Read More 3 minute read International Opinion Putin created unit that blew up apartment blocks in 1999 a year ahead of time, Kruglov says Drawing on his contacts that he had developed with the criminal world during his first years in the… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 5 minute read Opinion Russian Aggression Putin regime – West’s ‘existential’ enemy and West must stop his aggression in Ukraine by force, Skobov says The regime Vladimir Putin has created in Russia is an “existential” enemy of the West and an international… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Russia To deal with Putin, West needs to study Russian criminal world, Eidman says Russian foreign policy, Igor Eidman says, “consists of a bizarre mix of the traditions of a corrupt bureaucracy… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Crimea Opinion 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… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read International Opinion Youth gangs increasingly terrorizing Russian regions Despite the Putin regime’s massive police presence – Russia now has more police per capita than any other… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read International More Chekist regime and criminal world in Russia now ‘completely coincide,’ Portnikov says Those Russian officials who came out of the KGB have not struggled with the criminal world as they… byPaul A. Goble