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Russia’s confrontation with the West
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Putin’s aggression against Ukraine part of broader effort to destroy international rules of the game and force West to recognize his right to do so, Skobov says
But a consideration of them collectively shows that what Putin is about is not just subordinating Ukraine to…
Advisor to Russian Defense Minister warns of ‘mental war’: who is waging it and against whom?
A particularly telling point made by the Russian military advisor was that, “If in classical wars the goal…
Putin regime “on the road to committing suicide,” Piontkovsky says
Read also: Transfer of Russian military units towards Ukraine’s border to be finished by end of April, –…
Putin to turn a deaf ear to Biden’s words, Portnikov says
He’s going to act from the position of strength, which involves the use of sanctions and pressure on…
Kremlin behaving toward Ukraine now the way it did toward Georgia before 2008 invasion, Portnikov says
Moscow’s propaganda campaign against Ukraine and its dislocation of troops near the Ukrainian border echo the propaganda it…
Two words that shook Putin’s regime
The resonance in Russia from a short fragment of United States President Joseph Biden’s ABC News interview last…
Pandemic prompting Russia to reaction, isolation, and decay, Shevtsova says
Because of the pandemic, 2020 was “’the year of the Apocalypse” for both Russia and the West, but…
Moscow presents US as sinking into chaos
Four years ago, in November 2016, Donald Trump’s victory in the United States presidential election was celebrated in…
Russia threatens to dispatch weapons to Donbas if U.S. clears military aid package
“I believe that if the United States allocates $300 million for military aid to Ukraine, it will open…
Germany has good chance to secure new EU anti-Russian sanctions for cyberattacks
[editorial]Germany edges closer to securing new EU-wide anti-Russian sanctions on individuals connected to a 2015 hacker attack on…
Gas, money laundering, and pizza: report details Russia’s economic meddling in Europe
It is quite natural that the COVID-19 pandemic is drawing all the attention because of its severe social…
Moscow orchestrates controversy between Bulgaria and Ukraine to weaken Kyiv
Last week (May 20), pro-Russian legislative deputies in Bulgaria and pro-Moscow ethnic-Bulgarian politicians in Ukraine protested a decision…
Putin moving from ‘Great Victory’ to hostility to entire world – and young Russians are ready to follow him, Ilchenko says
Just as “Crimea is Ours” paled with time as a mobilizing tool, so too Vladimir Putin’s “Great Victory”…
Kyiv and Moscow square off over legal arrangements for the Black Sea
Moscow’s continuing efforts to reduce the Black Sea to the status of a de facto Russian lake (see…
A compromise with Russia that respects core Western principles is an illusion – James Sherr
[editorial]We continue publishing responses to the International Crisis Group report “Peace in Ukraine I: A European War” which…
West, Russia face off in Belarus over Baltic–Black Sea waterway project
Plans for a new Baltic–Black Sea waterway, passing through Ukraine, Belarus and Poland, have the potential to revolutionize…
Key figure in Boeing MH17 shootdown identified as deputy head of Russia’s FSB Border Service
Just as some leaders seek to distract attention from their old lies by telling new ones, so the…
Moscow worried about Ankara’s plans for canal bypassing Bosporus Strait
In early March 2020, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that Ankara would soon call for bids on…
Research reveals how Russia-linked social media accounts targeted 2020 US elections
The research comes from professor Young Mie Kim of the University of Wisconsin, who started analyzing posts on…
Intermarium countries can no longer count on West to defend them against Russia, Honcharenko says
The countries between Russia and Old Europe lying between the Baltic and Black Seas can no longer count…