By insisting that Skripal deserved his fate rather than simply denying that Moscow had anything to do with it, Vladimir Pastukhov says, Vladimir Putin not only showed the way in which he views relations among states as the same as...
Many commentators are suggesting that Vladimir Putin may seek “a new Crimea” to salvage his ratings with the Russian people, but Vitaly Portnikov says that he “doesn’t think that anyone in the Kremlin was...
Lies are one thing; disinformation quite another, as the late Nathalie Grant warned decades ago. The first can muddy the waters but are typically quickly exposed by anyone who examines them. The second has a far greater and long lasting...
For more than 200 years, Russian leaders were inspired by the idea that their country could “catch up and surpass the West.” But now that it is clear that this is impossible under that country’s current regime,...
Vladimir Putin is conducting his foreign policy like the special op of an intelligence service, reflecting both his own biography and Russia’s fundamental weaknesses, weaknesses that mean Russia no longer has “its two...
Many in the US and elsewhere are horrified by Vladimir Putin’s overt and covert efforts to affect the outcome of the American presidential election, but they should be even more horrified by something else: the exposure of his...
Russia’s hybrid aggression unleashed against Ukraine has transitioned to a phase where Moscow seeks non-military means of ‘resolving’ the conflict on its own terms. This is in line with the Russian General Staff concept...
Last week the Washington Post Deputy Editorial Director Jackson Diehl published an article titled “Putin’s hope to ignite Eurasia-style protests in the United States.” The author states: Putin...
US President Barack Obama put his finger on what Vladimir Putin is about when he said after his meeting with the Kremlin leader that there is “a trust gap” between Putin and the rest of the world, a gap that Putin has created...
“Russia… That realm of darkness which oppresses Ukraine.” – Ivan Franko There are some predators, such as the Australian spider wasp, which inject their prey with venom leaving them conscious but helpless....
Putin’s goals and philosophy Sławomir Sierakowski: What is Putin’s ultimate goal in this war? Timothy Snyder: That’s no big secret: to destroy Ukraine as a state and exterminate Ukrainians as a nation. I’d...
