Staunton, December 9, 2015 An FSB defector says that Moscow is very closely tied to ISIS and has been involved with groups that have carried out terrorist actions in Europe. He has twice passed a polygraph examination. But many are skeptical of his claims because of the absence of sources that directly confirm his claims. […]
Staunton, December 9, 2015 Yevgeny Vistishko, an environmental activist who was put in prison by the Russian authorities for exposing the abuse of the environment by senior officials in the run up to the Sochi Olympics, is now in failing health after having declared a hunger strike on November 23. Vitishko who was supposed to […]
Staunton, December 9, 2015 Ever more people are drawing parallels between Vladimir Putin and Joseph Stalin, but there is one parallel that has attracted less attention than it should, Irina Pavlova suggests, and that is this: Putin now is using his anti-terrorist campaign in the same way Stalin used his anti-fascist one, not to defeat […]
Today there are rumors that Russia has deployed T-90 tanks south of Aleppo, while ISIS appears to be making advances southeast of Homs. The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. Is Russia Increasing Or Decreasing Its Presence In Syria? 2015-12-11 19:10:38 Last week there were reports that Russia was […]
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Former Interior Ministry investigator Pavel Karpov, notorious from the case of jailed whistle-blower Sergei Magnitsky left to die in prison, has accused Hermitage Capital director William Browder of links to Navalny’s report published last week alleging corrupt practices by Prosecutor General Yury Chaika and his two sons. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we […]
Manufacturers and merchants of staples warned Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of the likelihood of sharp price hikes as the New Year’s holiday approach due to the introduction of the Platon toll payment system, the target of truckers’ strikes. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including […]
The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. Is Iran Really Withdrawing Fighters From Syria? 2015-12-10 21:24:45 Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps have been in Syria in one way or another since 2012, but in recent months the number of Iranian soldiers taking a direct combat role has […]
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Turkey Can Create Real Problems for Moscow in North Caucasus — But Not the Ones Russians Expect, Kazenin Says 2015-12-22 07:15:49 Staunton, VA, December 10, 2015 – In the current crisis, Turkey has the ability to create problems for Moscow in the North Caucasus but not the ones many Russian analysts have been predicting on the basis […]
