Economic Crisis Putting Russia at Risk of New Wave of Xenophobic Attacks, Brod Says 2016-01-22 20:57:59 Staunton, VA, January 21, 2016 — Many Russians now suffering from sharp declines in their standard of living or even unemployment may direct their anger at migrants and representatives of non-Russian nationalities, according to Aleksandr Brod, director of the Moscow Bureau […]
Six Ukrainian soldiers have been wounded over the last 24 hours, with fighting reported near Donetsk, Gorlovka and Mariupol. However the number of reported attacks has continued to decrease since peaking earlier in the week. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable […]
It has been two years since Maidan Square in Kiev burned during the police crackdown on pro-EU protesters, and yet the memory of events there still burns bright in the hearts and minds of many in Ukraine and beyond. Now “Winter On Fire,” a documentary about Ukraine’s Euromaidan protest movement, has been nominated for an […]
LIVE UPDATES: The public inquiry into the assassination by radioactive polonium of former FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London has been published. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here. Recent Translations: –The Non-Hybrid […]
US Appears to Have Accepted ‘Donbass Model’ Not Only for Ukraine but for Other Conflicts, Russian Analyst Says 2016-01-20 21:56:24 Staunton, VA, January 20, 2016 — Pyotr Iskenderov, a researcher at the Moscow Institute of Slavic Studies and a commentator for Russia Today, says that it now appears the US has accepted what he calls “the Donbass […]
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LIVE UPDATES: The ruble fell in value on the Moscow stock market to 81 to the US dollar today, a new historical low not seen since the ruble crash in 1998. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. […]
The number of attacks reported yesterday was significantly lower than on other days over the last week, however both sides continue to report the use of heavy mortars that should have been withdrawn in accordance with the Minsk agreement. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. Please help The Interpreter to […]
Putin Gets His Wish: Moscow Now Talking with US Alone about Fate of Ukraine 2016-01-21 02:27:37 Staunton, VA, January 19, 2016 — One of the aspects of the latest upsurge in US-Russian diplomatic exchanges about Ukraine that has not attracted much attention as it should but that may prove to be the most important at least as […]
The last two years have been rather tough for the Russian government’s main English-language propaganda outlet, RT. Following Russia’s illegal and nearly-universally-condemned annexation of the Crimean peninsula, RT anchor Liz Wahl, then anchor and correspondent Sara Firth, quit in protest of what they called “propaganda” which they were forced to spread in order to cover […]
