France issued 23% more visas to Russians as EU rules tightened
EU governments approved 620,000 Schengen visas in 2025, 10% more than 2024 — even as Brussels promised tighter rules over sabotage and espionage.
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Latvia bans Russians from buying property, calling it hybrid warfare threat
Latvia banned property sales to Russian and Belarusian citizens after parliament declared such transactions constitute "hybrid warfare" instruments, passing the measure in its conclusive reading 19 June.
Russian state poll claims two-thirds of Russians support Ukraine war
State pollster VCIOM reports 67 percent of Russians support the war while 65 percent say it is going well.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…