they are rational
“All successful authoritarian regimes,” that is those who are able to ensure political stability, growth and economic and…
Moscow sociologist: Putin’s power resembles a witch doctor’s
Totalitarianism can emerge in any society if conditions are created to promote the restoration of “social and cultural…
What the real Putin Constitution looks like
A constitution is not just words on paper but a living and breathing document that is given meaning…
Russian historian: Ukrainian war helped make Russia a neo-totalitarian regime that will fall to the Black Hundreds
The most terrible thing for Russia about its war in Ukraine is the extent to which that conflict…
The only ‘color revolution’ likely in Russia now would be ‘brown’
“The only ‘color revolution,’ which is likely in Russia at the present moment,” Vladimir Pastukhov says, would be…