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Ukrainian missile strikes deep into occupied Crimea sowing “panic” among Russians – war analyst says

By bombarding Crimean bases with a diverse missile arsenal, Ukrainian forces aim to create vulnerabilities in Russian air defense deployments across the 800-mile front.

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prague activist ukrainian beaten by Russians

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Russian-speaking foreigners attack Ukrainian fundraising volunteers in Prague

"I fought with a Russian woman in the center of Prague. There is blood in the cracks of my phone, my white shirt is stained with blood," Ukrainian activist wrote.

byOrysia Hrudka

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From Stalin’s era to today: snitching returns to shape Russia’s political landscape

In Russia, snitching is on the rise again, with individuals like Anna Korobkova proud of filing over 1,300 denunciations since Russia's full-scale invasion began.

byOrysia Hrudka

Children crying leaving their families to find safety abroad

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Ukrainian boy nearly killed by Russian-speaking attacker in Germany for speaking Ukrainian

A Russian-speaking man faces attempted murder charge for attacking Ukrainian children in Germany.

bySerge Havrylets

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Most Russians want Putin to stay in power – poll

Almost 70% of Russians will support Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in the next presidential election in March 2024,…

bySerge Havrylets

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What the German peacemakers do not understand about Ukraine and Russia

The city of Osnabrück honors the Ukrainian artist Sergiy Maidukov with the Erich Maria Remarque Prize. It does…

byWorld Media

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Getting rid of dictatorship in Russia may not stop war against Ukraine, Pastukhov says

Many analysts are inclined to explain the vitality of Putinism and Russian support for his war in Ukraine…

byPaul A. Goble

Putin approval rating by Russians from 8-1999 through 7-2022 per Levada Center

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Most Russians increasingly optimistic about what war in Ukraine says about Russia’s future, Levinson says

A new Levada Center survey shows that the percentage of Russians who think the country is on the…

byPaul A. Goble

Anti-Putin Russian activists abroad waving modified Russian flags symbolizing opposition to their country's aggressive war against Ukraine (Photo: twitter.com/newrusflag)

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Even ‘good Russians’ should stop being invited to discussions about Ukraine and, if invited, should shut up, ‘Grani’ editors say

A month ago, Olha Rudenko, editor of The Kyiv Independent, posted on Facebook a comment about an unfortunate…

byPaul A. Goble

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For Russians, their war in Ukraine is still ‘a TV war’ not directly involving them, Fedorov says

Today what is happening in Ukraine is for most Russians “’a special operation on television,’” VTsIOM director Valery…

byPaul A. Goble

Putin approval rating by Russians from 8-1999 through 3-2022 per Levada Center

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All surveys since start of Ukrainian war show Putin’s standing among Russians up, ‘Nezavisimaya Gazeta’ reports

Despite the warnings of some commentators and the expectations of others, all polls conducted since Russian forces invaded…

byPaul A. Goble

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Russia’s war against Ukraine isn’t a “real” war, most Russians think

Russians are against war, something they understand as a major war involving the West; but with regard to…

byPaul A. Goble

Screenshot of Russian OVD-Info Telegram post reporting that on 27 February 2022 almost 2500 people were arrested in 49 cities while protesting against Russia's aggression in Ukraine. (Screenshot by the Euromaidan Press)

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Protests against war in Ukraine spread across Russia

As is invariably the case, anti-war actions in Moscow have attracted the most attention not only because of…

byPaul A. Goble

No war with Ukraine, Peace March in Moscow

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“Nobody asked us” – Russian intellectuals rebuke Putin’s policy of war against Ukraine

On 30 January 2022, the Russian website Echo of Moscow published an open letter from the Russian Congress…

byBohdan Ben

GULAG prisoners awaiting commands from the guard. Millions of Soviet and foreign citizens were killed, starved or worked to death in camps like this. (Image: thegulag.org)

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30 years on, only one Russian in 100 connects USSR with Red Terror, shootings and GULAG

Given Vladimir Putin’s obsession with the Soviet Union whose demise he regularly calls “the greatest geopolitical disaster” of…

byPaul A. Goble

Vladimir Putin riding a three-wheel motorcycle in occupied Crimea with the head of the Russian occupation administration of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov and the acting mayor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev (L-R) on August 10, 2019. Photo: kremlin.ru

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For four reasons, Russian economy on the brink of panic, Shelin says

For four reasons, the Russian economy is on the brink of panic, something that threatens stock prices, ruble…

byPaul A. Goble

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Russia returning to Sovietism not because of the dictatorship but because most Russians like it, Vitukhnovskaya says

The passive aggressive nature of a significant portion of Russian society is the reason that the country has…

byPaul A. Goble

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

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Russia resembles a cemetery through which an armed man is walking, Martynov says

The political editor of Russian newspaper Novaya gazeta says that young Russians have now been confronted with a…

byPaul A. Goble

Putin Propaganda (Image Credit: PREDICTHISTUNPREDICTPAST.BLOGSPOT.COM)

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Putin better reflects underlying Russian values than does the opposition and his system will thus outlast both, Pastukhov says

That makes him successful at retaining power, the London-based Russian analyst says, especially since the opposition refuses to…

byPaul A. Goble