Memory of the Great Patriotic war in Russia’s expansionist policy
My subject today is “memory of the Great Patriotic war in Russia’s expansionist policy.” I will talk in…
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Moscow wants Crimean Tatars to forget their history; Kyiv wants all Ukrainians to remember it
There are many significant differences between Moscow and Kyiv but perhaps none is more indicative of the kind…
Russia in far worse shape than USSR was at end of first Cold War
Russia today is in far worse shape than was the USSR at the end of the first Cold…
Fascism exploited and distorted in Putin’s Russia for propaganda’s sake
For most of the 20th century, the Russians lived under the iron grip of an authoritarian Marxist-Leninist form…
Six post-Soviet countries now say they were occupied by the USSR
Yesterday, Georgians marked the 94th anniversary of what Tbilisi calls “the battle of the Soviet Occupation” of that…
Moscow analyst: War in Donbas marks ‘the irreversible and absolute end of the era of Russian empires’
The chauvinism Russia’s war against Ukraine has unleashed is becoming the grave digger of imperial consciousness among Russians,…
Aggression against Ukraine leads to Russia’s catastrophic fall
This war cost the USSR no less than six billion dollars per year and finally ruined the economy…
No Russian Fairytale: Ending the Soviet historical mindset in Ukraine
Until recently, 28 October was celebrated in Ukraine as the "Day of liberation of Ukraine from fascist invaders."…
An ethnoconflictologist on Putin’s ethnic engineering
Imantas Melianas: “We have been declared a full-scale ‘Russian World’” Vilnius, August 8 (New Region) – The Russian…
Sanctions will allow young Russians to experience Soviet reality, Borovoy says
The imposition of Western sanctions on Russia will allow its younger citizens to “find out what they until…
Russian culture and the USSR: The return of the walking dead
“Those who are not sorry about the dissolution of the USSR have no heart. And those who want…
Who started World War II and who could start World War III?
An overview of books and publications on alternative views of the military history of WWII 1939-1941. Possible applications…
History repeating itself: 1943 soldier’s grave found by the Ukrainian military
Wings Phoenix, one of Ukraine's volunteers supplying the Army with necessary equipment, shared a story from the frontlines.…
New “old” Russian imperialism and hybrid wars – an historical overview
by Vitalii Usenko and Dmytro Usenko Russia and Russian-backed terrorists are starting to use new tactics. Openly demonstrative…
60 years ago this week, Ukrainians rose up against the Soviet GULAG at Kengir
Sixty years ago this week, non-Russian prisoners rose up in Kengir against their Soviet GULAG jailors. They were…
Russians cannot be allowed to leave their territory, otherwise they will ruin European civilisation: published in 1927, written as if yesterday
Today the civilised world doesn't have to think what to do with Russia – liberal European thinkers have…
The ideological corruption of Ukraine’s Army
Ihor Losyev, Radio Svoboda, May 22, 2014 The events in Crimea and now in the Donbas have…
Generation Ї
Volodymyr Viatrovych Putin is a generation late with implementing his plans. While he was preparing, a new generation…
Putin’s ‘Minimum Program’ is Restoration of USSR, Portnikov Says
Paul Goble, originally on Window on Eurasia Staunton, April 28 – Vladimir Putin’s moves against Ukraine are part…
Putinism as the last Phase of Sovietism
By Robert van Voren IntroductionAgain the world is watching while heavily armed unidentified men in green camouflage suits…