Russia recruited over 5,000 mercenaries to fight in its wars abroad, SBU says
PMC “Wagner” has been in existence for several years. Hundreds of their mercenaries have fought in Ukraine. The…
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Russia’s Anschluss of Crimea
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‘Russian Security Agencies Said Increasing Recruitment of Ukrainians’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘Russia Disappearing from Radar Screen of Young Ukrainians’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘UN: Human Rights in Crimea Have Deteriorated Since Occupation’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Crimea suffering from ‘East German Syndrome,’ Moscow scholar says
There have been almost as many premature deaths in Crimea as a result of rapidly rising mortality rates…
Repression of Muslims in Crimea – a reflection of Moscow’s fear of Islam as an anti-colonial force
Zair Smedlyayev, a Crimean Tatar activist, and Said Ismagilov, the mufti of the Umma Muslim Spiritual Directorate (MSD)…
Moscow’s private military companies continue to be a serious threat in Ukraine
Well-paid private military companies are an increasingly important component of Moscow’s strategy in the Donbas and elsewhere providing…
Crimean residents, Russians increasingly hostile and at odds
Even Crimean residents who initially welcomed the Russian Anschluss are now disappointed with the occupation and angry at…
Due to political repression, nearly hundred Crimean kids grow up without fathers
Summer of 2016, a psychiatric clinic in Simferopol. A regime object, guards are on duty at the entrance,…
Russia methodically destroys and removes cultural treasures from occupied Crimea
KIEV (QHA) – According to information from the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, prior to the Russian occupation…
When Russian liberalism doesn’t stop at border with Ukraine or at ring road around Moscow
It is often said and with some justification that “Russian liberalism ends at the borders with Ukraine” –…
Putin doesn’t want Russians to continue focusing on Crimea, Goryunova says
Vladimir Putin, who exploited Russian euphoria over the Anschluss of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea three years ago…
Putin’s Victory Parade – a horrific Orwellian exercise, Khots says
“’The Victory Parade’ in Putin’s Russia is unique in its absurdity, one in which an imperial army presents…
Putin regime now entering its fifth and final phase, Yakovenko says
Vladimir Putin’s regime, which has always been authoritarian and kleptocratic, nonetheless has evolved over the course of the…
Is Moscow about to transform occupied Crimea into an Islamist enclave?
Even as the Russian occupation forces do everything they can to repress the Crimean Tatars, the most consistent…
‘With Crimea, we got Poklonskaya,’ some Russians say in disgust
Some Russians recognize that Putin’s Anschluss of Crimea was simply wrong, others are upset that absorbing the Ukrainian…
‘Why should Russian taxpayers be interested in Ukraine?’
Eight days ago, US Secretary of State posed a rhetorical question to his G-7 counterparts, “Why should US…
‘Crimea effect’ weaker but still significant for the Kremlin, experts say
With the passing of time, the euphoria with which Russians greeted the Crimean Anschluss has weakened, a process…
Putin is ‘a criminal but not Stalin’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Day in History, 2014: UN rejects Russia’s violent attempt to reshape borders
The Assembly underscored that the so-called “referendum” held by the Kremlin-installed authorities in Crimea on March 16 had…