“Putin’s three greatest ‘achievements’ – unifying Ukraine, the US and the West” and other neglected Russian stories
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Russia now has 15 to 20 enormous and horrifying ‘national disaster zones,’ statistics show
Statistics issued by Rosstat and the United Nations show that Russia now consists of 15 to 20 “national…
‘Alternatives to revolution in Putin’s Russia are not elections but more wars,’ Eidman says
Last week, Pskov parliamentarian Lev Shlosberg argued that the only alternative to revolution in the Russia of Vladimir…
‘Is Putin a CIA agent or only the richest man on Earth?’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Gontmakher: ‘Putin’s system could fall apart in a single day,’ like the tsarist one a century ago
A century ago, Nicholas II looked all powerful and yet he was overthrown and his country disintegrated, Yevgeny…
Russia achieving ever more anti-records under Putin
“There are achievements which it would be better not to have,” opposition Russian politician Gennady Gudkov says, and…
‘Syrian war has cost Russia $2.2 billion already’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘Lavrov confirms Russian forces intervened in Ukraine’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Russian regions in deep trouble: in most, only one household in five has money for more than food
Despite Putin’s upbeat comments, Russians living in the regions are even in the most successful case balance at…
Putin regime likely to end by only one of five scenarios, Eidman says
Many analysts in Russia and the West are now openly talking about how the regime of Vladimir Putin…
“Putin backers to ‘bare their breasts’ for Kremlin leader” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Russia must decentralize or it will stagnate and then disappear, Pastukhov says
The new Russian revolution, Vladimir Pastukhov says, is today “only a question of time” but will provide “a…
Russia and Belarus protests – ‘part of general crisis in post-Soviet space,’ Portnikov says
The anti-corruption protests in Russia and the anti-vagrants tax ones in Belarus are “the direct result of the…
Russians now killing doctors as aggressiveness spreads throughout population, commentator says
Aggression in Russian society is “changing qualitatively,” Aleksey Tarasov says, with ordinary Russians now regularly attacking and even…